Google New Policy 2024: Google has taken strict action on inactive accounts. Google’s new account deletion policy is coming into effect from September 20. Under this policy, such Gmail accounts are being closed, which are not active for 2 years. Its effect will be seen on all Google products like Google Drive, Google Photos.
Google New Policy 2024: If you use Google owned Gmail, then this is very important news for you, because Google is implementing the inactive account policy. Google’s new policy is coming into effect from 20 September 2024. Meaning, Google’s new policy will become effective about 3 days from today. Under this policy, thousands of Gmail accounts will be closed. In such a situation, users using Google Drive, Google Photos may face problems.
Which Gmail accounts will be closed
Google will close such Gmail accounts, which have not been active for a long time. If the report is to be believed, then the Google account inactive for the last 2 years will be closed. In such a situation, if you use any such Gmail account, which has been inactive for a long time, then it can be closed. A notification is being issued by Google to Gmail users before closing the account, so that Gmail users can secure their data in time.
Save your Gmail data like this
- First of all you have to login to your Google account.
- After this you have to visit the Google Takeout page.
- Then you have to select which product’s data you want to save.
- In this you will get the option to save selected data or full data, which you have to checkmark.
- After this you have to select the Next button.
- This way you will be able to save your data
Why are Google accounts being closed?
Google says that Gmail accounts that have been inactive for a long time can be the reason for hacking. Also, the company says that Google’s server storage increases due to inactive accounts. This is the reason why the company is going to close inactive Gmail accounts. Google has made it clear that the accounts that will be closed include personal Gmail and Google photo accounts. Google’s new rule will not apply to school and business accounts.
This is how Gmail accounts will be closed
According to the Google report, Google will close inactive accounts in a phased manner. It is starting from September 20. Meaning some accounts will be closed in the first phase. However, there is no need to panic about this, because before closing the Gmail account, a message will be sent to your Google account or recovery mail, that your Gmail account is being closed due to being closed for 2 or more years. Earlier on December 1, 2024, Google accounts were closed on a large scale due to Google Inactive Policy.
Which Gmail account will be considered inactive
Under what circumstances will a Gmail account be considered inactive? Information has been given by Google regarding this. According to the Google blog post, if you have not done any mailing or sent any mail from your mail in the last 2 years, then it will be considered active. Apart from this, if you have not used Google Drive or watched YouTube videos, then such a Gmail account will also be considered inactive. If you have not sent any photo from Google Photo or have not downloaded any app, then in that situation also your Gmail account will be considered inactive. If you are using more than one Gmail account, then you have to ensure that both the accounts have been used in the last 2 years.
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Activate your Gmail account like this
- Login to your Gmail account.
- To prevent Gmail account from being closed,
- Use Google Chrome browser
- Send and receive messages from Gmail.
- Upload documents to Google Drive. Also login to it.
- The account can be kept active by uploading some photos to Google Photos.
- Gmail can also be kept active by using YouTube videos.
