Overview Gmail accounts can be deleted permanently through Google’s account settings.Backing up important data before ...

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 ...

The clock is ticking before Google starts deleting inactive Gmail accounts. Starting Dec. 1, Google will begin enforcing its updated inactive account policy, according to Forbes. The policy, first ...

You can delete your Gmail account in the "Data & Personalization" tab of your Google settings. Deleting your Gmail account won't delete your Google account entirely, but will delete all the email you ...

Google is continuing to delete Gmail accounts that haven’t been used in more than two years. The search engine giant revealed last November it would be deleting inactive Google accounts, including ...

Every Google account comes with 15GB of free cloud storage. Over the years, Gmail accounts start to fill up that storage to the point where you might wonder whether you should upgrade to a paid Google ...

Update, Dec. 16, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 14 now includes additional advice on how to securely recover a forgotten username and password to an inactive Gmail account to prevent ...

Starting Dec. 1, unused Gmail accounts could be deleted by Google, with the tech giant saying accounts that have been inactive for two years or more are more likely to be vulnerable to being ...