{"id":1341,"date":"2023-11-30T14:31:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T14:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/inactive-google-accounts-to-be-deleted-from-friday\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T14:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T14:31:24","slug":"inactive-google-accounts-to-be-deleted-from-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/inactive-google-accounts-to-be-deleted-from-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Inactive Google accounts to be deleted from Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inactive Google accounts to be deleted from Friday<\/p>\n

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By Shiona McCallum<\/div>\n
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If you’ve got an old Google account that you have not used for a couple of years then it could soon be deleted. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The tech giant is going to be getting rid of them, starting from Friday, under its inactive account policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The company said it would take a phased approach, starting with accounts that “were created and never used again”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Simply signing into an account or sending an email should be enough to keep it active. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Google said the change was because of security reasons, highlighting that forgotten and unused accounts are more likely to be compromised. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A Google account gives users access to most Google products, such as email service Gmail and video sharing site YouTube, using the same username and password.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a blog post in May, the tech giant said the reason old accounts are more vulnerable is because they tend to rely on old or re-used passwords and largely have not had two-factor authentication set up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Once an account has been abused, it can be used for anything from identity theft to malicious content and spam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How to save your account <\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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In a lot of cases, signing in should be enough to keep your Google account active for another two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Google also said reading or sending an email using Google Drive or watching a YouTube video could help. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Once you log in, having an accessible recovery email address associated with your account is a good idea – this means you’ll be able to receive the notifications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A recovery email address is one you give that helps you reset your password if you forget it. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Google said that both affected accounts as well as their recovery email addresses have been emailed to warn of impending deletion. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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