Google will start removing accounts that haven't been used for at least two years on December 1. Numerous Google services, such as Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Calendar, Photos, and YouTube, are impacted by this policy, which puts emails, images, videos, documents, and other stored content at danger.
Google claims that security concerns are what motivated the change. Accounts that are inactive or abandoned are more vulnerable to hacking since they frequently:
Make advantage of previously used or reused passwords
Just log into your Google account before December 1st to prevent deletion. If an account has been accessed recently, Google views it as active. Users' primary and recovery email addresses have already received alerts from the company.
The accounts that were created but never used will be the first to be gradually deleted. This regulation only applies to personal accounts; accounts administered by businesses, educational institutions, or other organizations are unaffected.
If you haven't utilized a particular Google service for at least two years, data stored in that service may be erased even if your Google account is still active. For instance, even if you frequently use Gmail, your images could be deleted if you haven't accessed Google images in two years.
You should make a backup of your data if you wish to retain it but no longer require the account.
You can download and export your data, including documents, folders, images, and other information, using Google's Takeout service so you can store it somewhere else.
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