Google will start deleting inactive accounts starting 12-1-23

Owen Lucas · Nov 30, 2023

Just a heads up to anyone who might have an old Gmail account that hasn't been logged into in the past 2 years.

Any accounts lined up for deletion should have gotten warning emails by now.

arstechnica.com

atikovi · Nov 30, 2023

If someone hasn't logged in the past 2 years, I doubt they really want it.

mr_boring · Nov 30, 2023

Good. I can get a gmail that doesn't have to be j20357829036(my last name)0689894845678478 @ gmail . com

Soft Cars · Nov 30, 2023

Thanks. I guess I should go log in. I don't use gmail much at all.

proveitwithdata · Nov 30, 2023

mr_boring said:
Good. I can get a gmail that doesn't have to be j20357829036(my last name)0689894845678478 @ gmail . com

no dice, all deleted accounts usernames will never be reused.

Lubener · Dec 1, 2023

Google has been warning this for some time with emails. Just logging in on inactive accounts should be fine.

Soft Cars · Dec 1, 2023

I wish Google could delete my credit card debt.

racer12306 · Dec 1, 2023

Soft Cars said:
I wish Google could delete my credit card debt.

Careful, some of the self-righteous might give you their opinion on that matter

This is pretty much plugging potential security holes and is a good thing.

Pew · Dec 1, 2023

Now if they could just do the same for the amount of Gmail spam emails accounts...

Pablo · Dec 1, 2023

I wish Google would delete any dealings I've had with them.

mr_boring · Dec 3, 2023

proveitwithdata said:
no dice, all deleted accounts usernames will never be reused.

Well, fudgeadoodie.