How do I remove a gmail account?
I'd be interested in this to. I rooted an NC using my gmail account...but now I'd like to remove that one and just use a different one.
I have successfully added that other gmail, so how do I remove the original?
Thanks!
Go into the settings/accounts menu in Gmail. Create another account (it can even be a duplicate of this account if you like). Once this is done a long press down on the other account will give you the option to remove it.
Thanks! I'll give that a shot.
Kokanee483 said:
Go into the settings/accounts menu in Gmail. Create another account (it can even be a duplicate of this account if you like). Once this is done a long press down on the other account will give you the option to remove it.
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Didn't work for me. I created another account, so now 2 are listed. Tapping the menu button at the bottom, I get a 2 rows of 3 options (Refresh, Compose, Accounts, View labels, Search, Settings).
I tap "Accounts" and the screen displays the 2 accounts that are now on the NC, with an option to "Add account" down at the bottom. If I press the Menu button here, that bottom tab changes to "Account Settings" but when I press that, the NC appears to do a soft reset.
Am I missing something? Or should I restore and root again?
Thanks!
I get the same thing here.
I have two GMail accounts listed and cannot remove either.
If I press and hold on an account on the "Add Accounts" page, nothing happens. Actually, no matter how long I "hold", when I release, I end up going to the inbox for the selected account.
Further, just like madman390, if I press the Menu button and bring up the bar that only has "Account Settings", if I select "Account Settings", my NC does a reboot of sorts (it doesn't crash back to the home screen and it doesn't go all the way back to a power-up screen, it goes to the "Nook Color" animation part of start-up).
I have the same issues as everyone here. I am giving the nook as a gift to someone else and i need to remove the accounts i used to get the market working. Could someone figure this out? Thx
hungry4cheese said:
I have the same issues as everyone here. I am giving the nook as a gift to someone else and i need to remove the accounts i used to get the market working. Could someone figure this out? Thx
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Ok so I did a little messing around in the /data/ folder and I found the way to do it. You should leave one Gmail account at the end so you don't screw up the market. What you do is go into /data/system/ and edit accounts.db with an editor of your choice. You can even do it straight on the device through root explorer and the sqlite editor it requires. Open the file and delete the accounts you want to delete and then close it. I did a reboot after and the accounts disappeared from Gmail and YouTube and Gtalk. Gtalk now won't launch if you deleted the main account so you need to go into youtube, sign in again, then re-add the account in gmail and possibly Gtalk if it asks again. I had to do that a couple of times to get it to work, but now everything works. I also updated to the new market after thanks to another post
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hungry4cheese said:
Ok so I did a little messing around in the /data/ folder and I found the way to do it. You should leave one Gmail account at the end so you don't screw up the market. What you do is go into /data/system/ and edit accounts.db with an editor of your choice. You can even do it straight on the device through root explorer and the sqlite editor it requires. Open the file and delete the accounts you want to delete and then close it. I did a reboot after and the accounts disappeared from Gmail and YouTube and Gtalk. Gtalk now won't launch if you deleted the main account so you need to go into youtube, sign in again, then re-add the account in gmail and possibly Gtalk if it asks again. I had to do that a couple of times to get it to work, but now everything works. I also updated to the new market after thanks to another post
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Well, I tried to follow your suggestion and it screwed up my NC where it would loop on the NOOK COLOR boot screen (Autonooter'd). I had to do the 8 reboots to get back to a useable state.
zeroh said:
Well, I tried to follow your suggestion and it screwed up my NC where it would loop on the NOOK COLOR boot screen (Autonooter'd). I had to do the 8 reboots to get back to a useable state.
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Thats interesting it worked for me without any trouble. The only problem that resulted that I see now is that it did remove all accounts and the everything worked again, but the market now refuses to download anything. I'm sorry it messed your nook up, maybe it only works if you used an older version of autonooter. Does anyone know how to make the market start downloads instead of be eternally stuck on "Starting download"? It is possible that you might need to look around your /data/ folder for xml files and more databases and change everything to the email you would like to use as a main email or maybe you just edited your db file incorrectly.
