There are times when you need to know the date on which you have created an email address. It might come in handy if you want to reset the password on your account or even if you are trying to check someone else’s email address. You can check the creation date of any email address that you have by using a few methods. This article explains how to do it.

Many of us might have a check email creation date that we have been using for years now. It is important to note down or remember the date on which we have created our Gmail account. This is because if you ever lose your password and use the Gmail Account Recovery Form, you would need to enter the date on which your account was created as one of the required fields.

How to Check Email Creation Dates: Tools and Techniques

In order to find out the date on which you have created your account, you can open your Gmail account and sort it by oldest. This would display the welcome email that you receive from the Google Team and from here you can easily find out the date on which your account was created. However, this method is only useful for those who have not deleted their old emails.

Another way to determine the date on which your account was created is by looking at your POP and IMAP settings. This can be done by visiting your Gmail Settings and then clicking on Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Here you should look at the option “POP Download” and you should see a date which is the date on which your account was created.