Delete Google account from your phone - how it works
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If you want to delete your Google Account from your mobile phone, for example to switch to a different account, it's quite easy. You can find out what you need to know here.
Deleting a Google account from your mobile phone - you should be aware of this
Before you remove your Google account from a cell phone, you should be aware of the consequences.
- Your app purchases and downloads are managed via the Google account. Depending on the settings, you can also delete all your contacts and mail messages.
- When deleting, you should therefore be sure that the desired data is on the device's memory so that you do not lose it.
- You should also keep in mind that deleting your Google account from your smartphone will cause some associated services to disappear.
- If your Google account is connected to services such as Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar or YouTube, you will no longer have access to your data on your mobile phone.
Remove account: How to see all linked services
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Image 1: Delete Google Account from your mobile phone - display Google services
Image 2: In the Google Dashboard you can see all services that are connected to your Google account
You can find out which services are connected to your Google account in the Google dashboard.
- First log in to Google with your user data.
- Now click on your profile picture in the top right corner and then select the "Google account" button (see picture 1).
- Now open the "Data and Personalization" view in the menu on the left (see figure 2, step 1).
- In the next step, scroll down a little to the heading "Overview of your services and data". Click here on "Open Google Dashboard" (see image 2, step 2).
- Under "My Google Services" you now have a view of all Google services that are linked to your account.
Delete Google account from an Android phone
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Image 1: To remove your Google account, open the view of all accounts on your smartphone.
Image 2: Now select your Google account and click on the "Remove account" button.
For an Android phone, do the following:
- Open the settings of your smartphone.
- If you are using a Samsung device, click on the "Accounts and backup" entry (see figure 1, step 1). For other devices, look for a similar option.
- In the next step, open the account overview of your smartphone. To do this, select the "Accounts" button (see image 1, step 2).
- Now click on your Google account (see image 2, step 1).
- Finally, just click on the "Remove account" button (see image 2, step 2) and acknowledge this with your Google password.