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Google wont allow you to register with the deleted/suspended/inactive email address
by srini_reddy 1y ago
Google wont allow you to register with the deleted/suspended/inactive email address
- nottorp 1y agoWhy is Google notifying me that they'll delete the account associated with <some email address that i do own> lately then? They'll delete the storage, or make that email available for new registrations?
- nullwarp 1y agoFWIW I am unable to register a gmail for an account I deleted probably 8 years ago at this point. That said I don't know if there is anywhere where it explicitly outlines if it is or is not possible.
- nottorp 1y agoAh so I either click on it and recover password or give up on it. Decisions decisions...
- nottorp 1y agoOh funny. They started the recovery process then wanted me to add a phone number so they can send a recovery code. In spite of them first sending a recovery code to the email that I do control and me entering it. I pressed 'try another way' and they told me they don't have enough information to prove the account is mine. Fuck off Google basically. They could at least be honest and state that a phone number is required, instead of pretending that it's for verification.
- ArchOversight 1y agoEven if you provide a phone number, it will never send the required code or information and you will still be locked out of your account. That is how I am locked out of a gmail account... eventhough I have the right username/password, and backup email, and typed in a phone number, Google won't let me back in.
- thewebguyd 1y agoGoogle's support page says they don't recycle usernames, ever so once an email is registered that's it, even after they delete the account. However, the by product of that is you won't be able to re-register that email. Once its gone, its gone forever.
- pluto_modadic 1y agoyeah, cheaper to just denylist that username and remove the storage.
- Beijinger 1y agoGoogle is fucked up. I can't get into my old Gmail even with the correct password. Don't use GMail
- giancarlostoro 1y agoI wish Microsoft had done this to my deleted Hotmail, instead some random person got my email, and potentially access to every website I ever registered to with said email...