Google Update: The tech giant, Google is planning to delete accounts, which have been inactive for 2 years. The American Technology company has updated its policy for personal accounts. If it has been a long time since you use your Google account, then, it can be removed by the company. Google is bringing a new policy under which, inactive accounts will be removed. You must be wondering why the company is taking such a step.
It has been revealed by online sources that to improve security for its users, this step is being taken by the company. Moreover, Google is making its users informed of this change so that their accounts can be prevented from being deleted. The company has clearly mentioned that it has the right to delete accounts, which have been inactive for 2 years.
Why Tech Giant Has Taken This Step?
In order to improve its security, the company has taken this step and it will be in effect from December. Moreover, the company is also sending notifications and warning emails to its users so that they can be aware of this update. Once inactive accounts are deleted, no confusion will occur later. In addition, it has been said accounts, which have been inactive for years are likely to be deprived of the two-factor authentication feature. As a result of this, inactive accounts are considered vulnerable to hacking. And once the account is hacked, it can be used for sending spam or harmful content. After this update, this risk will be reduced.
How Can You Keep Your Google Account Active?
Please take care of the below-mentioned points, which may help you to keep your Google accounts active.
- Make your timely presence on Youtube.
- Use your Gmail account for professional purposes and because of this, you will be able to access it timely and it will be deleted by Google as per the new update.
- Start using Google Drive to store and access your documents and files.
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