Google will start deleting inactive Gmail accounts very soon, December 1st. If you have an account that – even if you use it little or not at all – you want to keep it for the future, you have a few weeks to activate it before you lose it.

Google defines inactive accounts as these that they have not been used for two years. It may seem like a lot of time, but it is not unusual that we may have some of them that we registered at the time and did not use later. Considering that these Gmail accounts are not limited to an email client, but are used to authenticate for multiple Google services and third-party companies, if you don’t want to lose it, you know.

The company announced its new policy at the beginning of the year, and it will be used for the first time on December 1. According to the new company policy “Google services reserve the right to delete your data if your account has not been used in that service for 2 years”.

If you haven’t signed in or done anything on your Google Account for two years, it’s considered inactive. Those who consider themselves to be, from December 1 Google may delete all account content and data. This includes a large amount of information stored by Google, including Google Photos, Google Calendar events, Google Docs and emails. Previously, Google sent notifications and a secondary email, if any, to this account.

Say that this policy applies to personal accounts only, not those connected to companies, schools or other organizations. And there are some exceptions, such as if the account was used to purchase something from the Google Store, if the account has a gift card with an active balance, or if you have a published app or game with active, ongoing subscriptions, or active financial transactions. . associated with them, such as the Google Account that owns the app in the Play Store.

So that the account is not considered inactivethe company considers actions such as logging in; read or send email; use Google Drive; watch a video on YouTube; share photos; download the app or search for activities while logged in. Any of these actions may be used by Google to consider the use of the account. So don’t lose it. If you have any old ones you don’t want to lose or the content associated with them, you know, by December 1st.