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✔️ Google deletes accounts that are inactive for two years -- including Gmail, Drive, Photos, and even YouTube content. I’ll explain what “inactive” means, how to keep your accounts safe, and why this change could erase important cultural history.
✔️ Deleting inactive Google accounts
Google deletes accounts that have been inactive for over two years. You can protect all your Google accounts by signing in to each and doing anything. If you want to preserve content in inactive accounts, take explicit steps to archive that content before it’s removed from the internet.
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Chapters
0:00 Will Google Delete Inactive Accounts?
1:32 Don't go inactive
1:52 Collateral damage
2:48 It could be any provider
3:35 Will they re-issue your email address?
4:15 Won't contain your old information
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✔️ Google deletes accounts that are inactive for two years -- including Gmail, Drive, Photos, and even YouTube content. I’ll explain what “inactive” means, how to keep your accounts safe, and why this change could erase important cultural history.
✔️ Deleting inactive Google accounts
Google deletes accounts that have been inactive for over two years. You can protect all your Google accounts by signing in to each and doing anything. If you want to preserve content in inactive accounts, take explicit steps to archive that content before it’s removed from the internet.
Updates, related links, and more discussion: askleo.com/157080
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✅ Watch next ▶ Gmail Is Removing “Check Mail From Other Accounts” ▶ youtu.be/jmsUVtwt-mM
Chapters
0:00 Will Google Delete Inactive Accounts?
1:32 Don't go inactive
1:52 Collateral damage
2:48 It could be any provider
3:35 Will they re-issue your email address?
4:15 Won't contain your old information
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![Why Password Managers Are [Still] Safer than the Alternatives](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JwCRWG_qH5E/mqdefault.jpg "Why Password Managers Are [Still] Safer than the Alternatives
❤️ If youre not using a password manager, youre likely compromising your security more than necessary. Heres why using one is safer.
❤️ Password managers
Good security demands you have a unique and strong password for every site or service, ideally kept only in your head. Without a password manager to aid you, you’ll likely need to make tradeoffs, compromising your security. There’s no such thing as perfect security, but using a password manager ensures you’re as secure as possible without needing to make those tradeoffs.
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Chapters
0:00 Password Managers Are Safer than the Alternatives
1:05 Security best practices
1:42 Without a password manager
2:12 With a password manager
3:15 If you’re compromised, you’re compromised
3:54 But are password managers safe?
4:40 What I do
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