Keep your account active by taking these steps. For any Google users who send and receive emails thanks to the software company's free Gmail service, it may be time to take stock of your account to ...

When I created my Gmail account in the 2000s, I didn't think I would ever fill up my inbox. That seemed especially true after Google increased the amount of free Gmail storage to 15GB in 2013. But ...

Gain 15GB of free Gmail space by moving all old emails to a new archive account. Before migrating, use Google Takeout to safely back up your existing files and media. Implement POP3 forwarding on your ...

Is your Gmail account displaying the dreaded "Account storage is full" notification? If so, your inbox is more than 80% full, and it's probably time to get rid of some old messages. But where do you ...

It’s been quite a while since I’ve received an apologetic email from a contact saying their account had been hacked and a recent email most definitely sent to me wasn’t from them. But this still ...

There are many good reasons to change your Gmail email address without going to the trouble of creating a new account. Maybe ...

Update, Dec. 16, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 14 now includes additional advice on how to securely recover a forgotten username and password to an inactive Gmail account to prevent ...

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