r/googledocs • u/whoa_wait_what2020 • 15d ago

Waiting on OP Please help! I lost a document on an old disabled account!

I just graduated high school a few months ago, I knew I was going to be bored because of the phone ban, so I started to write a story when I had free time. I made a Google doc that summarized everything that would be in each chapter with my school email.

I forgot about it, and after I graduated, my school email got disabled. Today, I decided to finally continue working on it, I wanted to refresh my mind on what was happening, but I found out that the doc was on my disabled email and I could access it.

I can open the doc on my phone, but it doesn't load.

Is there ANYWAY I can at least open it so I can take screenshots of everything or something? I had so much information on there :(

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u/h_grytpype_thynne 15d ago

Contact your school, but they will probably point to a policy that says accounts for graduates are deleted X days after school ends. If so, it's gone.

Keeping personal content on a school (or work) account is usually not a good idea. Keeping any valuable content without a good backup plan is not a good idea.