How To Delete Gmail

How To Delete Gmail

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If you already have another email account that is listed with all of your professional workings. And you want to delete this other non essential email from being in service. Then you can easily do so, by following the steps of various email platforms available below. 

 Here we covered a wide variety of email service manager systems, to help you delete your email services from your respective email service platform. 

Those are as follows:

Deleting your Gmail account 

Deleting your Yahoo mail account

Deleting your Microsoft Outlook account

Deleting your icloud mail account

Deleting your AOL email account

Deleting your Zoho mail account

Deleting your ProtonMail account 

Deleting your Tutanota mail account

Deleting your Mail.com account

Deleting your GMX mail account

Let’s begin our understanding of deleting Instagram Account our Email account here by understanding the way of deleting an email in Gmail. 

Deleting your Gmail account

 If you no longer need your Gmail account and its emails anymore then you can remove your Gmail account from the Google account. 

By dosing you will lose your existing data in Gmail that you won’t be able to regain again. 

After deleting your Gmail account from the Google account. All of your emails and mail settings will get deleted. 

Thereafter you would not be able to use your deleted Gmail address to send or receive mails. You would not be able to sign in to your deleted account again. 

Your Gmail address will not be used by anyone ever, as Gmail addresses are unique identity mails that are not distributed to anyone after someone deletes them. If you are lucky enough, you might get your email address back. 

Though your Google Account enlisted with that Google  account will not be deleted, only your Gmail service will get removed. You will continue using the other services of Google such as Google, Play store, Google Chrome and others. 

Before we move on to the process of deleting your Gmail account, let us know about the way to download your essential data from Gmail. 

Download data from Gmail

Follow the steps given below to download your data from Gmail;

  • Login to the page- Download your data. 

Thereafter the list of all Google service’s data appears on your screen. 

  • Deselect all the data by clicking on the deselect all button. 
  • Scroll down the list of service’s data, until you find Gmail there. 
  • Click on the select button after Gmail, to select Gmail data. 
  • Click on the Next step button on the bottom of the page. 

Thereby you need to select the file type, destination, and export way of the data. 

Select the file type, destination destination and export wav from the options given below. 

Click on the Create Export button to finally archive your Gmail. 

Here you finish the process of archiving your Gmail data. 

Thereafter, you will receive an email having a link to your archived data. 

Let’s get back to the process of deleting your Gmail account on Google. 

Deleting your Gmail Account

Follow the steps given below for deleting your Gmail Account.

  • Login to My Google Account. 
  • Click on Data and Privacy, on the left side of the screen.
  • Move to the section, Download or Delete your Data. And click on the ‘Delete a Google service’
  • Find the Gmail option there, and click on the Delete button next to Gmail. 

Hereby you need to enter an Email address other than Gmail to verify the Email. 

  • Click on Send verification email option. 

You will  receive a verification email on your existing Email address. That you need to verify before deleting your existing Gmail address. 

  • Click on the ‘Delete’ button once again to confirm the above process. 

Here, you finish deleting your Gmail account from your Google account. 

Deleting your Yahoo mail account

 You can easily delete your Yahoo email account by following some simple steps given below:

  • Go to Yahoo’s account termination page, or follow the link https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user.
  • Log in to your Yahoo email account there. 

Thereafter, Yahoo will alert you about the things that will get deleted with your Yahoo account.

  • Click on the “Continue delete my account” option. 

Here, you finish placing a delete request on Yahoo. 

Thereafter, Yahoo will delete your account from Yahoo within the fixed deletion time period depending upon the Country or region you live. For Australia, New Zealand, European Union the deletion time period is 90 days, and for Hongkong, Taiwan, Brazil, or India it is 180 days.

You can reactivate your account within that exact time duration, in case you wish the other way. 

Deleting your Microsoft Outlook account

When you delete your Email account from the Microsoft Outlook, you only delete your existing account from Microsoft Outlook, rather than deleting it from the original Email service, with which it is associated with. 

Deleting your account in Outlook(2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Microsoft version of Outlook) 

The below given instructions are only valid for deleting your account from a 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Microsoft 365 version of Outlook. 

  • Go to your outlook home window, and click on the file menu on the menu bar, present on the top.
  • Click on the Account settings option. And select Account Settings. 
  • Select the Account that you wish to delete from the Outlook. 
  • Click on the Remove option. 

Thereby Outlook will inform you of the fact that all data associated with that account in Outlook will get automatically deleted. 

  • Click on the “Yes”, to confirm the above process. 

Here, you successfully delete your Email account from Outlook. 

These were the steps for deleting your email account from 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Microsoft 365 version of Outlook. 

If you use a Mail Outlook application for Windows 10 then you need to follow a different process for deleting your account. 

Deleting your account in Outlook (windows 10 users) 

Follow the steps given below for deleting an account in Outlook for Windows 10 are:

  • Go to the Outlook application. 
  • Click on the Settings option. And then select Manage Account option. 
  • Select the Account that you want to fekete from the Outlook. 
  • Click on the Delete account button to delete the email account from Outlook. 

If you did not see a delete Option, then that account is an enlisted default account in Outlook. That you cannot delete without being switched off from that account. 

Deleting an outlook.com account

Follow the steps given below;

  • Go to the link
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=845493

Through this you directly get to the account deletion process. And login to your Outlook.com account. 

  • Select all the options given below, each one indicating the effect the process will be having on your Outlook.com account. 

About the data inside your Outlooo.com account, that will get deleted with your account. 

Thereafter you need to select the reason for deleting your Outlook.com account. 

