My kids have a gmail account we have have used for our home school. Somehow when this was setup, we forgot to setup the backup methods to retrieve a lost password.

I've tried many passwords, but we cannot remember the correct one.

Both of their Amazon Fire HD8 tablets have gmail setup with this account, and are currently working. The problem is if we upgrade the tablets, they will lose access to this gmail account.

I am wondering if there is a way to access this stored password in some hidden file on the tablet, so I can get into the gmail account, reset the password, and setup things correctly.

All attempts to reset via gmail's system have so far not worked.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you for your help.

nope, you're boned.

If its in some browser password manager on the device maybe.

If you mean the device has access to gmail through a gmail or mail app then probably not.
Most likely the password isn't there anymore, just a token allowing that device to access the account.

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Originally posted by deepocean:
I am wondering if there is a way to access this stored password in some hidden file on the tablet, ...

I would certainly hope not!

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Originally posted by deepocean:
All attempts to reset via gmail's system have so far not worked.

Try the steps under "Reset your password," shown here: Google Account Help: Change or reset your password

If that doesn't work I fear you may to have to abandon the account and create a new one.

Next time: Make a note of the password. (Digital keyrings are good for this sort of thing.)

If you are going to deep-six the only devices with access to that email account, you might want to check through it for anyone who sends things to it, and let them know.

Also might want to check any other accounts that may have been set up to use that email account to send verifications to, and change them to use the replacement address.

Or, just keep one of them around, for cases like that when you would absolutely need access to that gmail account.

Another thought - can you set that account up to autoforward to a different address?