delete and create email with same username

[Mirko Ruzic]

ok... this is problem.. the google account has been deleted.. can i create new account with same username? do i have to wait certain time? help?

[Zack (Doc)]

No.  Google has never claimed to release a previously used username after any given amount of time.  I've heard stories of people getting the same username two years later, but officially Google "never" re-uses a name.

Sorry, it's effectively gone for good now.  Unless you attempt to re-open the deleted account.  I don't know if that's possible, but it would be the only way I can think of.

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Mirko Ruzic <mirko...@gmail.com> wrote:

ok... this is problem.. the google account has been deleted.. can i create new account with same username? do i have to wait certain time? help?

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[John Blake]

I have found that you cannot reuse the old user name, I don't think it will ever be avaliable to use again.
You will need to create a new user.
This is from past experience.

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John Blake
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On 19/06/2013 7:02 PM, "Mirko Ruzic" <mirko...@gmail.com> wrote:

ok... this is problem.. the google account has been deleted.. can i create new account with same username? do i have to wait certain time? help?

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[Mirko Ruzic]

i heard that on yahoo you can make same username after 90 days... too bad google dont have that option..:(
 
 

[Andrew Ingraham]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Mirko Ruzic <mirko...@gmail.com> wrote:

i heard that on yahoo you can make same username after 90 days...

Actually, I think what happens is they empty the contents of unused accounts after 90 days.  Then if you come along several months later, you can get your old account back, just by logging in with the same username/password as before, only the old messages are all gone.

This is (was) true of the free Yahoo accounts.  I don't know about for-pay accounts.

Andy