Saturday, February 17, 2024

Update your username by March 4, 2024

Hello Affan_55,

We're asking everyone to choose a unique username instead of using discriminators in their username (username#0000). Starting March 4, 2024, Discord will begin assigning usernames to users who have not chosen one themselves. You are receiving this email because you have not chosen a new username.

This is a notice that if you do not update your username by March 4, 2024, Discord will assign a new, unique username to your account. We will try to assign you a unique username that is similar to your current username.

You can update your username now by following these instructions:

On Desktop/Browser

  1. Select the cog wheel in the bottom left to open User Settings
  2. Click Get Started

On Mobile

  1. Open the You tab by tapping your profile in the bottom right of the screen
  2. Tap Get Started

You can always change your username later in your User Settings. Learn more about our recent changes to usernames in our support article.

Thank you,

Discord

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Welcome to Discord!

You've just entered the upper atmosphere of Discord, a wild and wonderful world filled with comfortable places for communities to spend time together. As you begin your descent, here are some tips for an excellent landing.

Welcome to Discord, Affan_55!

You've just entered the upper atmosphere of Discord, a wild and wonderful world filled with comfortable places for communities to spend time together. As you begin your descent, here are some tips for an excellent landing.

Get the most out of Discord:
Jump into a server
Servers are the spaces on Discord where communities and friend groups come together to hang out. Search for public servers to join, or make your own and invite whoever you want.
Explore Servers
Find Your Friends
Already know a friend's username by heart? Soar on over to Add Friends and type it in. Remember to include their 4-digit Discord tag (#0000).
Add Friends
Talk Over Text, Voice & Video
All servers and DMs come complete with text, voice and video options. Go forth and talk it up.
Chat Now
Arrive in (Your) Style
Upload an avatar, change your username and add your pronouns to spiff up your profile and let 'em all know who you are on Discord.
Customize Your Look
Ready for landing?

Verify Email Address for Discord

Hey Affan_55,

Thanks for registering for an account on Discord! Before we get started, we just need to confirm that this is you. Click below to verify your email address:

Verify Email

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Updating our Google Account inactivity policy

Every day Google works hard to keep you and your private information safe and secure by preventing unauthorized access to your Google Account with our built-in security protections. And keeping you safe means having strong privacy practices across our products that minimize how long we store your personal files and any data associated with them. We want to protect your private information and prevent any unauthorized access to your account even if you're no longer using our services.

Therefore, we are updating the inactivity period for a Google Account to two years across all our products and services. This change starts rolling out today and will apply to any Google Account that's been inactive, meaning it has not been signed into or used within a two-year period. An inactive account and any content in it will be eligible for deletion from December 1, 2023.

What this means for you:

  • These changes do not impact you unless you have been inactive in your Google Account for two years or have not used your account to sign in to any Google service for over two years.
  • While the changes go into effect today, the earliest we would enforce any account deletion would be December 2023.
  • If your account is considered inactive, we will send several reminder emails to both you and your recovery emails (if any have been provided) before we take any action or delete any account content. These reminder emails will go out at least 8 months before any action is taken on your account.
  • After a Google Account is deleted, the Gmail address for the deleted account cannot be used again when creating a new Google Account.

How to keep your account active?

The simplest way to keep a Google Account active is to sign in to the account at least once every two years. If you have signed in to your Google Account recently in the past two years, your account is considered active and will not be deleted.

Other ways to keep your account active include:

  • Reading or sending an email
  • Using Google Drive
  • Watching a YouTube video
  • Sharing a photo
  • Downloading an app
  • Using Google Search
  • Using Sign in with Google to sign in to a third-party app or service

There are some exceptions to this policy. Examples include: a Google Account with YouTube channels, videos or comments; an account that has a gift card with a monetary balance; or an account that has a published application, for example, one that hosts an app on the Google Play store. Other exceptions to this policy are available here.

Google also offers tools to help manage your Google Account and provide options to back up your data, including the ability to download your data using Google Takeout, and allowing you to plan for what happens to your data if you're inactive for a specific period of time with the Inactive Account Manager.

Our priority is to make it as easy as possible for you to keep your account active, if you want to, and we'll ensure you have adequate notice before any account is impacted by this change. So before an account is deleted, Google will send email notifications to the Google Account and its recovery email (if one has been provided). You should verify that your recovery email is up to date.

Learn more

Thank you,
The Google Account team

You have received this email to update you about important changes to your Google Account and services.

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