Google May Delete Your Gmail Account and Photos Friday: Here’s Who Is at Risk

Google will start mass-deleting certain accounts starting this week. Here’s how to prevent it.

A teen holds a smartphone and prepares to do a search on Google, where trending search terms are showing, in Sarasota, Fla., on Aug. 18, 2023. Nanette Holt/The Epoch Times

Starting this week, Google will start deleting inactive Gmail, Google Photos, and other Google accounts that have remained inactive for at least two years.

To prevent it from being deleted, sign into your Google or Gmail account before Friday, Dec. 1. According to a company’s post, if the account has been inactive for two years, Google advises a user to read or send an email, use Google Drive in some capacity, watch a YouTube video, download an app from the Google Play service, use Google Search, or sign in with Google to sign into a third-party app or service.