I always wonder about these posts, and if they are the people selling rooted nooks on ebay, for a profit. There seems to be more and more people selling them on there these days.
any update on this? I'd like to backup a ROM and replicate my setup, do a basic root to a friends nook, then restore with my backup, then setup his gmail. Kinda strange we are bound to the whole thing by an email address..
If not.. then people making ROMs could maybe make like: 1.1FW/1.1OC/Zeam/Gaaps/ROM manager/Astro/Titanium/NC Tools/XDA. you know.. all the stuff we are going to do anyway.ROMs
ops. double post.
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Has anyone found a solution to this...an easy one?
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I might becoming dumb but with Topaz I can not find a way to delete an email account.
I was used to tap and hold the account in the Messaging / Options dialog and a small single option Delete menu appeared but with Topaz that is no more.
just choose delete from the messaging menu rather than options. I'm not sure if that just clears the inbox outbox etc (don't wanna risk trying it in case it deletes my account!) but I'd have thought that'll be what you're looking for.
EDIT: that might not have been very clear, from the Home screen go to mail then menu>accounts>accounts... to get to messaging screen, then menu>delete to delete an account
If it's the outlook account you're trying to get rid of read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=464566
I was trying to do the same.
jimbo987 said:
just choose delete from the messaging menu rather than options. I'm not sure if that just clears the inbox outbox etc (don't wanna risk trying it in case it deletes my account!) but I'd have thought that'll be what you're looking for.
EDIT: that might not have been very clear, from the Home screen go to mail then menu>accounts>accounts... to get to messaging screen, then menu>delete to delete an account
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You still haven't made it very clear , open programs then all programs and select messaging. Then its menu>delete to get rid of an account or menu options to change an account.
EDIT: Ah! you were being clear after all, I had thought you meant to open the mail app, not just select menu on the mail tab of the homescreen. Nevermind, always nice to find out there's an easier way of doing something.
jimbo987 said:
just choose delete from the messaging menu rather than options. I'm not sure if that just clears the inbox outbox etc (don't wanna risk trying it in case it deletes my account!) but I'd have thought that'll be what you're looking for.
EDIT: that might not have been very clear, from the Home screen go to mail then menu>accounts>accounts... to get to messaging screen, then menu>delete to delete an account
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I was becoming dumb indeed :-(
Thank you very much.
no problem
I am trying to delete the Hotmail account on my Pure. I followed the steps above but the "Delete" option is grayed out. Is there any other to delete the Hotmail account?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4391549
Thanks for the link! Great tool. Took care of my Hotmail account.
Hey all,
I've been dabbling with the XAndroid releases here and have got the XDANDROID.2.2.AOSP.25.07.10 working on my HTC TD2.
However, I'm trying to access the Marketplace and everytime I tap to load it, a white screen comes up for a couple of seconds and then disappears again, showing the desktop (or apps menu) and there's no indication of anything having loaded or working.
I can do this repeatedly without having to reset my HTC; same thing happens each time. There is no error message.
Anyone have any idea or tips or could I be missing the actual Marketplace app? Or should I use a different ext2?
Thanks all.
I upgraded my system with the latest build yesterday (setup is here), and I had the same problem.
I also found out that my Google Account had been removed from the sync setup.
However, after I rebooted I did get a Google Account prompt when starting Marketplace, and after entering my login information it launched without a problem.
Maybe you could also try adding your Google account to the phone?
My mistake,
It's not working for me either after all. I replaced the system.ext with the one from 2.2 beta 2 and then it worked.
I've got the same problem as you:a white screen shows for a few seconds, and then the home screen shows.
Also, as I stated before, my google mail sync account has been removed, and I can't seem to re-add it. When I go to Gmail I get a message that the account has not been configured for auto-sync. Menu > Refresh doesn't do anything. Menu > Accounts shows "Gmail, 0 accounts". The Add Account button displays a black screen with "Add an account" at the top.
try delete the data.img file
after deleted it,mine work
tommy1994 said:
try delete the data.img file
after deleted it,mine work
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Yes, this seems to fix it.
Thanks tommy1994.
Now working perfectly. (Just for others, I decided to update to the latest release too.)
