YouTube and Blogger maintain separate accounts for users who registered with the services before the Google acquisition.

However, effective April 2011 YouTube users are required to link to a separate Google Account if they wish to continue to log into that service.

In some countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, India and Italy, Google may also require one-time use of a mobile phone number to send an account validation code by SMS text messaging or voice message when creating a new account.

The tool shows which websites were visited using Chrome while logged in, devices used, apps used, Google products interacted with, etc.

[15] Reactivation is possible using web-forms, providing proof of identity through valid photos ID,[16] or a credit card payment of US$0.30.

Other methods (such as sending a fax or uploading some requested document) may require human interaction and may take some "days or a couple of weeks" to be accomplished.