Or just stop using Gmail.
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2026
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Much easier said than done.
Many people have had their gmails for literally decades. Hundreds of accounts are tied to that address. Let alone purchases for people who tried out digital media.
A much more reasonable stance is to work on migrating away. Preferably to an email and a domain you control.
For example: I've spent probably the last year, year and a half, or so doing exactly that. I still have my gmail and that is still the default I use for online shopping and the like. But I also have my own domain and my own email(s) at that which I point at Proton (probably Fastmail in a few weeks). With the main idea being that if proton/fastmail/whatever shits the bed? Migration is literally just sending 10 bucks to a new service and updating some records in cloudflare.
But that takes a lot of time and effort. And if you aren't able to back up your own emails locally, you are up a creek regardless.
Every time I logged into an account, I swapped it to my proton address. Very quickly everything I use was swapped over. Anything left was just junk anyway.
yeah. once the PW manager was solid, change email, confirm, change password to max limitations that each site can handle.
it was like a week or so till i had pretty much everything migrated
Proton or Tuta
But with https://unbox.at/ to make it harder for companies (and maybe certain governments) to tie you to your inbox. Also, it's just generally helpful for managing spam and promotional garbage.
if you don't use the app but the good old web browser on a PC/Mac:
- Click on the cog to get to the Settings.
- Click See all Settings.
- Click the General tab.
- Ctrl/Cmd-F to find the 'Smart features' and uncheck it. You may want to check in "Manage Google Workspace smart features" if everything is turned off.