Like we had told you earlier, Google long announced its plans to shut down the consumer version of Google Plus citing “low usage and engagement” and quick lasting of user sessions, the official closing date for the social network being April 2.
The platform, launched in 2011 to probably compete with Facebook, failed to take off and has been in stagnation for close to 5 years when Google saw it could not go on.
The company informed users in am email that they will no longer be able to create new profiles or pages, communities or events from February 4. However, one can download their content from the platform before April and the pictures and videos backed up in Google Photos will not be deleted.
Google says the process of deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts, Google+ Pages, and Album Archive will be in phases, and is likely to take months. This means that some users may still see parts of their accounts in the activity logs even after the April date.
If at all you use the Google+ platform as part of your G Suite set up, Google will be redesigning it to give you a better experience.
The company plans to keep the service alive for only enterprise customers who use it to facilitate conversation among co-workers and new features will be rolled out to the effect.
If you had a Google Plus account, and are not among the enterprise customers, you can delete your profile before it shuts down.
