Google to Delete Inactive Personal Accounts After Two Years of Inactivity
- Google will delete personal user accounts, including Gmail, YouTube and Google Photos, that have been inactive for at least two years beginning in December 2023.
- The policy aims to improve security by removing dormant accounts more prone to hacking and abuse.
- Google will send multiple warnings to users before deleting accounts to give them a chance to log in and perform an activity like sending an email to keep accounts active.
- Business, school and other organizational accounts are exempt from the new policy.
- Users can download their data from Google Takeout to maintain backups of information in deleted accounts.