Back up your G Drive storage, Google to shut inactive Gmail IDs in 2021

Search engine giant, Google, earlier in the month said it will end to offer free unlimited storage to its Photos app users in June 2021. Now, the company will remove the inactive Gmail IDs the same timeline next year.

“We’re introducing new policies for consumer accounts that are either inactive or over their storage limit across Gmail, Drive (including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, and Jamboard files) and/or Photos to better align with common practices across the industry,” Google said.

After June 1, 2021, if the user has been inactive on Gmail and related services (mentioned above) for more than two years, will no longer use the email service and lose the Gmail users ID. Also, it will delete all the contents in them permanently.