In an effort to guard against security dangers like hacking, Google announced on Tuesday that it will deactivate accounts that have been inactive for two years starting in December.
According to the business, accounts, and content across Google Workspace, which includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, and Calendar as well as YouTube and Google Photos, may be deleted if they have not been used or registered for at least two years.
The change in policy solely affects individual Google Accounts; it does not affect accounts used by corporations or institutions like schools.
Google stated in 2020 that while it would erase the account itself, it would remove any content kept in an inactive account.
Before deleting dormant accounts, Google will send repeated notifications to the account email address and recovery mail.
Elon Musk announced last week that Twitter would archive accounts that have not been active for a number of years and erase them, stating the move is “important to free up abandoned handles.”
