Google explains how users can set up the Inactive Account Manager to share account data or notify trusted contacts after a period of inactivity. The official guidance details how activity is detected, what data can be shared, and how trusted contacts are notified.
What the Tool Does
Google states that Inactive Account Manager is a way for users to share parts of their account data or notify someone if they have been inactive for a certain period of time.
Google notes you can use this tool to designate a third party, like immediate family members, to receive certain account data in the event of the user's death or inactivity.
Steps and Options Provided by Google
Step 1: Google states to set it up, visit the Inactive Account Manager page.
Step 2: Google explains you can select up to 10 people to receive this data, and choose to share all or only specific data types.
Step 3: Google states you should tell us how long we should wait before we do so by setting up your plan at your Inactive Account Manager page.
Step 4: Google states that to edit your choices or turn off your plan, visit the Inactive Account Manager page.
How Google Detects Activity and Handles Contacts
Google states it looks at several signals to understand whether you are still using your Google Account, including your last sign-ins, recent activity in My Activity, usage of Gmail, and Android check-ins.
Google explains it will use the phone number of a trusted contact for the sole purpose of ensuring that only the trusted contact can actually download your data.
What to do
- Visit the Inactive Account Manager page to set it up.
- Tell us how long we should wait before we do so by setting up your plan at your Inactive Account Manager page.
- Visit the Inactive Account Manager page to edit your choices or turn off your plan.
Key facts and where they come from
- Google states that Inactive Account Manager lets users share parts of account data or notify someone after inactivity.
Inactive Account Manager is a way for users to share parts of their account data or notify someone if they’ve been inactive for a certain period of time.
- Google states you can select up to 10 people to receive data.
You can select up to 10 people to receive this data, and choose to share all or only specific data types.
- Google states to set it up, visit the Inactive Account Manager page.
To set it up, visit the Inactive Account Manager page.
- Google states that to edit your choices or turn off your plan, visit the Inactive Account Manager page.
To edit your choices or turn off your plan, visit the Inactive Account Manager page.
