Google has changed its inactivity policyfrom the month of December, the company will start eliminating all those accounts that have not registered at least one login in the past two years. Those users who want to save their account still have time to do this, it is only necessary to perform one simple step.

Google isn’t the only online service company with policies for deleting inactive accounts. Other networks, such as Twitter, require their users to log in every 30 days to maintain their account. In the case of WhatsApp, the period of inactivity to maintain the account cannot exceed 120 days.

The reason Google is deleting the accounts is security. Thus, as inactive accounts have outdated passwords and security practices, they are exposed to malicious attacks. What was Google’s policy like? Those rules stated that if a user had an inactive account for more than two years, they risked losing the content, but not the account itself.

Google will start cleaning inactive accounts in December, how do you prevent this?

How to avoid account loss?

Try to log in as soon as possible to prevent your account from being deleted, it’s that simple. “We’re taking a phased approach, starting with accounts that are created and never used again.” Google has confirmed that users will be notified by email months before account deletion.