➤How to delete your Google or Gmail account 🕹

Summary

Read this carefully before you start
Start by backing up your data
How to delete your Gmail / Google account?
How to recover a Google account?
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In this tutorial, we explain how to delete your Google or Gmail account in a few steps. But also how to save all the related data, and possibly recover your account if you deleted it by mistake.

The Android operating system is closely linked to Google. He who is however open source is indeed sorely lacking in interest when the latter's services are not installed there and requires a lot of trick to be able to get rid of his hold.

We suggested in a tutorial to part with Google on your Android phone, but maybe you want to go even further and simply say goodbye to it? We help you delete your Google or Gmail account easily, by guiding you step by step.

Read this carefully before you start

Deleting your account will have the following effects:

Loss of access and data for all Google services like Gmail, Drive, Calendar, as well as all data like photos saved on the account
Losses Subscriptions, paid or not, or purchased content on YouTube or the Play Store (apps, movies, books, music, etc.)
Information from Chrome like bookmarks, but also web browser applications
Loss of contacts linked to the account on your Android phone
Loss of username of this account, which will not be recoverable. If your account is “machinchose @ gmail”, “machinchose” cannot be resumed once the deletion is carried out

Start by backing up your data

For it :

Log in to your account and go to the account management page
Click on the link Manage data and personalization under your avatar
Scroll down to Download, delete, or plan for the future of your data
Go to Download your data
Check the data to include and scroll to the bottom of the page to be able to click on Next
Click on Create the archive

Google prepares your data, you will receive a link by email to download them when they are ready. Do not go any further until you have been able to download your archive. It contains data that you would regret losing forever.

How to delete your Gmail / Google account?

Precautions have been taken, the data has been saved… All that remains is to take the final step! Note, however, that you have the option of deleting only certain products rather than your entire account, so be sure to target your needs before anything else. For example, you can completely delete your Gmail address while retaining access to Google services - Google will simply ask you to define, then simply give it a new email address to use.

For it :

Log in to your account and access its options
Go to the tab Data and customization
Go to Download, delete or plan the future of your data
Click on Delete a service or your account
Go to Delete a service
Click on the trash can icon to the right of the Gmail row

To delete your entire Google account :

Log in to your account and access its options
Go to the tab Data and customization
Go to Download, delete or plan the future of your data
Click on Delete a service or your account
Go to Delete your Google account

How to recover a Google account?

By default, the account will be permanently deleted. However, if you instantly regret your choice, you will have a short period during which you may still have chances of recovering your account. The process is incredibly simple.

To try to go back, follow this method:

Go to the account recovery page
Log in with your old credentials
Here, the connection is established as if nothing had happened and you immediately find normal use!