Haven't Checked Your Gmail in a While? Google May Delete Your Account.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/technology/gmail-inactive-accounts-deleted.html
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Haven’t Checked Your Gmail in a While? Google May Delete Your Account.
Personal Google accounts that have not been used in at least two years could be removed starting in December as part of an effort to address security threats, the company said.
By Jesus Jiménez
May 17, 2023, 12:39 p.m. ET

Starting in December, Google will begin deleting accounts that have not been used in at least two years as part of an effort to address security risks, the company said on Tuesday.

The expunging of old accounts does not only mean losing access to Gmail. Work in Google Docs, Google Workspace, Google Photos and other Google products will also be wiped out, as will any videos that an affected user has uploaded to YouTube.

Ruth Kricheli, the company’s vice president of product management, said in a statement announcing the new policy that the move was intended to protect users from security threats because accounts that had not been used for a while were more likely to be comprised.

The policy went into effect on Tuesday, but the company said it would not begin deleting unused accounts until December at the earliest. Google said it would start by purging accounts that were set up but never used.

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I've never used it, only got it to activate my cell phone.