Unused Gmail accounts head to the chopping block
It’s the last call to keep any Gmail accounts you haven’t used recently.
Beginning December 1, Google will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for two years, including all associated photos, Drive documents, contacts, emails, and calendar entries. The tech giant first announced this change in their inactivity policy in May.
Google confirmed to Computerworld that it’s proceeding with the deletion plan. “We plan to roll this out slowly and in phases, not all at once,” spokesperson Christa Muldoon said. “We'll be starting with accounts that were created and never used.”
Separate Gmail accounts held by the same user under different names are also subject to deletion, Muldoon said.