{"id":162805,"date":"2024-02-26T08:17:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T08:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/?p=162805"},"modified":"2024-03-04T11:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:09:20","slug":"save-google-account-from-deletion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/save-google-account-from-deletion\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Starts Deleting Inactive Accounts \u2013 Here\u2019s How to Save Your Google\/Gmail Account Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, Google has updated its policy related to inactive Google Accounts. According to the updated policy, accounts that have not been signed in or used for at least two years will get deleted. This means that the Google will delete the inactive accounts and their data, including the data of Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Drive,<\/strong> and Google Photos<\/strong>. However, the tech giant will not delete the accounts that have YouTube videos uploaded or active subscriptions to third-party services or applications.<\/p>

Google, according to the policy document, has taken this step to protect users from threats, like spamming, phishing, and account hijacking as inactive or dormant accounts are vulnerable to such security threats and more likely to be compromised due to old or re-used passwords.<\/p>

However, the company will notify the users multiple times before account deletion. The policy also mentioned that only personal accounts will get deleted. This means that school or business-managed accounts are out of the purview of this new policy.<\/p>

How to Prevent your Account from being Deleted?<\/strong><\/h2>

To avoid deletion of your Google account, you need to keep your account active. This can be done quite easily by signing in into your account once every two years. You can take the following actions to keep your account active:<\/p>