If you've got an inactive Google account you don't want to lose, log into it by December 1 or it's at risk of being deleted

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If you've got an older Google account you haven't used in a while, it'd be a good idea to log into it—if you can—and do something as basic as reading or sending an email or watching a YouTube video. If you don't, the account is at risk of deletion, possibly as soon as December 1st.

Google's inactive account policy has been public for several months, but that recently announced December 1 start date in a new Help Center blog post (via Techspot) will come up very quickly. If you've been kicking the can down the road, don't kick it much further. 

The reasons for closing accounts that have been inactive for more than two years are sound. Older accounts, and especially those with weak passwords are at risk from hijacking, identity theft and phishing scams. They're also less likely to use additional security measures like two-factor authentication. It'll save Google an exabyte or two of storage space too.

Should your account be lost, you'll lose access to everything. That means your Gmail, Drive contents, YouTube and workspace apps. Any valuable cloud stored content will be gone forever. The loss of a Gmail account could have follow-on effects such as the loss of other accounts that use Gmail as a login.

Note that the closure is only set to affect personal accounts. Business accounts won't be affected. After two years of inactivity, such a business is probably dead anyway, but I'm sure there are legal or taxation reasons for keeping business accounts alive.

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Google will warn users of pending closures. But how effective will that be? Google's efforts to contact you will only be as good as the information it has on hand. If you don't