Google Account Help: Delete your Google Account
Documents a user-facing account deletion flow that asks users to review and download data, update dependent services, distinguishes deleting one account from others, separates deleting Gmail from deleting the whole Google Account, and mentions possible account recovery within a limited time.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delete account | Choose delete account when the user's goal is account-level closure and associated data deletion or erasure request. | The product provides a direct, discoverable account deletion path when users can create an account. | Supports review and download before delete, exact account identity, service deletion distinction, and possible recovery window. |
| Hidden destructive account deletion | Flag this anti-pattern when users can create an account but cannot find a direct account deletion or erasure request path from account settings, app settings, or the required public web resource. | Users can reach account deletion from account settings or an equivalent account-control route without needing exact support-search terms. | Supports user-facing review and download before delete, exact account identity, whole-account versus service deletion distinction, and possible recovery window. |
Comparisons supported by this source
- Delete account vs destructive action confirmation vs typed confirmation vs data export vs settings management vs restore from trash
Supports user-facing review, download-before-delete, dependent-service updates, whole-account versus service deletion distinction, and recovery window.
- Hidden destructive account deletion vs delete account vs destructive action confirmation vs typed confirmation vs data export vs privacy settings
Supports review and download before delete, exact account identity, account versus service deletion distinction, and possible recovery window.
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Publisher: Google Account Help. Last checked: .