Does deleting a gmail account deletes your sent mails also
When you delete a Gmail account, it doesn't automatically delete all the emails in your account, including sent emails. Here's what happens:
- Account deletion: When you delete a Gmail account, the account is permanently deleted, and you can no longer access it.
- Emails remain: The emails in your account, including sent emails, are not deleted immediately. They remain in the Google data centers for a period of time, which is typically 30 days.
- Trash and Spam emails are deleted: During this 30-day period, emails in your Trash and Spam folders are permanently deleted.
- Sent emails are archived: After 30 days, the emails in your account, including sent emails, are archived and moved to a special "deleted" folder. This folder is not accessible from the Gmail web interface or mobile apps.
- Data Center Purge: After a longer period, typically 60 days, the archived emails are permanently deleted from Google's data centers. This is known as the "data center purge."
To summarize:
- Deleting a Gmail account doesn't immediately delete your sent emails.
- Emails remain in the account for 30 days.
- Trash and Spam emails are deleted within 30 days.
- Sent emails are archived and moved to a "deleted" folder, which is not accessible.
- After 60 days, the archived emails are permanently deleted from Google's data centers.
If you want to delete your sent emails, you can do so manually by selecting them and clicking "Delete forever" or "Empty Trash" before deleting your account.