If you haven't logged in to your Gmail account for two years, Google may delete it

Have you ever used any old Google accounts that you may have?

Once every 24 months or so, you might want to check in and take a look around.

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because Google has changed the rules about inactive accounts.

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The previous policy, announced in 2020 along with the end of free unlimited storage

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for Google Photos, stated that Google might wipe data stored in accounts

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that haven't been touched for at least two years.

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However, a blog post written by product manager Ruth Kricheli claims that those accounts.

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