Come recuperare la password IMAP di Gmail?
The password for imap.gmail.com in 2025 is not a fixed or universal password you can obtain; instead, it is your Gmail account password or more commonly, for security reasons, an app password generated specifically for use with IMAP in mail clients or third-party apps.
Starting May 2025, Google requires users accessing Gmail via IMAP on external clients to use either OAuth or app passwords if two-step verification is enabled. The app password is a 16-digit code you generate from your Google Account security settings, intended for use in apps that don’t support OAuth login. This app password replaces your normal Google password for IMAP access [2] [3] [4].
To set this up for 2025:
- Enable 2-Step Verification in your Google Account (required to create app passwords).
- Go to https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords in your browser.
- Create an app password for the app you will use with IMAP.
- Use this app password instead of your regular Gmail password when configuring imap.gmail.com (server: imap.gmail.com, port: 993, SSL required) in your email client [2] [4] [9].
You cannot retrieve an existing app password once created; you must generate a new one if lost. Also, IMAP is enabled by default for Gmail accounts since January 2025, but you can verify or enable it in Gmail settings under "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" [2] [3] [4].
In summary, there is no universal "imap.gmail.com password 2025"—you use either your Google account password or, preferably if 2-step verification is enabled, an app password you create in your Google Account to access IMAP in 2025.