Ask: Google Account Is Being Deleted
A user received a notification that a Google account was being deleted, which caused initial panic. Upon investigation, they discovered it was an unused account linked to their main account as a recovery email. The user is concerned about the security of their main account and seeks advice on the situation.
- ▪The notification was about an unused Google account being deleted.
- ▪The user's main account was not affected, but it was listed as a recovery email for the other account.
- ▪The user is worried about the possibility of unauthorized access to their main account.
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So my heart stopped for a second today when a notification showed up on my lockscreen saying "your Google account is being deleted".I am very careful to not do questionable things connected to my account like bad mouth on YouTube comments or anything at all that could risk my account so was freaking out for a second when this notification showed up today.But once I opened the Gmail app and saw the email I learned it was not my main account but rather a different one. An account that apparently hasn't been used for such a long time that Google was now going to delete it. My main account is my name followed by a number @gmail.com. This other account was "[email protected]".
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Ycombinator.