Deleting your google account:
- Go to your Google account settings, and under the “Account Preferences” option, click on “Delete your account or services.” Then tap on “Delete Google account and data.”
- You will see an option to backup your data here as well, followed by a comprehensive list of all the content you will be losing access to when you delete your Google account.
- At the end of the page, there are two acknowledgements you will have to accept before you can tap on the “Delete Account” button to permanently delete your Google account.
Deleting specific services only:
- Instead of deleting your entire Google account, you also have the option to remove access from specific services. In the first step, instead of tapping on “Delete Google accounts and data,” click on “Delete products.”
- There you will see a list of services that you can individually remove.
- If you delete your Gmail account, you will have to add an alternate email address that will now be linked to the other Google services that you are still using.
Recover a recently deleted account:
- Go to the password assistance page.
- Select “I’m having other problems signing in.”
- Then follow the instructions on the page to see if you can recover the account. Keep in mind that it might not be possible. Further, if you have deleted Gmail and have added another non-Google email address to be able to access other Google services, recovering your Gmail username will not be possible.
Source: Android Authority
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