Evernote Login

[Aleck Cobbs]

Icreated my Evernote account by logging in with my Google account. When I try to login to Evernote inside of the Scannable app, it does not accept my gmail address and password as my Evernote credentials (I use a password keeper so there isn't a possibility that I'm entering the password incorrectly). There isn't any option in Scannable to link through Google either.

If my gmail account and password are somehow not my Evernote user name and password, what the heck is? I'm not interested in resetting the password since it's literally working everywhere but Scannable.

Resetting your Google details won't help with Scannable, and the only way you can get to your Evernote details (AFAIK) is to go to your account page at Evernote.com - where you'll be asked for your password before you can see your security settings. I'd bet that's your Evernote password, not the Google version.

Unless someone can come up with an answer from their own experience, I think you'll need to contact support directly to resolve this - if you're a paying subscriber at (premium subscribers can chat from the same link) - or message them on Twitter via

I just clicked "Forgot password" in the scannable app (appears after a failed sign in), then followed the password reset steps via e-mail to reset the password on my account. This appears to have converted my account to an actual evernote account, using the gmail account from my google account that I originally used to sign in with. Once you choose a new password and complete the password reset, you should be able to login with that email and new password in Scannable.

I have the same problem. But it didn't accept my email either.

Tons of information on why signing into Evernote with gmail is good. But no option for this on the Scannable app? What an oversight. Yeesh.

Hi. Scannable is an older and separate app, developed for a specific purpose and before Evernote - which is updated fairly frequently - had the Google connection. You could try the Evernote app's camera feature while you sort out a log in. If you're saying the 'forgotten password' screen rejects your email address, did you change it since registering?

Each time this occurs I have opened a support ticket and always get boilerplate, useless responses. I already have a strong password that is changed regularly. I have two-factor auth turned on. I check the Access History in my Evernote account and it never shows any access related to what is identified in the emails.

Others would likely see if they want to change their password, or enable 2FA if not yet active. That would be the natural reaction for me if I would receive such a notification. Usually it means the user name is circulating in the dark net - other services may be exposed as well.

I just had this exact same thing happen this morning. I have a unique, frankly unfriendly Evernote password + use 2-factor, and when I logged in there is no record of any nefarious activity in Evernote's Access History. This is worrisome because even if the email is automated and telling me about an access attempt (versus a breach) the lack of clarity is concerning. If I were hacking someone's account, I would clean up my own trail, too!

This same thing happens to me. I get this email once a month, but as "Chris Lee" says, you check your login history and nothing is there other than MY logins....so its very worrying i get this email but then in the app it doesn't show it.

Why they try ? Because probably your user data is in one of the many breaches that happened in the past (not at EN, at other services). You can check here, and then try to change the critical userIDs.

For anyone else reading this thread, I too have had this happen regularly (in the weekly/biweekly range) for the past few months. I also have two-factor verification settings in place and I feel similarly that it's a problem worth noting/fixing.

Have you raised a support ticket? The problem was identified and supposedly fixed. Perhaps you have a serious issue or perhaps it is nothing to worry about. Support will be the way forward since these forums are primarily user to user.

This happened to me this morning. During the night someone apparently logged into my account from Mexico - I'm in Denmark. Sheer and utter panic here... changing passwords and usernames on several websites, as I save them in EN (nothing that could ruin my life, but simply cause a lot of hassle...).

If you read through the thread, it may well be that a violent attempt to access your account failed - but still alerted the watchdogs. So, the dogs were barking, and you lost some sleep. You prefer the dogs were not barking, and instead of sleep you lost data, or even access to your account ?

Changing a password from time to time is no bad training after all. If you had enabled 2FA before you could even change PW without the panic part. Cracking a good password plus 2FA is less likely than shooting an arrow with a longbow in the rain at midnight, trying to hit a specific raindrop.

If the company is stupid enough to let it's users leave them behind because of a small (or major, depending on who you ask) spelling error (by making us panik and spend time with research just to make sure if it was a real threat or not...) then I don't know what to say.

I guess this happens quite a bit but it's the first time for me. This morning I got an email saying "We noticed a new login to Evernote and wanted to make sure it was you."

Is this genuine and if it is, how do I stop people logging in to my account please?

Best way to check if the email is genuine is to see whether it asks you to click on a link to confirm you're OK with the login. No one legitimate would EVER send that sort of email. If the email says "if the login was you, then ignore this email" then just delete it.

Make sure you follow the usual password rules - use a different password for Evernote than anything else; make it complicated; use 2-factor ID - and you can ensure that you are the only person using the account.

Thanks for the reply. Yes, the history shows not only someone from Brazil but a couple of places in China too.

Can anyone advise how they get in or what even they would want to get in there for? Better still, is there any way I can prevent other people accessing my Evernote account?

Probably you use the same login data for EN as for other accounts. If this was stolen in a security breach (not at EN, there is no reported breach) and you have reused your login data, they can access any service you are using.

Finally I would get a password manager, that creates good passwords and helps to keep track of them. Then go to every account you have, and make them secure by changing the login. Start with your E-Mail accounts, then everything related to money (bank accounts, paypal, amazon, eBay etc.), then the others.

Two-step verification, also known as two-factor authentication, adds an additional layer of security to the login process, requiring you to enter a verification code from your phone in addition to your regular username and password. The goal of this extra step is to combine something you know (your password) with something only you would have access to (your phone).

It is especially valuable for your mail accounts. Most logins have an option to reset your password. This is usually done by sending you an email to the address you used when you established your Account. If somebody can hack into your mail account, they can take over your virtual identity by resetting your other accounts.

Get Bitwarden password manager, it has a build in functionality where it checks if your password has been included in the lists of compromised passwords sold on the internet. Also a pretty good PM overall.

I'm pretty sure Bitwarden (which I also use...) connects to for their warnings. I just connected to that website direct for my several email addresses (I'm a popular person!) and I get a depressingly happy "You've been Pwned!!" email every time one of them is detected in a leak online.

I am careful to use different passwords for every login, and change them regularly; and Bitwarden generates random collections of characters like "bv7LqiwCP#" (not one I use!) quite freely. Since it is remembering the password on my phone / tablet / laptops I don't much care how human unfriendly that is - in fact the less friendly the better!

Hi. Have you checked the IP addresses of these wandering access points? I did have a couple of confusing notifications myself where an IP address I know is mine connected - allegedly - from India. Which was impossible. I reported the glitch and India hasn't since shown up, but it does indicate that there can be some weird messages.

As you're apparently having some issues with the report I flagged your post for an Admin to take a look at - hopefully you'll get a reaction within a few days; although as you can tell from the traffic in the forums, they're a little busy right now...

Trying to sell the site was not about needing money, he was trying to make sure someone else was looking after it and he wasn't a single point dependency. Hence, open sourcing it. For more detail, read his blog here: -open-sourcing-the-have-i-been-pwned-code-base/

Whatever - newer information is always welcome. It is a very nice service, and I would be sad not to have it around. But run by a single person, everything can happen every day. The German Site is run by an university, which provides more stability.

So one day I will be an iPhone from Russia with love, the other day an Android in a rice bowl. In fact it is probably a dull Linux machine sitting in a basement with a neon tube and fast internet, churning through some automatic hacking routines with a database extracted by other hackers in a breach of security and then sold in the darknet to scum like me.

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