Newly rooted NC. When I select gmail I get "This account is not configured to sync automatically. Pres Menu> Refresh to sync mail once. Or press Home and touch Settings > Accounts% Sync to configure....:"
When I refresh it does nothing.
When I press Home Settings there is no Accounts Sync
When I press the other menu option (to the right of the center arrow)and select accounts I see the account - when I press menu again to see account setup it just crashes and reboots.
Any ideas?
Did you use the youtube hack to add your google account? I know that process was very finicky for me. I'm pretty sure the reason you have to use youtube to add the account is the normal account management stuff doesn't fully work (which is probably why it crashes for you). I borked it all up the first time I tried it, ended up unrooting and starting over carefully following the nookdevs dot com tutorial for rooting. 2nd time worked like a charm although I'm not sure what I did differently.
Just tried to re-root after the 8x thing, got stuck in boot loops. Tried the fix for that and I seem to have bricked it, back to BN if I cant find a fix
Good Luck with the store...
I'm not familiar with exactly how your nook is acting but it's very hard to "brick" your NC. If you have no luck at the store be sure to browse around this forum more.... most likely the answers you need are already here
What is the Youtube hack to add a google account? I am having similar issues with gmail. It's not auto syncing at all and when I manually sync, it crashes. Thank you.
i have four different email accounts set up within my gmail app. i want to delete one of them. i cant find where i do that though. when i am in the app i try to tap on account settings but the whole thing force restarts on me.
From the home screen go to setting->Accounts and sync. The select the google account you want to remove and there should be an option to remove it.
i guess i should clarify that i have stock 1.1 and autonootered. i cant go into the account settings. when i try to the nook restarts. like the whole thing freezes and then flashes the android boot screen and restarts. i cant go into the account settings.
I have the same problem, I need to unlink completely my nook to the google account, because I will lend it to my father for a period, and I don't want to uninstall everything.
if you are just going to lend it, equip it with a bootable SD with ROM of choice that way Dad has his own email in it until you get it back and just pop out hte SD
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I have the same problem, I need to unlink completely my nook to the google account, because I will lend it to my father for a period, and I don't want to uninstall everything.
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Hi,
I was doing a favour for someone who asked me to root their Kindle and install the Play Store.
I did this and I tested it with my own gmail account and everything is working perfect. However, now I want to give them back their tablet, but I can't see where I can remove my account/logout from the Play Store. Obviously, giving them back the tablet with my account logged in is out of the question.
I tried going into Applications and clearing the app's data. I also tried wiping the data in Titanium Backup. Neither worked.
Can anyone help me here?
Thanks.
Do you have 2-Step Verification enabled in your Gmail account? You could try revoking access to the device from your account management page I think.
No, I don't have 2 step verification.
Would it be worth my time to enable it just so this persons Play Store won't log me in? Surely there must be a way I can remove the Play Store, reinstall it, and let them log in?
When I was installing it initially, the steps told me to log in, and then continue with further steps where it upgrades the Play Store to the latest version and does some other stuff. If I could delay those steps, or put them into a shell script to be run from the terminal once this person logged in, then I suppose that would be good too.
Thanks.
Had this problem on a cheap tablet that I got play store on for a friend, add another account (theirs) then you can remove yours
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Hi,
Thanks but that doesnt work either. The problem is that the actual "Accounts and Sync" menu isnt in the settings. The only indication I have of my account is in the Play Store app, when you go into Menu and Accounts. Its related to the locked down version of the Kindle OS I think.
It looks like I might have to wipe the whole tablet and put on a custom ROM.
Actually. I think I figured out a way of doing this.
I had my gmail account setup to use the Play Store, and had Gmail synced apparently. Then I added a second account but I hadnt opened the Gmail app yet. When I did, it asked me to setup sync for my second account since it was the first time I'd opened Gmail since I added the 2nd one. This gives a link to the default Android "Accounts & Sync" menu, in the form of a button at the bottom of the app.
I was able to go in there and delete my 2 accounts. So it seems we can get into the Accounts menu through a back door in Gmail!
