Google Will Delete lakhs Of Gmail Accounts Next Month know all details

Users using Google's Gmail service, be careful! The company may delete millions of Gmail accounts next month. Google has informed that it may delete millions of Gmail accounts next month. This will be part of a special process under which these accounts will be deleted. So is your account also one of these? Let us explain in detail why Google is going to delete millions of Gmail accounts, and which users' accounts have been decided to be deleted.

Google is talking about deleting millions of Gmail accounts next month, i.e. in December 2023. The company has given information through a blog post. This will include those accounts which have not been logged in for a long time, or are not being used. The company has said that it will delete accounts lying inactive for 2 years. Ruth Kricheli, Vice President of Product Management at Google, has mentioned this in a blog post.

So why is Google going to deactivate these accounts? Actually, the company has said that it is going to deactivate these closed accounts to avoid the risks related to them. Risk because according to Google, accounts that the user has forgotten, or has stopped using, may have old and easily cracked passwords, and they are also more likely to not have two-factor authentication setup. There are, and very few security checks on such accounts can be locked. Therefore they can also be misused by hackers.

The company has said that it is going to update the inactivity policy. Under which, if a Gmail account has not been logged in for 2 or more years, then it can be deactivated. Also, account related content will also be deleted which will include the content of Google Workspace which includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar as well as the content of Google Photos. However, this will not include accounts of any organization like a school or business etc.

Google has said that the user must login to his Gmail account once in 2 years so that the status of the account remains active. It has also been said that if the user has recently used his Gmail account to login to any other service, then even in such a situation the account will not be deleted. Google has not confirmed about deleting accounts related to YouTube videos.