Google will soon delete accounts that have not been active for the past 2 years

As early as three years ago, Google announced that it would remove content stored in an inactive account (but not the account itself) in order to conserve storage space. The tech giant recently decided to update its inactivity policy so that old, unused accounts will be deleted later this year. Namely, Google started deleting inactive accounts on December 1st. He took a “gradual approach” to this, starting with “accounts that were created and never used. The company says it will "introduce any major steps slowly and cautiously."

Preden bo podjetje Google vaš račun dokončno izbrisalo, boste izbrisom prejeli več obvestil na e-poštni naslov računa in obnovitveni e-poštni naslov (če je bil naveden). Pri tem se Google sklicuje tudi na varnost. Večja je namreč verjetnost, da bodo neaktivni računi žrtev spletnih kriminalcev – pogosto s starimi ali ponovno uporabljenimi gesli, ki so bila morda ogrožena v preteklosti.

How can you keep your account active? In addition to periodic registration, registration and performing basic actions are also considered as activities. These include reading or sending email (for example, viewing an inactivity alert), using Google Drive services, watching videos within the YouTube online service, downloading apps from the Google Play Store, using Google Search, and using a Google Account to sign in to an app or services of other providers. So if you don't want to lose access to your otherwise inactive Google account, now is the high time to act immediately.