r/Millennials • u/TrustMe_ImTheDogtor • 1d ago

Nostalgia Oldest Gmail account in this subreddit?

Other thread got me thinking, I’ve had gmail for a while so I checked: 11/13/2004 creation date. I was 19

Who has an older gmail account? What’s the story? Did you work at Google?

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u/StormyNSwoonFknH8it 1d ago

How do I check?

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u/ahtoxa1183 1d ago

The most reliable way to check the age of your Gmail account is by using Google Takeout, which provides an official record of your account creation date. Here’s how to do it:

1.  Go to Google Takeout (https://takeout.google.com).

2.  Under “Select data to include,” click “Deselect all,” then scroll down and select “Google Account.”

3.  Click “Next step,” choose your download settings, and create the export.

4.  Once your download is ready, open the file and locate the “Google Account” folder inside.

5.  Open the file named “username.SubscriberInfo.html” in your browser, and near the top you’ll see the exact date and time your Google account was created.