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PSA: Google will be deleting inactive google accounts together with all data on them starting December 1, 2023 (support.google.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/74867

Inactive Google Account Policy

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.

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.

How Google defines activity

A Google Account that is in use is considered active. Activity might include these actions you take when you sign in or while you’re signed in to your Google Account:

Reading or sending an email

Using Google Drive

Watching a YouTube video

Sharing a photo

Downloading an app

Using Google Search

Using Sign in with Google to sign in to a third-party app or service

Google Account activity is demonstrated by account and not by device. You can take actions on any surface where you’re signed in to your Google Account, for example, on your phone.

If you have more than one Google Account set up on your device, you’ll want to make sure each account is used within a 2-year period.

What happens when your Google Account is inactive

When your Google Account has not been used within a 2-year period, your Google Account, that is then deemed inactive, and all of its content and data may be deleted. Before this happens, Google will give you an opportunity to take an action in your account by:

Sending email notifications to your Google Account

Sending notifications to your recovery email, if any exists

Google products reserve the right to delete your data when your account has not been used within that product for a 2-year period.

December 1, 2023 is the earliest a Google Account will be deleted due to this policy.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Will that free up email addresses? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've read somewhere that once Gmail address is created, it is not reused - even when account is deleted.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

That's sensible

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@84615_on_resu @erre Does Google actually ever "delete" an account? Or do they just make it unavailable to the user? I have a feeling Google can still access a deleted account if necessary for their purposes...JMO.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if that would be exactly what they do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Mark as deleted and then delete in a big wave would be the usual database way. For example discord deletes messages like that. But as is the data is probably never lost with backups and such

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope so

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It would be good in theory, but it's a really bad idea because if that Gmail address is associated to some other sites, then the new owner can basically take control of all the sites the Gmail address was used in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's what I'm hoping for actually. I have an email with forwarding set up but the backup is to another email I don't have access to. I want to make a new account with my own old email. I know it's probably a bad idea.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

you can delete an account but still mark the old email as "in use" internally in their database

actually I would be surprised if they didn't do that in the EU if someones requests a deletion on behalf of the GDPR