Are you wondering how to permanently delete your gmail account? If so, you have come to the right place. This article will tell you how to delete your gmail account from the internet forever.
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- how to delete your gmail account
- what happens when you delete your gmail account?
- 6 things to consider before deleting your gmail account
how to delete your gmail account
Note: If you use Gmail through work, school, or another group, you’ll need to contact your administrator.
1. sign in to your google account by going to myaccount.google.com and clicking sign in, if you’re not already signed in.
2. enter your gmail credentials and click sign in.
3. on the left, click data & privacy.
4. scroll down to data about apps and services you use.
5. under “download or delete your data”, select remove a google service.
6. you will be prompted to re-enter your password. do it now.
7. next to gmail, click the trash can symbol.
8. enter a different email address you want to use to sign in to google (you can’t use another gmail address) and enter your current password. click send verification email.
9. open the email from google sent to your other address and click on the link provided. this will verify your email address and take you to another page to delete your account.
10. When prompted, select yes, I want to delete my gmail account.
10. click delete gmail and then done.
congratulations! you have successfully removed gmail from your google account.
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how to delete your gmail account on your phone
delete your gmail on ios (iphone and ipad)
- open the gmail app on your device.
- tap your profile picture or initials in the top right corner to go to “manage your google account”. you can also go to myaccount.google.com.
- tap data & privacy.
- scroll to data from apps and services you use.
- under “download or delete your data,” tap delete a google service. you may need to sign in.
- next to gmail, tap the trash can icon.
- enter a different email address you want to use to sign in to google (you can’t use another gmail address) and enter your current password. Click send verification email.
- Open the email from Google sent to your other address and click the link provided. this will verify your email address and take you to another page to delete your account.
- When prompted, select yes, I want to delete my gmail account.
- click delete gmail, then done.
delete your gmail on android
- on your android phone or tablet, open your device’s settings app > google > manage your google account.
- at the top, tap data & privacy.
- scroll to data from apps and services you use.
- under “download or delete your data,” tap delete a google service. you may need to sign in.
- next to gmail, tap the trash can icon.
- enter a different email address you want to use to sign in to google (you can’t use another gmail address) and enter your current password. Click send verification email.
- Open the email from Google sent to your other address and click the link provided. this will verify your email address and take you to another page to delete your account.
- When prompted, select yes, I want to delete my gmail account.
- click delete gmail, then done.
what happens when you delete your gmail account?
If you delete your gmail account, all your emails will be deleted and your inbox will be closed.
If someone tries to send you an email to that address after you’ve deleted the account, the email will be recovered.
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7 things to consider before deleting your gmail account
1. deleting your gmail account will delete all your emails and close your inbox.
Note: The emails will still exist in the email accounts of the people you’ve corresponded with, unless they’ve also deleted their email accounts.
If someone tries to send you an email to that address after you’ve deleted the account, the email will be recovered.
2. you will lose access to your account.
When you delete your gmail account, you will no longer be able to send or receive emails with that email address. make sure you inform all relevant parties before closing your gmail account.
3. you could lose access to third-party services associated with your gmail account.
If your gmail account is associated with other accounts, you will need to update your accounts with a different email address. if it doesn’t, you might run into these problems:
- Your gmail account is associated with your social media accounts and you cannot reset your passwords or recover your accounts.
- Your gmail account is linked to your bank account. three forms of identification and 14 hours of customer service calls later, and still no access.
4. you will lose all your emails
Before you hit the big red button and delete your gmail account, you may want to download all of your data. google has a great article to show you how to do this in their google account help center: how to download your data.
Unless, of course, your goal is to destroy all traces of it. then by all means shoot!
5. deleting your gmail account will not release your username.
No one (including you) will be able to use your gmail username (username@gmail.com) in the future. this ensures that no one can impersonate you in your old email account.
6. deleting your gmail account will not delete your google account.
Your google account will remain associated with things like your search history and your youtube account.
7. is it possible to recover your deleted gmail account
Do you want to recover your deleted emails? You have a window of a few weeks to try to recover a deleted gmail account. find out how to recover a recently deleted gmail account.
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