Google’s Gmail And Photos Deletion Warning As 1-Year Timer Expires

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The new inactive account policy from Google defines inactivity as being an account that has not been used for two years.

Google actually started emailing holders of accounts likely to be affected first by the inactive accounts policy change some 18 months ago now, with those being accounts that were opened but never actually used since.

So, when I saw someone asking whether Google deletes inactive Gmail accounts, I was kind of surprised, given that it’s almost exactly a year ago that I started warning users of this very danger.

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Author / Journalist: Davey Winder, Senior Contributor

Category: StartupsTechnology

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Published On: 2024-11-11 @ 07:43:14 (1 weeks ago)

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