Have you moved your online correspondence from Gmail to another email service and now would like to close your email account with Google? This is not a difficult operation, I can assure you. To succeed in delete Gmail account in fact, it is enough to have a few minutes of free time, a minimum of patience and attention and that's it. If you want, I can explain step by step how to proceed. But please, think carefully.
In fact, by deleting Gmail accounts, you will lose the ability to access all the big G online services, such as YouTube and Google Drive. Also, if you have an Android smartphone you will lose the ability to save your address book and other data online and sync them with other devices. There is also a way to remove Gmail from active services on your Google account without closing it completely. If you don't want to completely lose your ability to log into your Google account, or if you're not very sure what to do, I suggest you consider this option. How do you say? You are not interested in deleting Gmail accounts in the true sense of the term but you simply want to remove it from the client in use on your computer, smartphone and / or tablet? No problem, I can explain how to do it in this case too.
So if you are actually interested in learning more, read this guide of mine on how to delete Gmail account and follow the procedure that seems most appropriate to your needs. You will see that in no time at all you will be able to dispel all your doubts about it. So, let's get started?
Preliminary operations: backup
Before deleting your Gmail account or before removing the big G email service from the list of active tools on your Google account, I highly recommend that you download a copy of your data from all the Mountain View company services you have. used until today. How you do it? I'll explain it to you right away.
To begin with connected to the main page of Google, click on tua photo which is at the top right and select the item Personal account from the menu that appears. If instead of your photo you see the button Log in it's because you have to login to your account first. To do this, click on the button in question, type in your Gmail email address and click on NEXT then enter the password for your account and then click on Log in.
On the page that opens, locate the entry Account preferences e then click the link Delete your account or your services which is attached to the following. Then click on the item Delete Google account and data and if prompted, type the password for your Gmail account again and then click on the link download your data present at the top of the web page.
Scroll the page that is shown to you, locate the item gmail e make sure there is a check mark next to it. Then press on arrow pointing down located next to it to choose which Gmail messages to back up. The item is selected by default All messages but if you prefer you can tick the option Select labels e then choose which emails to deceive in the backup indicated the labels of your interest. Obviously, if you deem it appropriate, you can also include other Google services in the backup and / or remove the check mark next to those you intend to exclude.
To finish, click the button first NEXT e then Create archive. Once this is done, you will receive the link to download your data by email. Please note that depending on the amount of data to be processed, it may take hours or several days before the backup is completed, generated and made agolable for download.
Delete Google account
After having "saved" your data by following the instructions above you can finally take the real action. If you have decided to take the more drastic route, that is, if you want to delete your Gmail account by permanently closing your Google account, you have to connect again to the main page of big G, click tua photo in alto a destra and selects the voice Personal account give the menu to compare.
On the page that opens, click on the entry Delete your account or your services located on the right, presses the button Delete Google account and data e log back into your Google account. Now, put the check mark next to the items Yes, I acknowledge that I am still responsible for all charges arising from any pending financial transactions and I underste that in certain circumstances my earnings will not be paid e Yes, I would like to permanently delete this Google account and all related data e click on the button Delete account to confirm the closure of your Google account.
Disable Gmail
If, on the other he, you still do not have very clear ideas on what to do and instead of deleting the Google account "in the trunk" to delete the Gmail account, you would prefer to deactivate the latter, the steps you need to perform are slightly different from those seen above. . To deactivate your Gmail account you have to connect again to the main Google page, click on tua photo in alto a destra and selects the voice Personal account give the menu to compare.
On the page that opens, locate the tile Account preferences e click on the item Delete your account or your services which is on the right. Then click on the option Delete products, log back into your Google account and click on the basket placed next to the item gmail.
Once this is done, put the check mark next to the item Yes, I want to permanently delete [address@gmail.com] and remove it from my Google account (instead of indirizzo@gmail.com you will find your Gmail address), specify in the field New primary email address the email address you want to use to access your Google account (instead of the Gmail you are about to delete) and type your Google account password in the field Current password.
Finally, click on the button Remove Gmail. Once this is done, all the data in your mailbox will be permanently deleted within a couple of working days.
Delete Gmail account from computer
Would you like to underste how to delete Gmail accounts from a traditional email client, such as Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail or Thunderbird, in use on your computer? Then read the instructions below to find out immediately how to do it.
- Microsoft Outlook - To delete Gmail account go to the menu Fillet at the top left, click on the button Account settings e select the item Account settings from the menu that appears. In the window that opens, select the tab Email, select the Gmail account to delete and click on the button Remove which is located at the top.
- Apple Mail - To delete Gmail account go to the menu Mail, click on the item Account ... at the top left, select the account Google to be deleted and presses the button - located at the bottom left.
- Thunderbird - To delete Gmail account press the key alt on the computer keyboard in order to display the Thunderbird menus, go to the menu Instrumentsclick your Account settings of the program and select the Gmail account to remove. Then select the item Delete a.
Delete Gmail accounts from smartphones and tablets
Do you want to unlink the Gmail account from your Android device? Do you want to delete Gmail accounts from the Mail application on iOS? No problem, these are two very simple operations. Find out now how to put them into practice by reading the following lines.
- Android - To delete Gmail account go to the menu Settings Android and select the item Account from the latter. Then press on the logo of Google, select yours Gmail indirizzo from the menu that opens and first presses the button (...) which is located at the top right and then on the item Remove account.
- iOS - To delete Gmail account in the menu Settings say iOS and select the voice Mail from the latter. Then press on Account, select the item related to your account gmail e pulsing on pulsating Delete account per due turn consecutive.
For more information on the procedure required to delete the Google account from Android and replace it with another address, I invite you to conont my guide on the subject. The same goes for the procedure for configuring Gmail on iPhone, to which I have dedicated a special guide that I think could be useful for you.
