You can delete your Gmail account in the "Data & Personalization" tab of your Google settings. Deleting your Gmail account won't delete your Google account entirely ...

“If a Google Account has not been used or signed into for at least two years, we may delete the account and its contents,” Google announced in a blog post, and that time is coming soon. In December, ...

Update, Dec. 16, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 14 now includes additional advice on how to securely recover a forgotten username and password to an inactive Gmail account to prevent ...