Google has changed its policies for applications listed under the email reporting and monitoring categories. To protect your account, you may need to renew Gmail access every six months, or provide Avast Email Guardian ongoing access to your Google account data.

Before your Gmail access expires, you receive an email to the Gmail address that was protected, as well as an alert in the Email Guardian section of your Avast application. You receive another email and alert when your Gmail access expires.

Instructions

To renew Gmail permissions, follow the steps below using your Gmail account:

1. Open your preferred browser and go to your Gmail inbox, or open your mobile Gmail application.
2. Find and open the email titled Email Guardian's permissions expire soon.
3. Click or tap the Renew permission button.
4. Select the relevant Gmail account.
5. Click or tap Continue.
6. Tick the box next to I want to allow Avast Email Guardian ongoing access to the Google Account data I'm sharing today to prevent renewing Gmail permissions every six months. Tick the box next to Select all, then select Continue.
7. Optionally, tick the box next to I want to help Avast in the fight against cybercrime by allowing Email Guardian to securely download and analyze potentially suspicious emails, then click or tap OK.

Your Gmail permissions are renewed.

Further recommendations

For more information about Email Guardian, refer to the following article:

• Email Guardian - FAQs
• Email Guardian - Getting Started
• Avast One Email Guardian - FAQs
• Avast One Email Guardian - Getting Started

Updated on: 19/03/2025