How do close a gmail account

Click on the link to continue with removing your Gmail address. This step is important. You can choose to download all emails or select specific labels.

The downloaded file will be in MBOX format and can be opened by connecting an active Gmail account with an email client like Thunderbird. You can not sign up for Gmail with the same username in the future. Since a Gmail address is also connected to a Google account, deleting it will not delete any data from other Google services like YouTube, Google Search history, and Google Drive.

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Tell us why! If there is a Google Chrome browser synced with the deleted Google Account, the browser's information, including bookmarks, will be deleted as well. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Share this —. Follow today. More Brands. Hi, I'm trying to delete my account.

Issue is that google keeps asking me to verify myself with an old phone number that I've been stopped using since Even I changed the "Recovery Phone Number", it still asks for verification with the old number.

I have no way to solve this. Please help. Gayle prefix 2 months ago. I just keeps popping up. How get rid of it? Mindaugas Jancis prefix 1 month ago. Dear Gayle, It seems like you're using Gmail with a third-party desktop email client.

In such a case, you should also delete your email from the software as well. Amirtham Parameshwari prefix 3 months ago. Mindaugas Jancis prefix 3 months ago. Hello Amirtham. Maybe you have a security question set up? Good luck! Mary prefix 4 months ago. I have almost half a dozen old gmail accounts to get rid of.

I am keeping my main one and one I just created for a business. My problem is the non-gmail recovery email address that is required. I created one in Yahoo for a gmail account I deleted a few years ago. This is the only non-gmail account I have. Is there a way out of this? Mindaugas Jancis prefix 4 months ago. Hey, Mary.