# "Your Google account is being deleted" message

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-google-account-is-being-deleted-message/1024278>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 25, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-google-account-is-being-deleted-message/1024278 "2025-10-25T16:47:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-google-account-is-being-deleted-message/1024278/21 "2025-10-26T16:53:09Z")

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If your Google Account is locked, you _may_ want to be able to communicate with them via an unrelated email account.

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-google-account-is-being-deleted-message/1024278/22 "2025-10-26T20:47:39Z")

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Whenever I get software updates for my desktop it’s a crapshoot as to whether they’ll unattach all my automatic sign-ons. Several months ago MS was doing it on the regular. I had to go through what wolfpup did each time, but it wasn’t a serious big deal. _Everybody_ wants 2FA these days.

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