Google is known for its collection of wildly popular products, from Search to Maps to Android. But not everything the company touches turns to gold.
Google Glass was supposed to change the world, but it quickly became a punch line. And remember Google Buzz?
Now, Google is killing off one more product: Google+, the social network that was supposed to take on Facebook and LinkedIn. Google decided to shutter the service after a software glitch caused Google to expose the personal profile data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users (though the company says nothing bad happened).
Of course, the best innovations are the ones that everybody thinks are doomed to fail, so it makes sense that Google has had its fair share of misses over the years. Still, we counted at least 18 products that have ended up in the Google graveyard (but there are probably more – let us know if we’re missing anything).
Here’s how to delete your profile now
Even if you do not use the account it could still be a risk with the recent announcement of the security breach. Here’s how to delete your account ahead of the company’s announcement that they will shut the entire platform down in 10 months.
When signed into your Google account, go to Gmail. Select your icon in the top right. If it has “Google+ profile” up there, you still have an account even if it is dormant.
Click on ‘Google+ profile’ to visit the page. When you arrive click on Settings within the left rail. All the way at the bottom of the settings page is ‘Account – Delete Your Google+ Profile’.
Deleting the profile will impact some content on Google+. Google+ Pages, and Youtube (if you have a linked account). Read it carefully to decide if you want to move forward. You cannot get your profile back once you click delete.
After all these steps, Google will ask for more information on why you are leaving. This is optional. Close the tab if you do not wish to answer.
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By Business Insider and Benjamin Lloyd