How to Verify Your Website Domain Ownership - GSC
Published on October 3, 2025
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Verify website domain ownership on Google Search Console
- Go to Google Search Console.
- Click Start Now.
- Select the correct website property on the top left, or click Add Property in the drop-down box.
- Scroll down in the left menu, and click on Settings.
- Choose one of the verification methods listed below and follow the instructions. The verification page will list which methods are available and recommended for your site.
- If you are unable to verify site ownership for some reason, ask a current owner to grant you access to the property in Search Console.
Using multiple verification methods
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You can add multiple verification methods in your property's verification settings page. You might want to add more than one verification method in case one of your existing verification methods fails (for example, if you verified using a Google Analytics tracking code, and someone changes a template on your website that omits the tag).
To add an additional verification method, visit the Settings page for the property and click Ownership verification
Multiple people can verify ownership of the same website property, using the same or different verification methods. If you use the same verification method, just be sure that you don't overwrite the verification tokens of any other owners.
Verifying child properties
Once you have verified a property, any child properties that you add will be auto-verified using the same verification method as the parent. That is, if you verified ownership of example.com using the HTML file upload method, any child properties that you create (m.example.com or https://example.com/some/slug) will be auto-verified using the same HTML file upload.
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