{"id":305895,"date":"2025-06-14T01:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=305895"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:23:50","slug":"samsung-will-delete-inactive-accounts-you-have-one-month-to-save-your-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/samsung-will-delete-inactive-accounts-you-have-one-month-to-save-your-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung will delete inactive accounts: you have one month to save your data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samsung has announced that it will begin&nbsp;<strong>deleting user accounts that have been inactive for two years<\/strong>, as part of a broader effort to protect personal data. This measure targets those who have not logged into their Samsung accounts in the last 24 months. Affected users have until&nbsp;<strong>31 July 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;to take action and preserve their information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inactive accounts face permanent deletion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samsung is rolling out this policy to ensure&nbsp;<strong>better security for dormant user accounts<\/strong>, which are more vulnerable to unauthorized access and cyberattacks. The company stresses that once an account is deleted,&nbsp;<strong>there will be no way to recover any data<\/strong>, including photos, cloud backups, or app history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you still use your Samsung account or want to retain access to the data, the process is simple:&nbsp;<strong>log in before the deadline<\/strong>. By doing so, the account will remain active and secure for at least another two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Users notified via email<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samsung has already&nbsp;<strong>emailed all users affected by this policy change<\/strong>, urging them to act quickly. Ignoring the email and failing to sign in will result in automatic deletion of the account and all associated data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new policy reflects a growing trend among tech companies to&nbsp;<strong>streamline services and reduce digital risk<\/strong>&nbsp;by removing unused accounts. For former Samsung users who have since moved on to other brands, this might serve as a final opportunity to retrieve old data or shut down the account manually if it&#8217;s no longer needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A simple step to keep your data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To avoid losing access,&nbsp;<strong>users only need to log in once<\/strong>&nbsp;before the end of July. This minimal effort guarantees continued access to Samsung services and ensures personal information remains protected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung has announced that it will begin&nbsp;deleting user accounts that have been inactive for two years, as part of a broader effort to protect personal data. This measure targets those who have not logged into their Samsung accounts in the last 24 months. Affected users have until&nbsp;31 July 2025&nbsp;to take action and preserve their information. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/samsung-will-delete-inactive-accounts-you-have-one-month-to-save-your-data\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Samsung will delete inactive accounts: you have one month to save your data&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":305896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-305895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305897,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305895\/revisions\/305897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305895"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=305895"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=305895"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=305895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}