There are many plausible reasons for wanting to remove your Gmail account from existence. Maybe you have too many separate email addresses and want to consolidate to only one main one. Maybe what you ...

That Google account you haven’t checked in years might be getting wiped this week.Beginning Friday, Google is moving ahead with its plan to delete accounts that have been inactive for at least two ...

In 2020, Google said it would remove content stored in an inactive account (but not the account itself) to preserve storage space. Google is now updating its inactivity policy so that old, unused ...

The tech giant says accounts that haven’t been used for a certain extended period of time are more likely to be compromised, or at-risk. To combat the risk, Google says it may delete accounts that ...

When was the last time you logged in to your Google account or Gmail inbox? If you can’t remember, your account may be deleted for inactivity as early as Dec. 1, according to Google. Stream San Diego ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Mar. 2, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 28 ...

“If a Google Account has not been used or signed into for at least two years, we may delete the account and its contents,” Google announced in a blog post, and that time is coming soon. In December, ...

Google said Tuesday that it was planning to delete accounts that had been inactive for more than two years, citing security concerns stemming from dormant accounts and their passwords. The move was ...

May 16 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google on Tuesday said it would delete accounts that had remained unused for two years starting December, in a bid to prevent security ...