Connect Google Ads

1Find your Customer ID

• Your Customer ID is the 10-digit id shown at the top-right of the Google Ads UI (like 123-456-7890). Enter it without dashes: 1234567890.
• Use the id of the account that runs the ads. If you have a manager (MCC) account of your own, don't use its id — add each advertising account separately.

2Enter it in picoask

In your project's Integrations tab, choose Google Ads → Connect, enter the Customer ID and select Send link request. That is the only field.

The connector then shows awaiting your approval until you complete step 3.

3Approve the link in Google Ads

• Sign in to your own Google Ads account.
• Open Tools & Settings → Access and security → Managers.
• You'll see a pending request from picoask's manager account. Choose Accept.
• Back in picoask, select Re-check link. Your data starts syncing.

picoask reads reporting data only. We never create, edit, pause or remove campaigns, budgets, bids or keywords, and you can revoke access at any time from the same screen — no action needed on our side.

4Connecting more than one account

Running several brands or regions in separate Google Ads accounts? Add each one as its own connector with its own Customer ID, and approve each link. picoask reports them together, and you can break any metric down by account.

5Troubleshooting

• Still says "awaiting your approval" — the request hasn't been accepted yet. Check Tools & Settings → Access and security → Managers in the account matching the Customer ID you entered; a request sent to a different account won't appear.
• "Customer id should be 10 digits" — dashes were left in, or a manager account id was entered instead of the advertising account's.
• "The account is cancelled" — the Google Ads account is deactivated or closed. Reactivate it in Google Ads, then re-check.
• You declined by mistake — select Re-check link in picoask and we'll send a fresh request.

6How often it refreshes

• picoask re-syncs Google Ads every 12 hours, so your figures are never more than 24 hours behind Google Ads.
• The first sync backfills up to four years of history, subject to what your account holds.
• See exactly what picoask reads, field by field →