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Readers Respond: Why Did You Delete Your Gmail Account?

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Google Getting Evil

I did not want Google+ shoved down my throat. I also value my privacy. I switched to mail.com and will be deleting my [Gmail] account as soon as I have given all my contacts my new email.
—Guest Dorothy

Google's Privacy Policy

I am deleting Google because of their change to the privacy policy.
—Guest craig.raley@gmail.com

Goodbye Google

I have deleted Google from all my appliances due to their change to the privacy policy removing any privacy I have. I do not wish to have a Gmail account or further association with Google so they can track me on Google maps and target ads by reading my email. I am sad that they have decided to do this as up to now I have always been a Google fan.
—Guest no longer a Google fan

Google's Lack Of Privacy Policy

I am deleting Google because of their change to the privacy policy to remove any privacy I have. I don't want to have a Gmail account so Google knows who I am so they can track me on Google maps and target ads by reading my email. No, thank you.
—Guest concerned

Gmail Too Complicated to Open

[Gmail is] too damn complicated to open, way too much B.S.!
—Guest trina

Forgot Password, New Phone

I quit because I forgot my password, and I hve a new phone.
—Guest raya

No Need

I do not need this [Gmail] account any more. It would be a waste of my time to continue to keep it active…
—Guest joejason

New Gmail Hard on Vision

I quit because the new Gmail look is ugly and hard on my poor vision.
—Guest Hankey Mehta

Labels

Nothing is saved in labels, nothing is saved in labels, Nothing is saved in labels,…
—Guest silvi

Gmail has problems with folders.

We access our email through their web interface and email client. Gmail is best for webmail access, but as far as you access it in email clients because folders are not supported in Gmail all your emails including your sent messages are shown in inbox of your email client, and this requires more time to manage your emails. Although they have added support for retrieving emails from specific label, again you cannot do the same management in your email client and your webmail.
—Guest Fawad

E-mail to long.

My e-mail name was to long for me to pronounce it. "Jaustafarzapathabufornicusmohammedsayed@gmail.com"
—Guest Jaustafar Zapathabufornicus

Gmail was hacked

Gmail was hacked, and the hacker changed the alternate email address I had on my profile to receive a new password. Any new passwords would have gone to that new address set up by the hacker. Google was absolutely no help in getting this straightened out. The hacker was sending emails to my friends asking for money. Google didn't care and didn't help.
—Guest Sharon

Deleting Gmail account from my computer

I have another e-mail account, and it seems there are always issues with the program always coming up on the screen.
—Guest George L. Miller

Hacked

After a long time I have finally been hacked and the feeling of violation is too great, my mail is so linked with my day to day life, work, financial but the hacker sent a email to my recently deceased mother too painful, now I am on the process of deleting all Google accounts. Yahoo might be a little crap, but in 11 years it has never been hacked.
—Guest Lady Eboni

My account is not privite

I delete my Gmail account because someone has all my info, and they go in my account. So I'm going to make a new account.
—Guest tara

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