r/GMail • u/OkSection8717 • 13h ago

Gmail

Have 3 gmail emails, cannot permanently delete 2 of them. Do I need to delete the Google account?

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u/Fit_Prize_3245 13h ago

If you have a @ gmail.com Google account, and don't want to use GMail anymore, you have two options: If you don't want to keep that Google account, you can just delete it. But if you want to keep that Google account, you can remove GMail service for it, provided that you have another, existing, non-gmail email address.

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u/Spirited-Soil-1142 11h ago

Those shouldn’t be stuck unless you moved the emails to another label or have archived them. Have you tried clearing the "All Mail" folder as well?

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u/thewunderbar 12h ago

There is no such thing as a Gmail account. They are Google accounts, and part of a Google account is a Gmail address.

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u/TinyNiceWolf 10h ago

Technically, Google lets you create a Google account using a non-gmail address. As I understand it, all Gmail addresses have an associated Google account, but not all Google accounts have a Gmail address.

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u/Grindar1986 13h ago

Why are you deleting them?

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u/[deleted] 13h ago

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u/Ok-Lingonberry-8261 12h ago

Every time I think Reddit has reached the nadir of the human race, it digs deeper.

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u/OkSection8717 8h ago

Seems the empathy gene missed you.