Easy Ways To Delete Hacked Google Accounts

Illustration of Google account (photo: Google)

JAKARTA - Hacking is rampant throughout the world, including in Indonesia. Not only attacking individuals, this cyber incident often targets large companies or even ministries/governmental institutions.

Therefore, it is very important for us to maintain our own personal data. Moreover, maintaining the security of your Google account, which may be connected to several crucial services such as finances, important documents, and so on.

If you find your Google account hacked, it's very important to use Google's Security Check to learn more about which parts of your account are accessed without your permission.

From there, you will then be able to consider what steps should be taken, such as downloading all files and data on that account or possibly deleting a hacked account.

If you have decided to delete the account, then please note that if you have more than one Google Account, deleting one account won't delete the other. So, take it easy.

To delete a hacked Google account, follow the following steps:

When you delete a Google Account, the data related to the Gmail account will also be deleted. So, you can no longer log into the Gmail account.