If you no longer require your Gmail service, it's a quick and easy process to remove the email tool from your Google Account. Keep in mind: Deleting your emails won't delete your entire Google Account.
Here's how to do it.
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Once you've exported your Gmail data, you're just a few clicks away from deleting your Gmail account. Back in the "Data & personalization" menu, scroll down to the "Download, delete, or make a plan for your data" section. Click "Delete a service or your account."
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Click this. You will need to sign in. Then, on the "Delete a Google service" panel, click "Delete a service.
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In the next screen, next to "Gmail," click on the trash can icon.
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Follow the steps on the screen to complete the Gmail account deletion process.
When you choose to delete your Gmail account, all your emails and mail settings will be deleted. You will no longer be able to use your Gmail address to send or receive email.
Your Google Account won’t be deleted, however; only your Gmail service will be removed. You'll still have a record of your Google activity and any purchases you made on Google Play.
Once you delete your Gmail account, you will no longer have access to any of your emails, so it's strongly advised that you download your data first. Here's how.
Go to your Google Account.
On the navigation panel to the left of your screen, click on "Data & personalization."
Credit: screengrab: googleLook for the section in the "Data & personalization" menu that says "Download, delete, or make a plan for your data."
Credit: screengrab: googleClick on "Download your data."
In the next screen, you'll see all your different Google data for all the products and services you use. You can select which data you want to include in your download by checking the box next to the name of the service.
Credit: screengrab: googleDeselect the ones you don't want, and make sure that Gmail is selected. Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Click on "Next step" to complete the export process.
Once you've exported your Gmail data, you're just a few clicks away from deleting your Gmail account. Back in the "Data & personalization" menu, scroll down to the "Download, delete, or make a plan for your data" section. Click "Delete a service or your account."
Credit: screengrab: GOOGLEClick this. You will need to sign in. Then, on the "Delete a Google service" panel, click "Delete a service.
Credit: SCREENGRAB: GOOGLEIn the next screen, next to "Gmail," click on the trash can icon.
Credit: SCREENGRAB: GOOGLEFollow the steps on the screen to complete the Gmail account deletion process.
It is possible to recover your deleted Gmail account through Google's account recovery service. Go to the account recovery sign-in page and follow the instructions.
If it's been some time since you deleted your account, Google warns that you may not get all your emails back.
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