What Happened to Google Currents?

Environment

U-M Google, Google Currents

Issue

What happened to Google Currents? Why can't I access my Currents communities anymore?

Resolution

Google officially retired Google Currents on July 5, 2023. In an effort to consolidate the services they offer for collaboration, Google intended for individuals to transition from using Currents to Google Chat spaces. Learn more about using spaces in Chat. (Alternatively, you can also investigate other services which offer similar experiences, such as U-M Slack.)

All data in Google Currents was deleted on August 8, 2023. This data is now unrecoverable.

Additional Information

Google Currents was the service that replaced Google+.

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Article ID: 10489
Created
Mon 7/17/23 1:27 PM
Modified
Mon 7/17/23 5:13 PM