Google has announced that it will be closing millions of Gmail accounts starting to. However, you can prevent your Gmail account from being closed by taking a simple action.

As Google prepares to delete inactive accounts, there are some simple steps users can take to ensure their Gmail account remains active.

The Categories setting in Gmail doesn't just determine a category for your messages, it also sorts them into separate folders outside your inbox. To turn off Categories in a web browser, click Settings (gear icon) > See all settings > Inbox > un-check all Categories options > Save Changes.

Google is deleting an estimated 1.8 billion Gmail accounts as part of an industrial-scale clear-out of its servers. Any accounts earmarked for removal will have all emails, chat history, passwords, YouTube comments,