Inactive Gmail accouts getting puuuurged starting tomorrow.

Got an old Gmail account that you set up a while ago but have forgotten about? It could be worth tracking it down and signing in, because Google will start deleting inactive Gmail accounts from tomorrow, December 1.

Google first announced that it was changing its "inactive account policies" back in May, stating that "if a Google Account has not been used or signed into for at least two years, we may delete the account and its contents."

While that might not sound too concerning for most Gmail users, the content that Google will delete includes emails, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar and Google Photos. So if you've previously set up an account that is tied to some old photos that you haven't backed up, it could be worth finding the account and logging in.

The act of signing into the Gmail account or using Google Drive should be enough to take it out of the path of Google's digital flamethrower. And Google says it'll only "begin deleting accounts" from December 1 rather than pressing a single kill switch for all two-year-old accounts. But you'll need to "specifically sign into Google Photos" to prevent snaps in that service from being deleted.

Google says it's been sending multiple notifications in the months leading up to deletion day, to both the account email address and a recovery email (if you provided one). So the only real danger is if the Gmail account is tied to an old email address that you don't use regularly.