Starting December 1, Google will delete accounts that have not been used for at least two years. Other data including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Workspace documents, and Google Photos backups will also be deleted.
“If your Google account is not used or log in for at least 2 years of that personal account and the contents of the account will be deleted,” Google announced.
Inactive accounts will be deleted in stages starting from addresses that were created but never used.
The new policy adds that in addition to email addresses other data including Gmail Calendar Drive documents cannot be accessed in the Workspace application and backup photos on Google Photos will also be deleted.
Currently, Google has no plans to delete the YouTube channel associated with the account. The reason is that some channels or videos may be historical for reference or long-term storage.
The simplest way to avoid having your Gmail account deleted is to log in immediately. into your account today. Thus, Google will remove your email from the list of accounts that have not been used for a long time and will not be deleted in this round.
Each Gmail account is given 15GB of free online storage by Google. gland. In case you do not use the Gmail service, you can still take advantage of this 15GB of space to store important data in case your computer’s hard drive is damaged and the data stored on it is lost.
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