Student Google Account Expiration Policy

Email Expiration Policy

• Your Fresno State Google account (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, etc) will be deactivated 1 year after last active enrollment or one year after Graduation from Fresno State.
• You will be notified two times before your account is deactivated. 3 months before deactivation and 1 month before deactivation.
• Your account will be permanently deleted 1 year after deactivation. Once your account is deleted, we cannot recover data from your Google account.

Exceptions

There are exceptions to student email deactivations.

• Current university employee
• Current applicant for another school program (grad school, credentials, etc.)

Things You Should Do

• Change your email address for any accounts you use with your Fresno State email address for such as banking, Netflix, Amazon, gaming or other online accounts.
• Setup email forwarding on your Fresno State Gmail account to your personal email account (will only work until your account is deactivated)
• Setup an auto-reply on your Fresno State Gmail account to notify people that you are leaving Fresno State (will only work until your account is deactivated).
• Use the Google Transfer tool to transfer your emails and Google Drive to a personal Gmail.
• Update your information with the alumni association to stay connected.

Need your email reactivated?

If you are returning to Fresno State as a student, staff, or faculty - please submit an email reactivtion request. for your Fresno State Gmail.

Please note:

• If your email was deactivated but not yet deleted, it will be fully recovered.
• If your email has been deleted, a new email with your original username will be created.