Do you want to delete Gmail Account and your address permanently from Gmail service? Gmail provides an opportunity for that through your account settings option. In this article, we are going to see how to delete your Gmail account and remove your mails and address permanently from Gmail.

Meanwhile, before you go ahead to delete Gmail account, it’s important to note that deleting your Gmail account is a serious decision to make and if you haven’t considered the consequences of deleting your account, I think you should have a rethink or go through the piece of information on what happens when you delete your Gmail account so that you will be properly guided.

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What Happens When You Delete Gmail Account

1. Deleting your Gmail account will delete all your emails and close your inbox
2. You can no longer access your Gmail account, even through any other third party app or email client
3. Emails you sent to other people will still exist in their account, unless they too have deleted their email accounts
4. Anybody who tries to email you at that address after you’ve deleted the account, will receive a message delivery failure
5. If you downloaded a copy of your messages, you can still retrieve the messages and use them anytime.

So, it’s important you backup or download your messages on Gmail just before you hit the red button for deleting your account. See Gmail support center: How To Download Your Data

Now, you have seen what happens when you delete your Gmail account. Do you wish to proceed with the steps of deleting your account? Okay! Let’s get down to it below.

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How To Delete Gmail Account – Start Here

Step 1: Head over to My Google Account page by tapping on the link here. Or copy and paste the URL, www.myaccount.google.com to your browser and go

Step 2: Under my “Account Preferences” section, select “Delete your account or services” from the options there to continue

Step 3: Then, tap on the “Delete Products” button. You can also choose “Delete Google Account and Data” to remove your entire Google account

Step 4: Next, select the Gmail account you wish to delete and continue

Step 5: Then, enter the Gmail account Password in the space provide there and tap on the “Next” button

NOTE: At this point if you have not downloaded a copy of your Gmail messages, you can follow the Download Data link to do that

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Step 6: On the page that appears next, click on the “Trashcan” icon next to your Gmail account

Step 7: Then, enter your secondary email you used while creating your Gmail address or a new Gmail address. This email address will be needed to complete your account deletion and must be different from the one you’re deleting. Also, you must be able to access this email address at the moment of this deletion

Step 8: Next, click on the “Send Verification Email” to receive a link for the deletion to your secondary email address

Step 9: Open the email address and follow the link on the email sent to you from Google. And sign in to the Gmail account you are deleting if prompted

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Step 10: Next, tap on the “Yes, I want to delete” button on the screen that appears next to confirm the process

Step 11: Finally, tap on “Delete Gmail” and wait for a couple of minutes for your account to be removed, then, tap on “Done”. That’s all!

You have successfully deleted your Gmail account. You can go ahead and create a new one. If you prefer a secure email account, you can get one here too.

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