The Google Plus shutdown is happening in early April as the company's social service was unable to compete with major social media sites. Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak This article is more than 1 year old. Vandaag is de dag waarop we officieel afscheid nemen van Google Plus. Google is going to shut down the consumer version of Google+ over the next 10 months, the company writes in a blog post today. Google Plus shutting down after security glitch exposes up to 500,000 users' data. Google Plus was initially slated to be shut down in August 2019, but Google announced in October that a vulnerability affecting millions of accounts had affected its decision to move up the date. By Kate Gibson Updated on: October 8, 2018 / 10:03 PM / MoneyWatch