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# Google Client ID Configuration

To enable the button's functionality in your store, you need first to **create Google client ID.**

Follow the following steps to create a Google client ID.

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step #1**</mark>

Go to [**Google Developers Console**](https://console.developers.google.com/apis).

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<mark style="color:blue;">**Step #2**</mark>

Select the dropdown option, at the left side of the search box, or you can just click on the **Create** button provided in our app on the main page of the app's backend.

Select the **New Project** button to **create** a new project.

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<mark style="color:blue;">**Step #3**</mark>

Navigate to the **OAuth consent screen** and, go to **User type,** and select **External**. Select the **Create** button.

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<mark style="color:blue;">**Step #4**</mark>

Enter the app name and your user support email address. Upload the app logo.

Enter the developer's contact information and authorized domain. After getting done with the configurations, click the **Save** button and continue.

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<mark style="color:blue;">**Step #5**</mark>

After completing all these steps falling under the **OAuth consent screen**, navigate to **Back to dashboard.**

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<mark style="color:blue;">**Step #6**</mark>

Follow these steps **Credentials** <mark style="color:blue;">➤</mark> **Create Credentials** <mark style="color:blue;">➤</mark> **OAuth client ID.**&#x20;

Choose **Web Application** from the dropdown list and enter the name of your OAuth 2.0 client.

Enter the URLs to the **Authorized JavaScript origins and Authorized redirect URLs** by clicking the **Add URL** button.

These URLs will redirect your users back after they have been authenticated with Google.

Copy the **Client ID** and proceed.

Once you are done with all these configurations, you have to enter the Google ID in the **Settings** field of the app's backend section.

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<mark style="color:blue;">**Step #7**</mark>

After following all these steps, go to **Online Store** <mark style="color:blue;">➤</mark> **Preferences** <mark style="color:blue;">➤</mark> **Spam Protection** and **Disable** the by default selected options:

* Enable hCaptcha on contact and comment forms
* Enable hCaptcha on login, create account and password recovery pages

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{% hint style="danger" %}
It is necessary to keep these two options **Disabled** as they cause errors sometimes, which may cause a bad user experience.
{% endhint %}

<mark style="color:blue;">**Step #8**</mark>

Ensure the **Customer Accounts Type** is set to **Legacy**. If not, update the configuration.

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