PS: MaybePossiblyRight adds in the comments below: You need to enable “Less Secure Apps Allowed” on your Google account to use it with Outlook. Now you need to perform these two steps repeatedly for every Gmail account that you want to add if you get such errors.

You should not see any errors after that.

Read: Outlook keeps asking for a password when connecting to Office 365. Use that 16-digit password in Outlook instead of the regular account password. You will find a password on your screen immediately.

Following that, you can choose an app and the device from the drop-down menu. Scroll down and find out App passwords.Īfter that, you need to enter your Gmail account password again. To do this, open your Gmail account > click on your profile picture > click on My Account. An App Password is a one-time password that you use instead of verifying yourself with two-step verification. Make sure the Enable IMAP item is selected, and the status is IMAP is enabled. Open your Gmail account, click on the settings gear icon visible on the top-right corner, and select Settings. Although the IMAP should be enabled by default, you still should check the settings. To solve this problem, you need to enable IMAP and use App Password to log in. Instead, it shows the native window where you have to enter the username and password once. The Windows Mail app can provide the actual Gmail login prompt, but Outlook doesn’t do that. The main reason why it happens is that you are trying to add a Gmail account that has two-step verification enabled. Here are some suggestions that can help you solve this problem. This problem also happens with an already added account. If Microsoft Outlook cannot connect to Gmail and keeps asking for a password whenever you try to add a new Gmail account, you are not alone. However, some people often get an error when adding a Gmail account. Microsoft Outlook is a great email client that allows users to use various email accounts from one window.

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