{"id":627,"date":"2020-11-17T03:46:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T03:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/?p=627"},"modified":"2020-11-17T03:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T03:46:51","slug":"how-to-delete-gmail-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/how-to-delete-gmail-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Delete Gmail Account?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gmail is used for both official and personal work. Its existence is important to appear on social media whether it is Facebook, Instagram.\u00a0 With your Gmail account, you are not only able to connect through Emails, messages but now you can join meetings using &#8220;Google Meet&#8221; that is embedded in Gmail itself. People use Gmail on android phones the most now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of us might have more than one account to access. It is very hectic to handle all those accounts easily. If you are one of those who is thinking of getting rid of your multiple accounts, delete your Gmail account permanently. Before taking such a crucial step to think twice as it might be irreversible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the question is how you can delete it.\u00a0 Here we come with a solution for you all. We have compiled the list of steps needed to be followed for the same purpose. Before proceeding to steps there are some points you should keep in mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>How to Delete Gmail Account<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Points To Remember\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All your emails and mail settings will be deleted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will not be able to send or receive emails from the same email account. Services in the account will not be deleted permanently, you can access the activities and purchases on google play.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must download all your data if you decide to delete your account if you want to access it in the future, otherwise, you will lose access permanently.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Steps to Delete Gmail Service<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now Let\u2019s take a look at the steps to delete a Gmail account :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step-1\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, open the site<\/span><b> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/\">Google.com<\/a>\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Step-2<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-629\" src=\"https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Delete Gmail\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-3-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-3-780x780.jpg 780w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the rightmost corner click on the <\/span><b>\u201cGrid Icon\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and select <\/span><b>\u201cAccount Icon\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from all Google apps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step-3<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now select <\/span><b>\u201cManage Your\u00a0 Data &amp; personalization\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step-4<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-4-e1605582614582.jpg\" alt=\"Gmail Delete\" width=\"1080\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-4-e1605582614582.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-4-e1605582614582-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-4-e1605582614582-1024x392.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-4-e1605582614582-768x294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-4-e1605582614582-450x172.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lianapatterson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Untitled-design-4-e1605582614582-780x298.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scroll down the screen, select \u201c<\/span><b>Download, Delete, or Make a Plan For Your Data\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Step-5\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then click on <\/span><b>\u201cDelete A Service Or Your Account\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the options there select<\/span><b> \u201cDelete A Service\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, here you need to sign in to your account.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Step-6\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on the <\/span><b>\u201cDelete Icon\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opposite to Gmail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step-7\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter your <\/span><b>Email Address(alternative)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which you can access to proceed to delete your account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step-8\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>\u201cSend Verification Email\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step-9\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On an Alternate Gmail account open the <\/span><b>\u201cVerification Email\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and proceed with <\/span><b>\u201cDeletion Link\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on <\/span><b>\u201cDelete Gmail\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> afterward tap on <\/span><b>\u201cDone\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to delete cookies and browser\u2019s cache on your device if you are using an Offline App of Gmail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might be able to recover your email address, but remember that you take this decision before it&#8217;s too late. After a while, you may not be able to restore your Emails again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At last, I just want to say that if you are not interested in your Gmail account anymore, you can decide to delete your Gmail account permanently. But you will not have access to other services like google drive and others. Also if you are using your Gmail via your work, school, or any group you need to contact administrators because only he can delete the Gmail account.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gmail is used for both official and personal work. Its existence is important to appear on social media whether it is Facebook, Instagram.\u00a0 With your Gmail account, you are not only able to connect through Emails, messages but now you can join meetings using &#8220;Google Meet&#8221; that is embedded in Gmail itself. 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