Login audit log

You can use the Login audit log to track user sign-ins to your domain. You can review all sign-ins from web browsers. If a user signs in from an email client or a non-browser application, you can only review reports of suspicious attempts.

You can opt in to share the audit log data with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). If you turn on sharing, data is forwarded to GCP Cloud Logging, where you can query and view your logs, and control how you route and store your logs.

Open the Login audit log

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to Reports.
3. On the left, under Audit log, click Login.

4. (Optional) To customize what data you see, on the right, click Manage columns . Select the columns that you want to see or hideclick Save.

5. (Optional) Review ways to filter and export log data and create alerts.

Data you can view

The Login audit log provides the following information:

Data type	Description
Event description	Details of the user and sign-in attempt
IP address	IP address that the user used to sign in. Usually the address is the user's physical location, but it can be a proxy server or a Virtual Private Network (VPN) address.
Login type	Authentication method the user used: Exchange—When a user is authenticated by token exchange, such as via an OAuth login. It might also indicate the user was already signed into a session when they signed in to another, and the 2 sessions were merged Google Password—Used a Google password. Includes sign-ins to less secure apps (if allowed) Reauth—User authenticated with a password re-authentication request SAML—Authentication by single sign-on Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Unknown—User signed in using an unknown method
Date	Date and time of the event (displayed in your browser's default time zone)

Event names

At Add a filter, select an Event name to filter data for that event. The audit log shows entries for each time that event occurred during the time range that you set. Event names for the Login audit log include:

Event name	Description
2-step verification disable	Each time a user disables 2-Step verification
2-step verification enroll	Each time a user enrolls in 2-Step verification
Account password change	Each time a user changes an account password Note: This refers to users changing passwords at myaccount.google.com. It doesn’t include password changes when the admin forces users to change their password at the next sign in.
Account recovery email change	Each time a user changes a recovery email address
Account recovery phone change	Each time a user changes an account recovery phone number
Account recovery secret question/answer change	Each time a user changes an account recovery secret question and answer
Advanced Protection enroll	Each time a user enrolls in the Advanced Protection Program
Advanced Protection unenroll	Each time a user unenrolls in the Advanced Protection Program
Failed Login	Each time a user fails to sign in. You can use the Reports API to view the cause of the failure. For example, the user entered an incorrect password, didn't have access to the service, or their account was suspended.
Government-backed attack	Each time government-backed attackers might have tried to compromise a user account or computer
Leaked password	When a password reset is required because Google detects compromised credentials
Login challenge	User asked an extra security question due to a suspicious sign-in attempt
Login verification	User asked an extra security question when Google did not detect a suspicious sign-in attempt
Logout	Each time a user logs out Note: Even if the user signed in with login types other than Google Password, (such as Exchange, Reauth, SAML, or Unknown), the Login type for Logout events is displayed as Google Password.
Out of domain email forwarding enabled	Each time a user enables the forwarding of emails outside of the domain
Successful login	Each time a user logged in
Suspicious login	Each time a user logged in and the login had some unusual characteristics. For example, if the user logged in from an unfamiliar IP address. Suspicious login events are shown with a red warning icon.
Suspicious login blocked	Each time a suspicious login was blocked
Suspicious login from less secure app blocked	Each time a suspicious login from a less secure app was blocked
Suspicious programmatic login blocked	Each time a suspicious login with programmatic elements was blocked
User suspended	Each time a user was suspended
User suspended (spam through relay)	Each time a user was suspended due to spam relay
User suspended (spam)	Each time a user was suspended due to spam
User suspended (suspicious activity)	Each time a user was suspended due to suspicious activity

When and how long is data available?

Go to Data retention and lag times.

Related topics

• Available audit logs
• Filter & export log data & create alerts