Google is a world-leading search engine, but also offers other services and products such as Gmail, Google maps, Google drive and YouTube.
Now the technology giant announces that they will make a change to improve security and free up server space, reports Dagens PS. This means that Google will permanently delete inactive accounts. In order not to risk your account being deleted, there are a couple of things you can do.
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This is how you keep your account
In order for your account not to be deleted, you need to use it actively, reports Today’s PS. To keep the account active, you can log in and, for example:
It is important that you log in every two years for your account to remain active.
Trend DK reports that accounts associated with businesses and schools will not be deleted.
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