Google will soon delete accounts that have not been active for the past 2 years

As recently as three years ago, Google announced that it would delete content stored on an inactive account (but not the account itself) in order to conserve storage space. The tech giant recently decided to update its inactivity policy so that old, unused accounts will be deleted this year. Google is indeedč inactive accounts started to be deleted on the first of December. He took a "step-by-step" approach, starting with "calculations" that were created and never used. The company says it will take any further steps "slowly and cautiously".

Before Google permanently deletes your account, you will receive several deletions. notifications to the e-mail address of the account and the recovery e-mail address (if provided). Here, Google also refers to security. More is the network. inactive accounts are more likely to fall victim to cybercriminals - often with old or reused passwords that may have been compromised in the past.

How can you keep your account active? In addition to regular registration, registration and performance of basic actions are also considered as activities. These include reading or sending e-mail (for example, viewing an inactivity alert), using Google Drive services, watching videos within the YouTube online service, downloading applications from the Google Play Store, using Google Search and using Google Apps; una for logging into the application or service of other providers. So if you don't want to lose access to your otherwise inactive Google account, now is the high time to act immediately.