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Deleting your Gmail account is a big deal because you will lose access to other Gmail-related Google products and services, such as Google Drive or the Play Store. If you want to delete your account, you can do so on the Google account management page. Conversely, if you accidentally delete your account, you can recover it if you act in time.
Note: You have 2 business days to recover your Gmail account. Otherwise you will lose your account forever. [1] X Research Source
Steps
Delete Gmail account
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Sign in to your Gmail account. Go to the Gmail page and log in to your account as usual. You need to access the network to delete the account, the operation on the computer is simpler than on the phone. [2] X Research Source
- Deleting an account does not free up future email addresses. You cannot reuse that address, for example (wikihow@gmail.com).
- This process will delete email and contacts stored there, but not Search History and Youtube information. Google account is still safe. [3] X Research Sources
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Click on your profile picture, or the first letter of your name, in the upper-right corner of the Gmail screen. From the inbox screen, click the circle button in the top right corner. You’ll see a menu with a blue “My Account” button appear, with options for “Add Account” and “Sign Out”.
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Click on “My Account” and select “Account Preferences”. This is the page that controls all Google accounts, not just Gmail. It allows you to delete your Gmail account but keep your Google account.
- Alternatively, you can skip the previous steps and go to https://myaccount.google.com/preferences to go directly to the account customization page. [4] X Research Sources
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Find and select “Delete your account or services” in the menu on the left. When scrolling down under “My Account” there are some options as follows — Welcome, “Sign-in & security”, “Personal info & privacy”. & private) and finally “Account preferences”. You’ll see “Delete your account” here. [5] X Research Sources
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Select “Delete Products” and log back in to confirm your decision. After clicking on “Delete your account or services”, you will see the option on the right side as follows, delete only small products (like Gmail) or delete all accounts and data. Select Gmail, log in to make sure you don’t accidentally hit delete account.
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Consider downloading data before deleting. You can click “Download Data” to save contacts, chats and emails before deleting the service. You should download the data to your computer unless you really want to wipe everything. [6] X Research Sources
- This will create an email archive on your Google Drive account. The process may take several minutes to several hours depending on network speed and inbox capacity.
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Click on “Gmail” and read the brief disclaimer of account deletion. Google will tell you a few things related to this. Here are some points to pay attention to:
- Deleting an account may make it impossible to recover your old password (the one set up with the Gmail account)
- You can only recover your account within 2 days if you accidentally delete it by mistake.
- You cannot register the same username as the deleted account. [7] X Research Sources
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Confirm account deletion. When you select “Delete account and data”, a warning dialog will appear, asking you to confirm you want to delete the account. Check each box to confirm that you are aware that you will lose access to these services. At this step, you do not select the content to delete, simply realize the content will disappear. Enter the password at the bottom of the screen.
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Confirm again. Check the “Yes, I want to delete my account” and “Yes, I acknowledge that…” dialog boxes, and then select “Delete Google” Account” (Delete Google account). The Gmail account will be scheduled to be deleted. [8] X Research Sources
Gmail Account Recovery
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Act fast — you only have 2 business days. Google accounts are only retained for a short period of time after scheduled deletion. If you act quickly, you can recover your account, but you only have 2 days to do so. [9] X Research Source
- These two dates are not entirely guaranteed. You have to do it as quickly as possible.
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Visit the Google Password Assistance page . At the login page, select “I’m having other problems signing in'”. Enter the deleted email address, click “Continue”.
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Enter the old password. You are redirected to a page asking you to enter recent passwords that you can remember. Enter the password, click “Continue”. [10] X Research Source
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Click on “Submit a recovery request”. When you enter your password, you will be redirected to a page where the account has been deleted. You will see a link to the account recovery request form. Click on that.
- If you don’t receive a link to your recovery request, your account has been permanently deleted. You can’t do anything else. [11] X Research Source
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Complete the validation process. After clicking on the recovery request, you need to go through a series of confirmation steps. Enter an email address you have access to, answer questions about your password, last access, and when the account was created. Google will use this information to verify that you are the real owner.
- If you don’t have this information, don’t worry too much. Just submit a request and explain your situation and wait for a reply.
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Check email. Google will send an email to the address you provided. It may take a while to receive the email. Check your email and click on the link provided to create a new password for your account. You have successfully recovered your deleted account.
- Remember that deleting an account deletes all data. Reloading data will take a long time.
- Note, you may receive an email saying “account was deleted and is no longer recoverable”. If you receive this message, your Gmail account has been permanently deleted.
- If the account is deleted, you can create a new Google account, but you can’t use the same name as the old account. [12] X Research Source
Warning
- It’s not always possible to recover your Google account, and if you can, it won’t take long for you to recover it. It’s best not to delete your account unless you’re sure that’s what you want.
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Deleting your Gmail account is a big deal because you will lose access to other Gmail-related Google products and services, such as Google Drive or the Play Store. If you want to delete your account, you can do so on the Google account management page. Conversely, if you accidentally delete your account, you can recover it if you act in time.
Note: You have 2 business days to recover your Gmail account. Otherwise you will lose your account forever. [1] X Research Source
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