Readers Respond: Why Did You Delete Your Gmail Account?

(See How to Delete Your Gmail Account for the steps to take to close your account.)

What were your biggest beefs with Gmail? What made you quit — or almost quit Gmail? I Quit Because...

Hacked, Spending Too Much Time

bcoz it is hacked and I am spending too much time with my profile… so i did it…

—Guest sonali ray

Hacked Gmail Account

Somebody hacked my Gmail account and had access to private information, and it [is] very concerning that people can do this to a new account.

—Guest rp

Gmail Account Automatically Deleted

My account has been automatically deleted, not sure how.

—Guest Rogeranbu

Difficult to Understand

I closed my Gmail account because it was too difficult to understand how Gmail functions.

—Guest kamanakapu

Another Corporation Losing Its Ethics

Not interested in having my identity become a commodity for yet another greedy, out of control multinational.

—Guest ecogeezer

Quit Google/Gmail for Improved Privacy

I am working on improving privacy and limiting personal info on the web. Big Brother USA and Google have become a threat to individual privacy.

—Guest Kellascat

Gmail's new Look Is Terrible

The Gmail new look functions poorly and is ugly. I've been telling google for months that when forced to use it I would switch e-mail services and search engines. Recently I was forced to start using the new gmail and strongly dislike it. I now use Hotmail and Bing. Also since google thinks it knows better than their customers it will be a matter of time before google as a growth company slows, so I have sold all my google positions.

—Guest Phil

Why would i want to quit my account?

Because of all my Gmail email account has been hacked. And I can't log in to my account because "wrong email and password" keeps appearing.

—Guest Ayumeco

My Account has been Hacked

Somebody hacked my Gmail and changed recovery mail and password, and I can't login to my own account.

—Guest Pari

Spam

I quit because I spent more time deleting spam than I did reading my mail.

—Guest Bigchris

Unhappy with Gmail's New Look

I am COMPLETELY UNHAPPY with the new look and no longer have the option to change back.

—Guest Howard.Johnson.1887@yahoo.com

Don't Like Gmail's New Interface

No me gusta la interfaz nueva: No me gusta la nueva interfaz y no puedo volver a la antigua. Antes podía elegir cuál usar, pero ahora se cambió a la nueva y no la quiero. [I don't like the new interface and cannot return to the old. Before, I could choose which one to use, but now it changed to the new interface, and I do not want it.]

—Guest blasenrique

Gmail an Irritated Service

I want to delete my Gmail account because I can't manage it. It is an irritated service. Its processing is taking a long time.

—Guest ice cream

Can't Manage Gmail

I want to delete my Gmail account because I can't manage it. It is an irritated service. Its processing is taking a long time.

—Guest nalinikumar.sahoo001@gmail.com

Gmail conflicting with my computer

I am having problems with this Gmail on goggle acct. and don't really use it.

—Guest mydogrudy7@gmail.cim