PS, I tried it again to add the 2 accounts and make sure I could reproduce it, but it just went to my Gmail inbox and showed me my emails for my first account. Then I pressed the drop down menu up the top left of the app and it showed my 2 inboxes. I clicked the 2nd one and it then gave me the sync menu buttons again and I could reproduce it, ie delete both my accounts.
Now if only I could get the menu/nav bar to stay on when I don't unlock it straight away after a reboot, then I'd be done!
How did you you added a second account?
Hi, I'm exactly in this same situation.
eoinzy said:
Actually. I think I figured out a way of doing this.
I had my gmail account setup to use the Play Store, and had Gmail synced apparently. Then I added a second account
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How did you added a second account?
eoinzy said:
but I hadnt opened the Gmail app yet. When I did, it asked me to setup sync for my second account since it was the first time I'd opened Gmail since I added the 2nd one. This gives a link to the default Android "Accounts & Sync" menu, in the form of a button at the bottom of the app.
I was able to go in there and delete my 2 accounts. So it seems we can get into the Accounts menu through a back door in Gmail!
PS, I tried it again to add the 2 accounts and make sure I could reproduce it, but it just went to my Gmail inbox and showed me my emails for my first account. Then I pressed the drop down menu up the top left of the app and it showed my 2 inboxes. I clicked the 2nd one and it then gave me the sync menu buttons again and I could reproduce it, ie delete both my accounts.
Now if only I could get the menu/nav bar to stay on when I don't unlock it straight away after a reboot, then I'd be done!
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Did you try the Google account from the settings menu. Tap on Google account then account name then remove. Then add new account.
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When I downloaded Google Play onto my fire 10 HD I downloaded 4 apk (Google services framework, Google play services, Google account manager and Google play store)
Once I'd done that I mistakenly logged into Play on the wrong account.
When I went back to the home screen there was a 'Google setting' app icon there.
I tapped that icon and went to 'Google Account - info, security & personalisation', from there if you tap the small arrow at the end of the email address it gives you the option to use another account.
I added the other account and am now able to switch between email accounts.
Hope that helps.
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When I downloaded Google Play onto my fire 10 HD I downloaded 4 apk (Google services framework, Google play services, Google account manager and Google play store)
Once I'd done that I mistakenly logged into Play on the wrong account.
When I went back to the home screen there was a 'Google setting' app icon there.
I tapped that icon and went to 'Google Account - info, security & personalisation', from there if you tap the small arrow at the end of the email address it gives you the option to use another account.
I added the other account and am now able to switch between email accounts.
Hope that helps.
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That worked to add an account but i'm still not sure how to delete the other one!
Parafly said:
That worked to add an account but i'm still not sure how to delete the other one!
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Gmail app - > Settings-> three dots on top right corner "Manage accounts" - you''ll see users and account menu. Done.
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Gmail app - > Settings-> three dots on top right corner "Manage accounts" - you''ll see users and account menu. Done.
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It doesn't work for me on 5.6.4.0. It gives me two options, open with Settings or Show mode. Neither would have google account removed.
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eoinzy said:
Hi,
I was doing a favour for someone who asked me to root their Kindle and install the Play Store.
I did this and I tested it with my own gmail account and everything is working perfect. However, now I want to give them back their tablet, but I can't see where I can remove my account/logout from the Play Store. Obviously, giving them back the tablet with my account logged in is out of the question.
I tried going into Applications and clearing the app's data. I also tried wiping the data in Titanium Backup. Neither worked.
Can anyone help me here?
Thanks.
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This is quite easy and a two-minute task:
Open Plyastore on your PC/Laptop
Sign in to the play store using the same Gmail ID you want to remove from any device.
Once signed in Navigate to the setting by clicking on the Gear icon on the upper right corner of the screen.
Here you will find all the devices connected to your account.
Simply click and remove the device.
This will help you to remove the device or logout of the play store remotely.
This is the easiest and most effective way.
As @eoinzy & @Chotkach mentioned (Thank you)
1. Install Gmail app (Don't question it. Just do it)
Sign in.
Go to setting.
Manage account and here you can easily remove Play Store information.