How to Delete Your Google Account Permanently

⌛ If you delete your google account it is permanent. There's another option that's less drastic, includes a safety net, and eventually achieves the same goal. ⌛ Deleting a Google account Use Takeout to create a backup of the entire account contents before doing anything. Consider securing the account against being hacked and then simply abandoning it. If you forgot something you need, it’s simple to sign back in to get it. To truly delete, visit “Manage your Google Account” and “Data & privacy”. The option to delete the account is near the bottom. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/163035 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ Will Google Delete Inactive Accounts? ▶    • Will Google Delete Inactive Accounts?   Chapters 0:00 Delete Google Account Permanently 0:45 First back up 1:05 Takeout.google.com 2:45 Abandon instead of delete 5:10 Real deletion 5:34 Open a new (ideally different) browser. 6:10 Find the delete ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-... for even more! #askleo #delete #google