Google Clarifies That It Will Not Delete Old Accounts with YouTube Videos

Earlier this week , Google annunciate it would purge all YouTube account that have gone two years without a login . However , after some well - deserved pushback from the Internet , the company has sneakily update its blog place to reveal that it will only be edit empty accounts , not account with video .

TechCrunchnoticed that Google updated its blogpostrevealing the decision to delete forsake account sometime after the original proclamation was made . Google ’s new postscript to the insurance states in ignominious and blanched : “ We do not have plans to edit invoice with YouTube videos at this meter . ” The update add up after Google revealed on Tuesday that the company would be deleting all Google accounts that have not been logged in to for two days — including YouTube , Google Photos , and Google Workspace . Google said that these accounts may expend compromise passwords or not have two - broker authentication enabled , threatening their surety .

Google indite in its blog post :

Google will still delete inactive Google Workspaces and empty YouTube accounts.

Google will still delete inactive Google Workspaces and empty YouTube accounts.Image: AngieYeoh (Shutterstock)

Our internal analysis testify give up account are at least 10x less likely than active accounts to have 2 - whole step - verification rig up . Meaning , these account are often vulnerable , and once an account is compromised , it can be used for anything from identity theft to a vector for undesirable or even malicious contentedness , like junk e-mail . To abridge this risk , we are update our inactivity insurance policy for Google Accounts to 2 years across our Cartesian product . start after this year , if a Google Account has not been used or signed into for at least 2 years , we may erase the account and its contents – include content within Google Workspace ( Gmail , Docs , Drive , Meet , Calendar ) and Google Photos .

Despite this newfangled caveat , everything else about Google ’s plan to spew old accounts remains entire . The earliest cut will get down in December 2023 and will go on in a phased approach , begin with accounts that were created and then never used . Google says in the post that before accounts get the boot , users will have “ multiple notifications over the month result up to cut ” that will be air to whatever email address are on file . Accounts belong to organizations like schools and companies will not be affected .

Google ’s fresh policy issue forth as several platform are doing their digital bound cleaning . While Google Photos is included in the umbrella of the troupe ’s announcement , the photo - storing platform already has an auto - delete insurance policy in billet that was harbinger in2020 . Similarly , Twitter CEO Elon Musktweetedearlier this calendar month that Twitter would be archiving inactive accounts .

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