Google can completely shut down your Google account. Here's the info you need.
Imagine waking up one day to find out that your Google account is banned permanently with no way to get it back. You would likely be upset by this and consider it to be a major inconvenience, right?
Depending on how integrated you are within the Google ecosystem, a perma-ban could potentially be much more than an inconvenience — it could be devastating. A banned Google account means no access to things you might use every day, including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, and Google Pay. Any playlists you’ve made on YouTube are gone, too. It even means you need to re-purchase all the apps, movies, and books you’ve bought from the Google Play Store.
Although most users will never experience a banned Google account, it can and does happen. Here, we will summarize the basics of this problem as best we can, giving you all the info you need on how and why this happens. We’ll also let you know what you can do if your account is banned and, most importantly, how to prevent it from happening at all.
Just in case you’re surprised to find out this news, yes: Google has every right to terminate your account. You can read the full Terms of Service related to Google accounts here, but all you really need to know is the line below:
