We’ll show you.
Googlestarted enabling 2FA for everyone in 2021, but you should enable it if it hasn’t been already.
you’ve got the option to make your browsing more secure byenabling “Enhanced Safe Browsing” mode.
“Enhanced Safe Browsing” builds upon the “Safe Browsing” feature with some additional tools.
However, it’s possible for you to actually have a Google account without a Gmail account.
You’ll still have access to everything else in your Google account.
Thankfully, Google lets you automatically clear out this data after a certain length of time.
Google accounts created after 2020 have their history automatically deleted after 18 months by default.
If your account is older than that, you’ll need toenable the auto-deletion feature yourself.
you might choose between three months or 18 months.
It may seem like it’s crucial that you do this, but you don’t.
But if you want to browse more privately, it’s a trade-off you have to make.
You should regularly audit which services have access to your account.
you might do this in your Google account’sSign-in & Securitypage.
Scroll down to the “Third-party apps with account access” box and select “Manage Third-Party Access.”
From there you’re free to remove any old services.
You’ll see a list of services you could remove.
First,visit this pageto start setting up the Inactive Account Manager.
Google probably has a lot of your information, so ensure you’re regularly keeping an eye on things.
