Checking if you have mutual contacts with the owner of an email can reveal more details. Open your Google contacts and type the email in the search bar. If you have shared contacts, they will appear in the results, indicating how you might be related to the person behind the address. Expert advice: Use the “Connections” tab to more easily view shared links. Contact mutual contacts to get more information about the email owner before making direct contact.

Update your Google Contacts regularly to keep your mutual connections up to date. Save the email to your contacts and see if any related profiles or data appear after a while. Google account search in Gmail Tip 4: Try to recover your Google account (try to log in as a user, then click on “forgot password”). Google's account recovery option allows you to confirm the existence of an address. Go to the Google login page, enter your email address and click “Forgot password”. If Google prompts you to continue with recovery options (like sending a code).
This email address is active. Don't proceed any further, this is just verification. Expert advice: Do not proceed with the actual recovery to respect privacy; just verify existence. Note the type of prompts (e.g. security questions or email backup options) to confirm that this is an active Gmail. Then clear your browser cache to avoid problems logging into your accounts. Use this method sparingly , as repeated attempts will trigger Google security alerts.