Google will delete your account if it has been inactive for these variety of days
2 min readGoogle will begin deleting inactive accounts from 1 December, 2023. The tech big despatched out mails on Saturday informing customers of the directive that they’ll begin deleting unused or inactive account.
According to experiences, Google has elevated the inactivity threshold to 2 years for all accounts throughout Google services.
Google has knowledgeable that accounts that has not been used for 2 years may very well be subjected to potential deletion from 1 December, 2023.
One ought to observe that this isn’t relevant to Google customers if their account has been used for Google services even when not logged in instantly.
However, if somebody’s Google account has remained inactive for a interval of greater than two years, that account has not even been used for accessing any Google services or products, the account shall be prone to deletion from 1 December , 2023.
Notably, Google has knowledgeable that deletions of inactive Google accounts won’t happen earlier than December 2023. Although the prolonged interval of two years turns into efficient instantly.
To make sure the continuity of 1’s Google Account’s lively standing, the best method is to register to the account at the least as soon as each two years, recommends a report on Business Today.
In the occasion of an account being labelled as inactive, Google will dispatch a collection of reminder emails to each the customers and their designated restoration electronic mail addresses (if such restoration choices have been offered). These reminders shall be despatched out at the least 8 months previous to any motion being taken, similar to content material deletion or account termination.
Once a Google account will get deleted it can’t be reclaimed. Further the related Gmail account additionally will get deleted, and can’t be used for creating a brand new Google account.
Meanwhile, Google has began rolling out the Dark Web Report characteristic to its Google One subscribers in India. This characteristic is designed to allow customers to watch their private data on the darkish net, which is thought for its use by hackers and wrongdoers to have interaction in illegal actions similar to buying and selling delicate private information.
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Updated: 19 Aug 2023, 10:00 PM IST