Google announced last May it would delete underutilized accounts and it appears Google is finally making good on its promise.

Google has announced that it will be closing millions of Gmail accounts starting to. However, you can prevent your Gmail account from being closed by taking a simple action.

The Categories setting in Gmail doesn't just determine a category for your messages, it also sorts them into separate folders outside your inbox. To turn off Categories in a web browser, click Settings (gear icon) > See all settings > Inbox > un-check all Categories options > Save Changes.