Google Mail. Can anyone tell me how I can close my Google Email account please?

I don't use Google Mail anymore and I'd like to be able to close the account. I find Yahoo Mail so much more user-friendly. If you've had a Google Mail account and closed it, please let me know what you had to do. Thanks.
Google Mail. Can anyone tell me how I can close my Google Email account please?
If you decide that you don't need your Gmail account anymore, and you're sure you won't want your username in the future, you can simply close the account. Here's how:





1. Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page.


2. Open the Accounts tab.


3. Click Google Account settings.


4. Click Edit next to My services on the right side.


5. Click Delete Gmail Service.





Once you close your Gmail account, you can't reactivate it, and you won't be able to retrieve any messages.
Reply:If you leave it dormant (Don't use it) it will be closed automatically. Usually after 3 months.
Reply:Just let it go,do not open it.After about 9-12 months,it will deactivate.





Or you can write them and request that the account be closed:





1. Your relationship with Google





1.1 Your use of Google’s products, software, services and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document and excluding any services provided to you by Google under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Google. “Google” means Google Inc., whose principal place of business is at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement.





1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Google, your agreement with Google will always include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this document. These are referred to below as the “Universal Terms”.





https://www.google.com/accounts/TOS?hl=e...
Reply:you can't
Reply:You can close it because i closed mine. Go into settings and select *my account* the option is there somewhere. sorry i can't be more specific...it was a couple of months ago.