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Manually obtain a user ID for a 
Google
 account

You can use an existing 
Google
 account or create one specifically for use with factory reset protection. If you choose to add an account manually rather than using 
Google
 authentication, you must obtain the user ID for the account.
  1. Go to the 
    Google
     developers People API site (https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest/v1/people/get). 
  2. In the 
    resourceName
     field type: people/me
  3. In the 
    personalFields
     field type: metadata
  4. Click 
    Execute
    .
  5. On the 
    Choose an account
     screen, select an account to use to set up the factory reset protection profile.
  6. On the 
    Google APIs Explorer wants to access your Google Account
     screen, click 
    Allow
    .
  7. On the right-hand side of the People ID page, the 21-digit user ID displays in the "id" field. Note that the ID displays under the green header with the number 200 in it.