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HOW TO delete a google account on android 2.1?

I have a problem with the market!
if sign-in with my old google account the market work slowly but if sign-in with a new google account the market work perfect!
this happens on android 2.1!
on android 1.6 i sign-in on google-apps with my new account,start the market and after the first load of the app i erase the data-account of the googleapps.apk from "setting->applications->application management(?)->googleapps->cancella dati(erase data in english i think?)" and reboot the phone! at reboot re-sign in the googleapp with my old account and work perfectly!
Now the button erase-data in "setting->....googleapps" is not present on android 2.1 then the procedure not possible to do!
i ask you if is possible delete a google-account on android 2.1 without a wipe?
I'm sorry for my bad english,I hope it is understandable!
thanks guys!

SETTINGS - ACCOUNTS & SYNC - long press your account under the MANAGE ACCOUNTS area. It will bring up your account sync options, and a Remove Account button.
Hope this answers your question.

not work...i already try this! thanks!

it wont work - it wont allow you to remove the first google account you added, at least mine wont. Your best bet is a factory reset, and then re-add your accounts. Mots stuff should be backed up and synced anyway...

Try this it works on the Moto Backflip to change the default gmail account. Any paid apps will ne linked to the gmail account that you used to purchase them with.

Look in:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313141
but phone must be rooted.

How do I remove my Google Mail account?!

Hi all.
I've recently bought my very first smartphone which is running Android 2.1. I'm absolutely loving it so far but I have a couple of questions regarding security.
Soon after setting up Android I configured the Google Mail app to sync with my Google Mail account, which is my primary email address.
I've noticed that whenever I open the Google Mail app it displays thousands of my emails, some of which contain very personal and sensitive information. My concern is that if somebody was to steal my phone and get passed the pretty basic key lock, they will have access to all of my emails over the past few years!
I've been told that it's not possible to password protect it or log out of the account; is that true?
I've tried to remove my Google Mail account from the app but it gives me the message:
This account is required by some applications. You can only remove it by resetting the phone to factory defaults (which deletes all your personal data). You do that in the Settings application, under Privacy.
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Surely I don't have to do a factory reset just to remove my Google Mail account?
Any help would be appreciated.

Clear data for gmail in manage applications.

May I know why u want to delete ur gmail account ?

XperiaX10iUser said:
Clear data for gmail in manage applications.
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I've done that already but as soon as I reopen the Google Mail app all of my messages reappear.
I've now archived all of my emails in Gmail and removed them from my inbox so they have now stopped showing in the Google Mail app but any new messages will appear.
I just don't understand why it's not possible to remove my account from the application.
sanketprabhu said:
May I know why u want to delete ur gmail account ?
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I only want to remove it from the Google Mail application on Android so that if my phone was stolen or got into the wrong hands they don't have access to thousands of personal and sensitive emails.

[Q] Can you change the main google account on an Andriod phone?

Installed CM7 on a mytouch 4G.
Used my google account to access the Market.
Installed a bunch of apps on it and configured them too.
Now I want to give this phone to a family member.
Can I replace my google account on this phone, without loosing all the apps and the respective configuration settings?

It's been a while since I have used CM. but I don't recall a way to replace the main Google account however you should be able to 'detach' the application from the market. Downloading Titanium Backup Root will allow you to detach the application from the android market where your account is linked to. (I suggest using the same application to do an apps backup first) Then switch the main account and attempt to reattach them. If you lose your settings or lose the apps, you have the backup to revert to.
Hope this help, and if there is an easier way out there use that, but this way is pretty straight forward (and you get a back up )
Cheers,
Java

Cant you just go to settings, select the google account and press remove?

Your Issue
Hello yes you can delete your google account from that phone the apps you have on that phone will have to be deleted as google will not let you delete your main gmail account and keep the apps it will give you error google needs this account for so and so apps delete your account do a factory reset and give the phone to whomever and one your new android phone register your google account and all your apps will be on your new phone.
any ? just inbox me
please hit thank you button dont hesitate to buy me a pepsi either

android_29 said:
Hello yes you can delete your google account from that phone the apps you have on that phone will have to be deleted as google will not let you delete your main gmail account and keep the apps it will give you error google needs this account for so and so apps delete your account do a factory reset and give the phone to whomever and one your new android phone register your google account and all your apps will be on your new phone.
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What?
No app will be deleted if you remove the active google account from settings.
You will most likely not be able to use google apps like gmail until you add a new account (that from your family member), but nothing gets deleted.
Non google apps will most likely work too, except you can't update from market until a google acount is added again and some paid apps employing the google licensing serve might refuse to work as there is no account attached, or the one attached, did not buy the app.
Just try it.

Dark3n said:
Cant you just go to settings, select the google account and press remove?
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No, it will not let me do that. When I hit the "Remove account" button it says ...
"Do you really want to remove this account? Removing it will also delete all of its messages, contacts, and other data from the phone. Proceed?"
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So I hit the next "Remove Account" button and it says ...
"This account is required by some applications. You can only remove it by resetting the phone to factory defaults (which deletes all your personal data). You do that in the Settings application, under Privacy."
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The only thing relevant under the Settings -> Privacy is the "Factory data reset". Which is what I want to avoid.
There are only a bunch of free apps installed on this phone. I want to keep those apps as-is and just swap the google accounts.

