Google is deleting inactive Google accounts globally. However, not all accounts are at risk as only the inactive ones are on target. Once an inactive account is deleted, the person will lose all the contents associated with it including Photos, Gmail, data stored in drive, contacts and everything. But why is Google doing this? Well, the company says old or inactive account are more prone to be hacked or misused, following which it updated its inactive account policy.
Inactive Google Account Policy
Google’s Inactive account policy says, “A Google Account gives you Google-wide access to most Google products, such as Google Ads, Gmail, and YouTube, using the same username and password. An inactive Google Account is an account that has not been used within a 2-year period. Google reserves the right to delete an inactive Google Account and its activity and data if you are inactive across Google for at least two years.”
“This policy applies to your personal Google Account. This policy doesn’t apply to any Google Account that was set up for you through your work, school, or other organization. Google also reserves the right to delete data in a product if you are inactive in that product for at least two years. This is determined based on each product’s inactivity policies. Notably, this will not apply to accounts for organizations like schools or businesses. Additionally, Google will send out multiple notifications to the users before deleting their accounts.”
How You Can Keep Your Google Account Active
In case your Google account is inactive from the past 2 years but you do not want it to get deleted, you can do a few things to keep it active:
-Reading or sending an email
-Using Google Drive
-Watching a YouTube video
-Downloading an app on the Google Play Store
-Using Google Search
-Using Sign in with Google to sign in to a third-party app or service
-If you want to keep your Google Photos active, you will have to login to your Google Photos every 2 years.
How to Recover the Password of Your Old Google Account?
Have you forgotten the password of your old Google account? Fret not! Follow the below steps to recover it successfully:
-Visit https://accounts.google.com/
-Now, enter your Gmail address
-Select ‘Forgot password’
-You will receive a notification in your Android device
-Check your device and tap ‘Yes, it’s me’
-You will be now directed to create a new password
How to Recover the Email Address of your Google account?
-Visit Google login page
-Now, select ‘Forgot Email’
-Now, head to the Google login page
-Next, select “forgot email”
-Now, enter your recovery email or phone number
-Next, enter your full name on the following page
-Now login like you normally do
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