Gmail mail.google.com How to delete your Gmail account
To delete only Gmail, go to Data & privacy in your Google Account, find Data from apps and services you use, choose Delete a Google service, and click the delete icon next to Gmail. You need a non-Gmail email address to replace it.
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Step by step
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Download your Gmail data
Download your data before you delete the Gmail service. Your emails and mail settings are deleted after 30 days.
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Open Data & privacy
Sign in to your Google Account on a computer and open Data & privacy.
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Find Delete a Google service
Scroll to Data from apps and services you use and choose Delete a Google service.
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Delete Gmail
Click the delete icon next to Gmail.
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Add a non-Gmail address
Enter an existing email address you want to sign in with. It can't be a Gmail address.
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Verify the new address
Google sends a verification email. Your Gmail address isn't deleted until you verify the new one.
Watch out for
- You need a different, non-Gmail email address on the account before you can remove Gmail.
- Nobody else can use your Gmail address in the future.
- Emails and mail settings are deleted after 30 days.
- If you work or study through an organization, contact your administrator.
Other ways to do it
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Delete the whole Google Account
If you want everything gone, use Delete your Google Account instead. Deleting one Google Account doesn't remove others you have.
What stays out there
Deleting the account stops new data going to Gmail. It doesn't reach copies that other companies already hold: data brokers and people-search sites often scrape public profiles, and old search results can keep showing a cached page or a username for a while.
If your name, photos or handle were public before you deleted, check where else they show up. Serus finds where your details are listed and removes them, but it doesn't delete or change your Gmail account itself. That part stays with you, and the steps above cover it.
Frequently asked
Can I delete Gmail without deleting my Google Account?
Yes, if the account has a non-Gmail email address you can sign in with. Use Delete a Google service under Data & privacy.
Can someone else take my Gmail address after I delete it?
No. Google says nobody else can use your Gmail address in the future.
How long until my emails are gone?
Google says your emails and mail settings are deleted after 30 days.
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