Platform · Digital accounts · Difficulty: Moderate

Submit a request about a deceased person’s Google account

Google provides a request process to close an account, request funds, or in limited cases obtain data from a deceased user’s account.

Who usually needs this

  • Executor
  • Immediate family member

When to review

First month

Documents commonly needed

  • Death certificate
  • Government ID
  • Proof of relationship or authority

Life Steward does not collect or store these documents.

Common issues

  • If the deceased set up Inactive Account Manager, follow that path first.
  • Gmail access often gates password resets for other accounts: decide the order of closures carefully.

Official sources

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

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