  • Select one of the reasons from the options given. 
  • Click on the “Mark account for closure” button, to confirm the deletion of your account. 

Here you successfully place your request for account deletion. 

Thereafter, your account gets deleted after 60 days of placing the deletion request. If you want to reactivate your account then you can do it within 60 days or your account gets permanently deleted. 

Deleting your icloud mail account

It isn’t that simple to delete your iCloud mail account, as it is associated with your Apple account, that means by deleting your iCloud mail account, you will lose all of your login from all of the apple accounts permanently. So be sure about deleting your iCloud mail account, and do remove all of your devices from that account, and get associated with a new apple account. 

For deleting your icloud mail account, follow the steps given below;

Go to your iCloud mailbox, and sign in to it. 

Click on the Go to your apple ID account page link, on the downside. 

Go to the Data and Privacy section, and Click on the Manage your Privacy option. 

Click on the Request to delete your account button at the bottom.

Hereby you once again need to confirm your decision of deleting your apple account. 

And, you have successfully placed your request for deleting your iCloud account successfully.

Deleting your AOL email account

It is really easy to delete an AOL email account. But you should be equally conscious of the fact that along with your email account, you also delete all of your data, stored in that account. So don’t forget to download your data before deleting your account. 

Follow the steps given below, fo deleting your AOL email account:

You will need to login to your account if you haven’t. 

Thereby, AOL will tell you of the consequences of deleting your AOL account. 

  • Click on the Continue deleting my account button. 

Here, you finish placing a request for your AoL account deletion. 

Thereafter, your account gets deleted after about 30 days of placing the request normally. It usually depends upon the region you are living in. Such as in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Taiwan, Hongkong, and India, you need to wait for a duration of about 180 days to get your delete request accepted. 

Deleting your Zoho mail account

Zoho mails are mostly company or organization oriented, for deleting an account associated with a company or organization, you need to get approval of the company or organization.

But if you have a individual Zoho email account, then you can easily delete your account by following the steps given below:

  • Go to the Zoho Mail Inbox and log in to it. 
  • Click on the profile icon, and select My Account from all other options. 
  • Click on the Preferences option. 
  • Select the Close Account option. 

Thereafter you need to enter your Zoho Account’s password, to confirm that it’s you and no one else. 

  • Once again you need to click on the Close Account option, to affirm the above process. 
  • Click on the Ok button, to finally delete your Zoho account. 

Here, you finish deleting your Zoho email account.

Deleting your ProtonMail account 

Once you delete your Protonmail account, you cannot recover it at any extent. As it gets permanently deleted from every data record. You cannot even use your email id again. Nor does it get distributed to any other user. 

You can easily delete your existing ProtonMail account, by following some simple steps given below;

  • Go to the ProtonMail mailbox, and log in to your existing account. 
  • Click on the Settings option, and select the Account tab. 
  • Click on the Delete your account option, present on the bottom. 
  • Click on the Delete button, to confirm your decision of deleting ProtonMail account. 

Hence, you have successfully deleted your ProtonMail account. 

Deleting your Tutanota mail account

You can easily delete your Tutanota mail account by following the steps given below:

  • Go to the Tutanota mailbox, and login to it. 
  • Click on the Settings option. 
  • Go to the Admin Settings, and click on the Subscription. 
  • Click on the Delete your mailbox option, on the downside. 

For transferring your Tutanota email address to any other account, enter that email in the required section there. 

  • Click on the delete button, to confirm the above process of deleting your Tutanota mail account. 

Here, you have successfully deleted your Tutanota mail account.

Deleting your Mail.com account

Follow the steps given below for deleting your Mail.com account;

  • Go to the Mail.com mailbox, and log in to it. 
  • Click on the Home and My Account option. 
  • Click on the Delete Account option, on the left side of your screen. 

Thereafter you need to confirm your decision of deleting your account. 

  • Click on the Save changes option, to confirm the above process. 

Here you finish deleting your Mail.com account. 

After deleting your Mail.com account remains blocked for a year. Thereafter it gets available for other users, so if you think of acquiring that same account again. Then you need to wait for a year or so to acquire it. 

Deleting your GMX mail account

You can easily delete your GMX mail account by following the steps given below;

  • Go to the Mail.com mailbox, and log in to it. 
  • Click on the Home and My Account option. 
  • Click on the Delete Account option, on the left side of your screen. 

Thereafter you need to confirm your decision of deleting your account. 

  • Click on the Save Changes option, to confirm the above process. 

Here, you finish deleting your GMX mail account. 

Just as the steps for deleting the mail account in GMX mail are similar to that in Mail.com mail account. Similarly, your email address also remains blocked for a year here as well. 

FAQ

Q: How do I delete my Gmail account?
A: To delete your Gmail account, go to your Google Account settings, click on “Data & Personalization,” scroll down to “Download, delete, or make a plan for your data,” and then click “Delete a service or your account.” Follow the on-screen instructions to delete your Gmail account.

Q: What happens when I delete my Gmail account?
A: When you delete your Gmail account, all emails, contacts, and other data associated with the account will be permanently deleted. You will also lose access to any other Google services associated with the account, such as Google Drive and Google Photos.

Q: Can I recover a deleted Gmail account?
A: No, once you delete your Gmail account, it cannot be recovered. Make sure to back up any important data before deleting your account.

Q: Will deleting my Gmail account affect my Google account or other Google services?
A: Yes, deleting your Gmail account will also delete your Google account and any other Google services associated with the account.

Q: How long does it take for a Gmail account to be deleted?
A: It can take up to two business days for your Gmail account to be deleted permanently. During this time, your account will be deactivated but can still be restored.