The "Inactive Google Account Policy" has been updated

Updated Inactive Google Accounts Policy

To ensure your safety and protect your private information, Google always uses built-in security mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access to your Google Account. Keeping you safe means that all Google products follow strict privacy standards and store your personal files and all related data for as short a time as possible. Google is committed to protecting your private information and preventing unauthorized access to your account, even when you no longer use Google services.

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2023-08-07

To ensure your safety and protect your private information,Google Built-in security is always used to prevent unauthorized access to your Google Account. Keeping you safe means following strict privacy practices across all Google products.And keep your personal files and all related data stored for as short a time as possible.Google is committed to protecting your private information and preventing unauthorized access to your account, even when you no longer use Google services.

As a result, we have integrated Google Accounts across all Google products and services.Idle period limitAdjusted to 2 years. This change takes effect today and applies to all Google accounts that are idle (no one has logged in or used them for 2 consecutive years). Starting December 1, 2023, Google will delete idle accounts and all content in them.

How this affects you:

The above changes will not affect you unless your Google Account has been inactive for 2 consecutive years or has not been used to sign in to any Google service.
Although the above changes take effect today, Google will not start forcibly deleting accounts until December 2023 at the earliest.
If your account is considered inactive,At least 8 months before taking any action or deleting any content from this account, Google will send a separate email to your current email address and to your recovery email address (if you have provided one).Send a few email reminders.
Once a Google Account is deleted, its corresponding Gmail The address can no longer be used to create a new Google Account.

How to keep your account active?

The easiest way to keep your Google Account active is to make sure you haven't been logged in to it in the past 2 years. If you've logged into your Google Account within the past 2 years, it will be considered active and will not be deleted.

Other ways to keep your account active include:

View or send email
Using Google Drive
Watch Youtube video
Share photos
Download the app
Use Google Search
Sign in to third-party apps or services using the "Sign in with Google" feature

There are some exceptions to this policy. Examples include: Google Accounts with YouTube channels, videos, or comments; accounts with gift cards with balances;Or an account with a published app (such as Google Play The account that hosts your app in the store). You can clickHereView other exceptions to this policyCondition.

Google also provides several tools to help you manage your Google Account and back up your data with a variety of options, including using Google Export" function to download data, and useIdle Account ManagerFunction to plan in yourWhat should happen to your data after a period of account inactivity.

Google's priority is to make it as easy as possible for you to keep your account active (if you want to do so)., and before this change affects any of your accounts,We will notify you by appropriate means. To this end, before deleting a Google Account, Google will send an email notification to the account and its recovery email address (if provided) separately.Please update yourRecovery Email.

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