How to delete your Gmail account

Silence that mail inbox forever

If you’ve decided to delete your Gmail account, we will get all the details you need to get it done. Whether you’re giving up on email entirely or just don’t want the account anymore, you can easily delete Gmail account. And, you can do without deleting your attached Google account.

Deleting your Gmail account will delete all of your mail settings and your emails, it may not immediately delete all of your emails. However, you may have that option if you decide at a later date that you want to reopen your Gmail account. You don’t need to worry about someone swooping in and pretending to be you by using your Gmail address, as Google will not allow anyone else to use it even after you’ve deleted your account.

If you want to download your Gmail data before deleting your account, as it will be lost otherwise. Here’s how to download your Gmail data and save it to your PC.

Deleting your Gmail account will depend on the device you’re using to delete it. Here is instruction on deleting the account from a computer, iSO device, and
Android device.

How to delete On a computer

Step 1: Go to the Google Accounts management page.

You can visit Google Accounts management page or by opening Gmail, click on the grid next to your user icon, and click on the Account option from the pop-up menu.

Step 2: Select “Data & personalization” from the navigation menu (this will appear on the left side or top of your window).

Step 3: In the new window that opens, scroll down to find the section titled “Download, delete, or make a plan for your data” and select “Delete a service or your account.”

Step 4: On the new screen window, find the section titled “Delete a Google service”, and select “Delete a service.”

Here you should be prompted to ask for resigning into your Google account for security purposes. Sign in to the Google account you have and which one you want to delete and then select detele your Gmail account will be deleted.