Removing An Account From Google

 Removing An Account From Google

Removing An Account From Google
A technical preamble is appropriate here.
 

I am not a fan of mobile phones.

In fact, I am new to mobile phones.

I use Land Phone exclusively for mission critical work.

They are hard to come by in Australia which is a continent.

Mobiles are pain in the neck with lot of clutter.
I bought two phones when my wife was out of the country for few days.
The reason is not to keep in touch with her but for a different but mission critical work, let me not expand on it.

One was cheap Java Phone which is out of order after 3 months use.
Not due to physical damage but due poor RAM.
The RAM was not sufficient even to load the screen.
No touch screen.

The second phone wit a touch screen, I hacked to my heart content and is still working android. I donated it to one of my friends who lost an expensive phone in a bus to Colombo. 

In fact, his son lost it.

It is a common item stolen in Ceylon and that remove the SIM.
 It is relevant here, and the guy or girl has a Gmail, the cell phone can be recovered quickly.

Guys and girls do not know how to use an Eamil.

In my first hacking (to see whether it can be used by a visually handicapped person it FROZE and could not go back to factory setting.
 

After three days of fiddling with it I went back to the vendor and he could not do any better.
 

This time the problem was with the version of the Android.
It was too old.
So when you buy a Phone one has to decide on the RAM and the version of the Android.

If you use a phone for just for only calls buy an old analog mobile.
Java Phones are pain in the neck.
If you are buying a new Android go for a Version 5 not the version 4 that I am using (sparingly, though).

I cannot belie I was using Version 4 Kit-Kat.
 

I wish I could keep in touch with my dog with a mobile phone.
I must say I learned the touch system and little tricks from my daughter.
These gadgets are made exclusively for young people to keep in touch and for their fast track social activity.
I am one who advocate a Tablet instead of a Mobile (Smart phone is actually a mini computer).
So I bought Tablet again a cheap one to give as a present.
It is miles of FORWARD MARCH on mobile utilities and took solid 24 hours to configure to top performance without a Mini SD Card.
I have an old tablet which is very slow on both Internal Memory and RAM in spite of the 32 GB Mini SD overall.
For my luck I had forgotten the Screen Password and I cannot reach my files.
Fortunately I use it for hacking and not for any mission critical work, photos or documents etc.

All the data is in the Mini SD and it is matter of removing and shoving it to the new Tablet.

It does not load to my computer by a USB cord to copy files before formatting it to Run a new operating system.
 

So the next point is that the Tablet should be able to share data with your computer through a USB link.

Now the crunch point and I could not remove my email before delivering it to the intended person.
 

I gave it to my wife who is an expert on mobiles phones and she could not log off my mail.
I gave it to her and ask her to browse the Google Help and I went out for buying food for our dog.

Let me tell you why I am posting this.

There is lot of junk advice in the web.
 

It is like touching your nose with your finger tip with the hand coming across the back of the neck like Yogi Expert.
One does not have to go to Yogi Practice, just go to the Google Help and follow their instructions.
I have copied Google Help here, using my Linux BOX and all the Macros removed and only TEXT remaining.
Any errors are due to my plundering the information and not the fault of the Google.
So YOU better go straight to Google Help instead of reading the instructions below.
They are doing a god job unlike FACEBOOK which took six months for me to sign off it, for GOOD.

They deliberately hid the sign off item.

I stop using FACEBOOK from that moment and the social media may be pain in your Arxxx.

Reproduction
Sign out (Android)
This information is for the Gmail app for Android 4.0 and up.
There’s no option to sign out of the Gmail app for Android without removing your entire account from your phone or tablet.
However, you can accomplish many of the same tasks through other actions, depending on what you need.
I want to check mail from another account
If your device is running Android 5.0 or higher, there's an easy way to let a guest use your device.
If you want to read mail from another account, or a friend wants to check email on your phone, you don’t have to sign out — you can just add another account.
Keep in mind that when you add an account to your phone, you can easily switch between accounts without having to enter the password again.
If a friend adds an account to your phone to check email, be sure to remove the account afterward (see steps in section below).
Or, you could also use the browser on your phone to go to mail.google.com and check your email from there.
I want to protect my email.
If you’re worried about losing your phone or having someone read your mail, you can password-protect your device. 

Here’s how to set a screen lock on a Nexus device — other types of phones or tablets will have similar instructions.
Tip: If you ever lose your phone, you can remove access to all Google services (Gmail, Maps, YouTube, etc.) on that phone. If you later find your phone, you'll just need to sign in with your username and password before you can use Google services on it. Learn more about account permissions.
I want to preserve data, storage, or battery life
You don’t have to sign out of Gmail to save power on your phone. To help optimize data usage, device storage, or battery life, you can adjust your sync settings.
Choose which labels to sync
Open the Gmail app.
Touch the Menu menu.
Select Settings.
Choose an account.
Touch Manage labels.
Touch a label.
Touch Sync messages.
Choose Sync: None, Sync: Last 30 days, or Sync: All.
Choose how many days of mail to sync
Open the Gmail app.
Touch the Menu menu.
Select Settings.
Choose an account.
Touch Days of mail to sync.
Select the number of days.
Touch OK.
Turn off Gmail sync
If you turn off Gmail sync, new messages will stop syncing automatically.
Open the Gmail app.
Touch the Menu menu.
Select Settings.
Choose an account.
Uncheck the box next to Sync Gmail.
Touch the Refresh icon Sync while viewing your inbox to sync your messages manually.
Remove downloaded messages
Open your device’s Settings app.
Touch Apps, and then Gmail.
Touch Clear data.
This will clear the data on your Gmail app. Accounts that have Gmail sync turned on will start syncing immediately. Accounts with Gmail sync turned off will not sync automatically.
Use Gmail on your mobile browser
You can also access Gmail by going to mail.google.com on your mobile browser.
If none of these situations apply to you, you can also remove your account from the entire device. Don't worry, removing the account from your device won't delete the account itself—just remove it from your phone or tablet.