#google account deletion date

Google has announced that the company will start deleting inactive accounts on December. Google plans on removing inactive personal accounts on December 1. Accounts that have been placed as recovery emails for these users would also receive this notification to be informed of said account's deletion. This deletion would affect personal accounts who have not been active for at least two years. Google's Vice President Ruth Kricheli has explained that unused accounts may be at risk as they can be compromised due to weak passwords, lack of security checks and no two-factor authentication. Google is testing a new storage policy that gives some newly created accounts only 5GB of free cloud storage unless users verify their account with a phone number. Previously, Google accounts automatically received 15GB of free storage shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. According to Google, the change is intended to improve account security and recovery while helping prevent abuse of free cloud storage. Read more in our articles including "Google to delete inactive personal Gmail accounts on December" and "Google tests 5GB storage limit for new accounts without phone number verification".