Windows 10: Microsoft Mail application isn't adding my google account. Please help.

I've tried this multiple time using the standard method, by clicking on "Add account". I get directed to the screen showing which account I want to add Outlook, Yahoo, Google, Hotmail etcetera. I click on Google account and fill in my Gmail credentials. After everything is said and done, and I have given permission to the app to use my mail and everything within the app, it comes back to the screen where I am given the option to add an account. The google account is not added.

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Google Email Account is not adding

Hello,

Thank you for posting your concern here in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

From the description of the issue, I understand that you are unable to add a google account in your Windows 10 Mail App.

Please follow the below suggested methods and check if it helps.

Method 1: Remove and reinstall the Mail App

• 
  Press Windows key and type Powershell
  in search, right click on it and Open as administrator .
  
• 
  Type the following command in Powershell and hit enter:
  

get-appxpackage *microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps* | remove-appxpackage

• 
  Download the Mail App from the Windows Store.
  

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9WZDNCRFHVQM

Method 2:

I would suggest you to change the Microsoft account to local account and then again switch to Microsoft Account and check with the issue.

How to switch to a local account-

a. Press “Windows + I” keys to open settings.

b. Select
Change PC settings.

c. Select
Users.

d. On the right side, it will show your current account with an option "Switch to a local account”.

e. Select “switch to a local account” and follow the steps to switch your Microsoft account into a local account.

Once this is done your Microsoft account is converted or switched to a Local account. Follow the same steps to switch from a Local account to a Microsoft account using the correct credentials and check if this
helps.

Hope the above information was helpful. If you need further assistance, please do let us know and we would be happy to help you further.

Thank You.

 

Adding email addresses to W10 Mail App.

Double check under the mail account - settings>Click on the account>Change settings> turn on contacts - to see if Contacts (& calendar) is active, this will add any contacts already on the account to the list, if there isn’t any contacts under the account then you can add them manually within the People app by clicking on the + icon.

 

Google account (mail / calendar) not syncing in Windows 10

I'm having a problem with the default Mail and Calendar apps in Windows 10. For a while I was able to sync my Google account emails (Gmail) and calendar in those apps, but about a week ago, it has stopped working: the calendar is empty (no events, and no calendars listed), and the emails that were already synced are still there, but syncing doesn't bring any new email.

I tried deleting my Google account from the mail (or calendar) app, by going to "settings -> accounts", and then re-creating the account. I did that three times. Each time I was able to complete the following steps:

1. enter my Gmail address,
   
2. then my Google account password,
   
3. then the confirmation code sent by SMS,
   
4. and finally got to the screen "Windows would like to..." (permissions listing), on which I clicked "Accept" (obviously).
   

The first time, I then got a Windows message "Something went wrong", followed by an error code (I didn't write it down).

The second time, I didn't get this error message, so it looked like the account was successfully created (it appeared in my accounts list in the settings of those apps), but nothing was synced: both apps (mail / calendar) remained empty. (I tried syncing manually by clicking the sync button in the mail app: still nothing, even though the app confirmed that it was "up to date".)

For my third attempt, I had found this question, so I went and created an "app password" in my Google account, specifically for those apps. But when I got to the password screen (step 2 described above) and entered this app password instead of my regular account password, I got an error message (from Google) asking me to enter my account password and not an app password. So I did that, and that got me exactly the same result as my second attempt (account created but nothing synced).

I also tried both answers given on the same question (first via "settings > accounts > add account > Other account", and second via "settings > accounts > add account > Advanced setup"), but none of them worked for me (again, account created but nothing synced).

Has anyone experienced the same problems? How can I make this work?

UPDATE: a few months back (early October 2015) I received an email from Microsoft inviting me to "reconnect to Google" (that was the title of the email). I ignored it for a while, but recently followed the steps in this email and now everything seems to be working fine. So I'm guessing that MS somehow fixed whatever bug it was.