You can delete your Google Account at any time. If you change your mind, you might not be able to recover it after a certain amount of time.
Step 1: Learn what deleting your Google Account means
- You’ll lose all the data and content in that account, like emails, files, calendars, and photos.
- You won't be able to use Google services where you sign in with that account, like Gmail, Drive, Calendar, or Play.
- You’ll lose access to subscriptions and content you bought with that account on YouTube or Google Play, like apps, movies, games, music, and TV shows.
More data & content you'll lose
Google Play
- You won’t be able to get or update apps or games from the Play Store.
- You won’t be able to use music, movies, books, or magazines you purchased.
- You’ll lose any music you bought elsewhere and added to Google Play.
- You might lose your game progress, achievements, and other Google Play data from your account.
Contacts
You’ll lose contacts that are stored only in your Google Account and not separately on your device.
Drive
- Data won’t be saved to Drive. This data includes photos taken with your device or files downloaded from emails.
- You won't be able to download or upload files to the deleted account.
You won’t be able to use any Chrome apps or extensions for the deleted account.
You’ll still be able to:
- Let others use your Chromebook temporarily
- Sign in with a Google Account that hasn’t been deleted
If your account has been hacked
Before you delete a hacked or compromised Google Account, consider using Security Checkup to learn more about what parts of your account were accessed without your permission. That way, you can take steps to reduce further harm caused by the hacker. For example, if you:
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Save passwords in your Google Account, you can find out if they were accessed so you know if they need to be changed.
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Save contacts in your Google Account, you can find out if they were downloaded so you can let contacts know if they should watch out for suspicious messages.
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Use Google Wallet for transactions, you can check if there are any unauthorized payments so that you can dispute them.
Important: Once your account is deleted, you can no longer use Security Checkup to review activity in that account.
Step 2: Review & download your Google Account info
Before you delete your Google Account:
- Review the info in your account. Learn how to download data that you want to keep.
- If you use your Gmail address for online banking, social media, or apps, add a new email address for these services.
- Update your account recovery info in case you try to recover your account later. Learn how to add recovery info.
Step 3: Delete your Google Account
Important: If you have more than one Google Account, deleting one won’t delete the others.
- Go to the Data & Privacy section of your Google Account.
- Scroll to "Your data & privacy options."
- Select More options
Delete your Google Account.
- Follow the instructions to delete your account.
Delete your Google Account.Delete your Gmail account
You can remove your Gmail account from your Google Account. Deleting it won't delete your entire Google Account.
Important: When you delete your Google Account, the data associated with your Gmail account will be deleted. You can no longer log in to that Gmail account.
Delete your Gmail account without deleting your Google Account
Important: To delete your Gmail account without deleting your Google Account, you need a different email address associated with your Google Account.
- Go to your Google Account.
- On the left, select Data & privacy.
- Scroll to "Data from apps and services you use."
- Select Delete a Google Service.
- Next to "Gmail," select Delete
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- Enter an existing email address you want to sign in with.
- Select Send verification email.
- To verify your existing email address, you get an email at the existing email address. Until you verify the new email address, your Gmail address won't be deleted.
.Remove other services from your Google Account
If you don't want to delete your entire Google Account, learn how to:
Remove a Google Account from your device
To remove an account from your phone without deleting it, follow the instructions below. If you don't find your phone, visit the maker's support site.
Recover your account
If you change your mind or accidentally deleted your Google Account, you might be able to recover it within a certain amount of time. Learn how to recover your account.