Gmail POP3 Setup in Outlook Desktop using Google “App Password”

In order to use the old school method of POP3 (Yes there are some crazy systems still using this) you need to use a different one time password which bypasses the two factor authentication… The tricky part is where to find this setting!

  1. Google Security
  2. “2-Step Verfication” (Scroll to the bottom)
  3. “App Passwords” (Generate a specific password for POP3 (Or any other service needed)

Screenshot showing where to locate the App Password settings for POP3 configuration in Outlook

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