Google is conducting a massive cull of inactive accounts on December 1st, giving users three days to act if they want to prevent their historical data from being deleted forever. The purge, which ...

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 ...

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Old, unused Google accounts and all the messages and photos connected with them could be deleted starting Dec. 1. Earlier this year, the company announced plans to start deleting accounts that have ...

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Say so long to your old Google (GOOG, GOOGL) account. Beginning on Dec. 1, the tech giant will begin purging all accounts that have been inactive for two years or more. The company says the move is ...

Google is about to begin deleting inactive Google accounts, which could mean you’re about to lose photos, documents, and other data that you actually want to keep. The good news is that there’s a way ...

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Losing access to your Google account can have far-reaching consequences beyond the inability to send and receive emails. In short, it can be devastating, which is why preparing ahead of time will save ...

Seven months after Google warned people it would be mass-deleting inactive accounts, the company will begin pulling the trigger this Friday, December 1. That’s going to mean Gmail, Google Chat, Google ...