If you backup with titanium, assuming you are rooted, wipe data, flash ROM, then when setting up the phone just enter the new gmail and restore apps with titanium and bam. Kind of a pain, but it will get you where you need.
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You can use multiply accounts with all apps usable. Open Market go to Settings/Accounts. Make sure you have the account you would like to use set up in Sync Settings
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cmyers.lbs said:
You can use multiply accounts with all apps usable. Open Market go to Settings/Accounts. Make sure you have the account you would like to use set up in Sync Settings
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
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So if I have 2 google accounts setup under Settings -> Accounts then can I remove the first google account?
(Assuming that the second google account would then become the main google account for this phone.)

XbirthofaheroX said:
If you backup with titanium, assuming you are rooted, wipe data, flash ROM, then when setting up the phone just enter the new gmail and restore apps with titanium and bam. Kind of a pain, but it will get you where you need.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA App
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After doing a titanium backup, do you need to do the the Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset to reset the phone?

To answer the origninal question
In short-yes, you can change the primary google account by looking through the settings.

Without removing the first google account, I added the second google account.
But still it will not allow me to remove the first google account unless I do factory reset. Because I installed apps with the first google account.
However, it did allow me to remove the second google account right away. Because I have not done anything else after adding it.

[Q] How to delete/disable my Google app account from HTC Desire S

Hi, Well this appears to be a regular problem with almost all un-rooted Android users. Still, in case anybody could help me out with removing one of my Google App account from HTC Desire S, without actually resetting it. I think there is some way.
I added my third google account, synced it once with Gmail app, later, unchecked the Auto sync button and clicked on Remove account. I was successfully able to remove it. If that can be removed, the first one can also be. Its just that I need to clear some apps cache for this. If any one from XDA (big brainy people) can help us out on this.

Try clearing gmail, talk, and Google account manager
Swyped from a primed Desire S

AFAIK, the account that was used first in initializing the device, can be removed by factory reset only. This is what the phone writes when you're trying, right?

Jack_R1 said:
AFAIK, the account that was used first in initializing the device, can be removed by factory reset only. This is what the phone writes when you're trying, right?
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Ya, thats what the phone says. But I registered two google account on it. One professional one personal. it does not allow me to delete any of those. However, when I registered a third account, I could remove that one easily.

suku_patel_22 said:
Try clearing gmail, talk, and Google account manager
Swyped from a primed Desire S
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Hi,
I am trying the steps as told by you. Lets see if this works.
Gmail: Cleared
Talk: Cleared
Google Play: Cleared
Google Service Framework: Cleared
Cannot find anything like Google Account Manager in the app list.
Kindly help. There is no particular way on this whole internet. lol

I although tried it once in different ways but there was no way to delet the first account. In the end I did a factory reset.
Sorry, but I think it´s the only and fastes way to get the phone clean.

first email account
It does not matter which email account you use Gmail, Yahoo, GMX etc. You can only delete it by doing a factory reset. The first email you enter becomes embedded on the phone.

Thank you guys for your replies. Can you also suggest something I need to take care of before doing a factory reset.

bhskr said:
Thank you guys for your replies. Can you also suggest something I need to take care of before doing a factory reset.
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Backup your contacts(if not synced with Google) and SMS using 'super backup'
You are not rooted so can't think of anything else that you could do.
Swyped from my Desire S waiting for Kernel 3, WAKE UP HTC
Sorry for the swypos....

Also you can use ErazzerFree from Google Play

isayev said:
Also you can use ErazzerFree from Google Play
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Absolutely no use to the OP as it requires Root access to work - and he doeasn't have that on his phone

Google Contacts stuck on synching

Hey guys.
I got decent knowledge about Android.
I got some knowledge about rooting,flashing, and troubleshooting. But I have a problem.
And ofcourse I did Google it before creating a thread here
So I was using my phone but what I noticed is out of nowere my contacts were gone.
My contacts are stored in Google.
I did go to settings > Accounts > (the acc) > and it is bussy with syncing contacts. (Feels like it is stuck on synching)
Drive, gmail, etc all off them did synch except for Google Contacts.
When I open the Google Contacts in my webrowser all off the contacts are there.
But inside Google Contacts App, it doesn't synch.
Things I tryed :
1. Removed all off my google accounts from my phone settings. cleared cache in TWRP. rebooted added back again.
2. Auto-Synch is on.
3. Tryed few times "synch now" (manual synch)
4. Rebooted few times.
5 Cleared app data from Google Contacts and Play services.
Any sugestions?
I did upload a screenshot here below. So you can see how it looks like.
And sorry for my bad english.

On your PC/MAC go to Gmail/Contacts and refresh your browser. Sign out.
On your 1+6 sign out and sign back in, that should do the trick.

samteeee said:
On your PC/MAC go to Gmail/Contacts and refresh your browser. Sign out.
On your 1+6 sign out and sign back in, that should do the trick.
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So I did Signout on my pc. and phone to.
Signed back in my phone, but still the same issue.

Ghost123NL said:
So I did Signout on my pc. and phone to.
Signed back in my phone, but still the same issue.
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Have you "force stop" the contacts app?

samteeee said:
Have you "force stop" the contacts app?
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Yes but doesnt change anything. Since it need to sync first in the settings > Accounts > Google account

Ghost123NL said:
Yes but doesnt change anything. Since it need to sync first in the settings > Accounts > Google account
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Try this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.ivary.ContactsSyncFix&hl=en_US

samteeee said:
Try this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.ivary.ContactsSyncFix&hl=en_US
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Thank you for your time.
But this didn't work to. Forget to mention that I did this to. I also deleted my Google+ profile. I did read somewhere that it might help, but no.
So annoying this problem.