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How to permanently delete a Gmail account

How to permanently delete a Gmail account

Gmail, the largest email service on the Internet, is a product of Google, and new users get 15 GB of free capacity to send or receive messages in the form of files.

Maybe you have a lot of unused email and you’d rather delete it, but you’re stuck because you don’t know how. Google itself has made it available Function to delete Gmail, and it’s very easy.

So it will not delete the Google account, only the Gmail account. So other accounts like Youtube, Google play, etc. can still be used properly. Here’s how you can permanently delete a Gmail account.

Tutorial on how to delete a Gmail account

  1. Please go to Google Account Settings.

  2. Click the tab Data & personalization.

    Click Data & Personalization

  3. Scroll down and click on the menu Delete your service or account.

    Click Remove Service or Account menu

  4. Then choose Delete service.

    Click menu Delete Service

  5. You will be asked to enter your password to continue.

  6. click Delete symbol on Gmail.

    Start by deleting the Gmail account

  7. A dialog appears asking you to enter an email address. Enter an email address other than Gmail, such as Yahoo or Outlook.

    Process to permanently delete Gmail account

  8. And press the button Kirim Email Verifikasi.

  9. Next, open the email account you wrote earlier and click on the verification link.

  10. Check approval and click the button Hapus Gmail.

Your Gmail account has now been permanently deleted and you can no longer use this address to send or receive messages from other people. But other accounts like Youtube, Google Drive, and the like can still be used, all that is required is that the login process use a different email address that you previously specified.

Also read: Back up entire messages in Gmail

What happened to all messages on deleted accounts?

All messages are permanently deleted and certainly cannot be recovered. Google also has a feature to back up all messages in Gmail that you may find useful before following the steps above.

Someone who sends a message to a deleted Gmail account receives a response from the system that it is a message could not be sent to the destination address. This is a sign, your Gmail address will never be registered.

Hopefully useful and good luck