If you are the owner of the Analytics account or one of the administrators who manages the Analytics account, you need to prove ownership of the sites and/or apps that are sending data to Analytics.
If there are Google Ads and/or AdSense accounts linked to the Analytics account, you also need to prove ownership of those accounts.
Once you have proven ownership of the sites and/or apps, then fill out and submit the form.
Prove ownership of the sites and/or apps
Be sure you review the permissions you'd like to be granted.
Recovery for Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics for Firebase or other Analytics Suite Products is currently not available.
Prove site ownership
Make sure you follow the format and the wording exactly as provided. Incomplete and/or incorrect wording will prevent us from proceeding with your request.
- Create an
analytics.txt
file with the following information:
GooGhywoiu9839t543j0s7543uw1 - pls add {INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS} to GA account {INSERT UA-ID} with ‘Manage Users and Edit’ permissions - date {INSERT DATE}.
- Add the
analytics.txt
file to the top-level domain, e.g.,example.com/analytics.txt
If the URL of the site that is sending data to Analytics is a subdomain, then you can uploadanalytics.txt
to either the subdomain or the top-level domain, for example:
sales.example.com/analytics.txt
orexample.com/analytics.txt
- If there are Google Ads and/or AdSense accounts linked to the Analytics account, you need to prove ownership of those accounts, as well.
- Contact us.
If you cannot prove ownership of all the sites identified by Default URLs in the Analytics account, then we cannot grant access.
GooGhywoiu9839t543j0s7543uw1 - pls add {INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS} to GA account {INSERT UA-ID} with ‘Manage Users and Edit’ permissions - date {INSERT DATE}.
Prove app ownership
- Android:
Add the following information to the Google Play Store public description of the app:
GooGhywoiu9839t543j0s7543uw1 - pls add {INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS} to GA account {INSERT UA-ID} with ‘Manage Users and Edit’ permissions - date {INSERT DATE}.
iOS:
Add the following information to the Apple Store public description of the app:
GooGhywoiu9839t543j0s7543uw1 - pls add {INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS} to GA account {INSERT UA-ID} with ‘Manage Users and Edit’ permissions - date {INSERT DATE}.
- Contact us.
If you cannot prove ownership of all the apps that are sending data to Analytics, then we cannot grant access.
Prove ownership of linked Google Ads and/or AdSense accounts
If there are Google Ads and/or AdSense accounts linked to the Analytics account, you need to provide the following information for those accounts:
- Payment information
- Credit card or direct debit: provide the exact amount of the last charge and the date on which it was made.
- Invoicing: provide the exact amount and date of your last invoice.
- Bank transfer: provide the reference number and amount of your last transfer.
- Payment-instrument details
- Credit card: provide the type of credit card (MasterCard, VISA, Discover, etc.), your name as it appears on the card, the last 4 digits of the card number, and the expiration date. Do not send your complete card number.
- Direct debit: provide the last four digits of your bank-account number.
- Company name and the billing address listed in your Google Ads account.
- The display URL (web address that appears in your ads) of the website you are advertising.
- Sample keywords for one or more of your campaigns
You can submit the account-payment information, along with the other required information from the form link at the end of this article.
Fill out and submit form
After you have uploaded the analytics.txt
file, then fill out and submit the following form, and our support team will contact you.