You can probably dig out their email address somewhere. And then let's not forget everything that goes along with our email account—Google Photos (those vacation pics from 2013 exist somewhere!), Google Drive (where all your tax info from the past six years is stored),

Google announced last May it would delete underutilized accounts and it appears Google is finally making good on its promise.

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This policy targets inactive Gmail accounts, which, due to their free nature, can accumulate in large numbers.

For any Google users who send and receive emails thanks to the software company’s free Gmail service, it may be time to take stock of your account to ensure it’s not