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YouTube will no longer be deleting videos from inactive accounts
Google updated its policy on inactive accounts on Tuesday, declaring that any account that has not been active in two years will be deleted. The people of the internet quickly pushed back: What about old YouTube accounts? There’s a trove of internet history lying in dusty corners of YouTube, not to mention the accounts of […]
YouTube will no longer be deleting videos from inactive accounts by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Google May Delete Your Old Accounts. Here’s How to Stop It
Google will start deleting inactive accounts if they haven’t been used in two years
Google Will Delete Inactive Accounts: Here’s How To Save Yours – CNET
Google Plans to Delete Accounts That Haven’t Been Used in Over Two Years
Going forward, if a Google Account has not been used or signed into for at least two years, Google may delete the account and its contents. This includes content from Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Meet, Calendar, YouTube, and Google Photos.
The policy is applicable to personal Google Accounts rather than those created for businesses and schools. Users with an inactive account will see those accounts being deleted starting in December 2023, but Google plans to provide plenty of notice before it starts to cull accounts.
Accounts that were created and never used again will be the first to be nixed, with Google sending multiple notifications to both the account email address and the recovery email, if one has been provided.
To keep a Google Account active, Google recommends signing in at least once every two years, and anyone who has signed into an account or a Google service recently has an account that is considered active and will not be deleted.
Activity includes reading or sending an email, using Google Drive, watching a YouTube video, downloading a Google Play app, using Google Search, having an active subscription through a Google Account, or using Sign in with Google.
Back in 2020, Google said that it would wipe content from unused accounts but would keep the accounts intact. That is now changing with the plan to delete inactive accounts.
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