A key piece of Android smartphones is the Google account, which they ask us as soon as we turn on the mobile for the first time and which is associated with the device for greater data security and the terminal itself. However, when the time comes to delete the Google account from the Android mobile, not everyone knows what steps to follow and it is something that we cannot forget.
Although for many it may not be important, getting rid of the Google account on a smartphone is very important when it comes to stopping using it, passing it on to a relative and much more when selling it. Without doing these steps, we will be delivering a device where our data is associated, even if we have factory reset all the data.
Steps to remove Google accounts
We do not need to have advanced knowledge to be able to delete the Google account that is associated with the mobile phone, we will only have to follow the steps with which we will be able to delete it. In this process we must be aware that there are more associated accounts and in the same way that we will do this, we can repeat it with the other accounts, especially if we have more than one Google account since when we delete one of them the others will take precedence. If we want to completely get rid of the giant Google accounts associated with devices, we will have to do this with all of them.
The steps to follow, unlike what happens with other processes, is very similar on all phones that use Android as the operating system. There will be aesthetic changes, but not functional and therefore we will be able to do it on Google Pixel, Xiaomi smartphones with MIUI, OPPO phones with ColorOS and with all those that are based on Android in this way. The steps to follow are those:
- We start by entering the smartphone settings.
- Among all the options we look for Accounts and we access.
- Then we can see the Google accounts identified with their name and logo.
- At the top of them will appear the associated Gmail email that we are going to unlink.
- We access it and touch on Remove account.
- To complete the process we have to validate the action for the last time.
As an added note, it should be mentioned that even if we delete the Google account from the smartphone, the company’s server will not be aware of it if we have the mobile disconnected from the WiFi network or mobile data and somehow there will continue to be a connection. But connecting to the network will not be enough either, since the information of the smartphone to which it was connected will also remain valid within our own Google account until we delete it manually. This is not essential to sell a mobile but it is essential to control access to our information.
Delete the smartphone associated with the Google account
For the mobile to be completely removed from the Google account, another process will have to be followed that we should not confuse with the previous one and that must be done later or else it will be of no use. What we will do now is to remove all traces in our account of that smartphone that we have linked at some point and by the way we may see previous mobiles that we also associate with the account. For this, the steps to follow are these:
- We will have to use a computer, tablet or another mobile to follow the process.
- We enter our Gmail as we usually do.
- Then click on this link to access the devices of the Google account .
- Once we access we can see the name of all the devices.
- We look for the desired Android mobile and touch “Close session”.
With this process the mobile will be removed from our account forever or at least until we fly to add it manually with the help of email, password and additional security measures that we may have.
Is there a way to remove the account without having the mobile?
In case you met this need too late and you no longer have the mobile in your hands, there is still a possibility to remove the Google account from the smartphone , at least if the other user who now has the mobile in his hands has not removed already your account. To do this, we have to simulate that we have lost or stolen our mobile and access the Google website for lost mobile phones . Within this website we will have to choose the mobile in question and it will try to give us the location of the terminal.
If the mobile continues to maintain a connection with our account, we can tap on the “Configure blocking and deletion” button to delete all data from the device. This, however, can be a problem if the other person to whom we have given the mobile has already saved their data in the terminal. In turn, you need to come to us to continue using your mobile and therefore it is an advanced option to delete accounts to be used with care and only in emergency situations. Whenever you pumas, it will be better to warn the other person that they have our Google account and that we just have to delete it, because speaking people understand each other.
What happens when I remove my Google account?
For now we know that when we manage to remove the Google account from our mobile, we are eliminating a part of the security protection that is important, but other changes are applied to the terminal when making this movement and for which it is also important that we do not forget to do so and we advise it to those who do not know this. Of course the key piece of doing this is that no one has access to our data and therefore we not only invite you to delete the mobile account , but also to reset the mobile after there is nothing left on us in the Android terminal.
By deleting the aforementioned information associated with Google we are also managing to deactivate access to the company’s services, such as Gmail with all the emails we have received, Google Drive with important files that we can store or even the backup copies that they will stop being generated from the moment we withdraw the mobile accounts .
With all this removed, we will also be giving free rein to that after erasing the mobile data with a hard reset or a reset, the next user does not find the need to add our password or security pin, something with which Google ensures that a user with malicious intent has stolen our mobile and is trying to keep it without our consent.