Google has made a dramatic shift to its storage policy and will now uninstall from accounts that are unused for a period of two years all files saved on sites such as Gmail, Google Drive, or Google Images.
Instead of closing the account, Google will erase the documents saved in them as most providers do. The measure will come into force on 1 June 2021, so the two years taken for the action to delete the material will continue to be counted from there.
In addition, deletion would not impact all user-used Google resources. For eg, if you've been inactive for two years in Google Photos, but you've been using Google Drive and Gmail, only the material in Google Photos that you have will be removed.
The measure of removing files is connected to others such as the unrestricted and free storing of images through Google Photos from June 1, 2012, which was known a few weeks earlier, will stop. Free Google users can only have 15 GB to store content in their Google Account from that day on.
In this regard, Google has noted that during the two years of inactivity, it can also remove the additional contents of accounts which exceed the permissible limit of 15 GB. This is whether the user is alerted before continuing to re-examine the condition and to download the material to a smartphone or device, or to look for alternate places to store their images, files and content.
These initiatives would not, however, impact people who pay to have a Google One paid account or corporate users of Google Workspace.
Finally, Google states that you can frequently access Gmail, Images and Drive services to stay a "active" customer, as well as sometimes use shared content development apps such as Docs, Cards, Slides, Sketches, Forms, Jamboard and Pages, among others. What is important is to do that with the session signed in, so that the visit is posted by the system.