Removing your Google account from the Play Store app on a device removes all your Play Store activity from that device. However, your Play Store account is automatically linked to the Google account on your phone. There isn’t a way to remove one without the other. We walk you through how to remove your Google account, as well as an alternative method for clearing your Play Store history. It’s the perfect way to kickstart your switch to aGoogle Play Store alternative.
This guide works for any Android device with the Play Store installed. You can also use it to remove your Google account on all Chromebooks, includingour favorite budget laptops.
What happens when you remove your Google account from the Play Store app?
When you create a new Google account, it is automatically linked to the Play Store. For example, when youset up a new Android phone, you don’t need to sign in separately to access the Play Store. This means you can’t remove your Google account from the Play Store app without removing it from the device. However, after you remove it, you can’t access any of that account’s Play Store history from the Play Store app on that device.
Because removing your Google account from the Play Store removes it from the device, we recommendchanging the default account on your Android device first.
How to remove an old or unwanted Google account from your phone
It’s helpful to know when you’re selling or trading in your device
How to remove your Google account from your Android device
Removing your Google account from the Play Store app and Android device is similar for most devices, but we recommend following our detailed guide on removing your account if these steps don’t work for you.
How to clear your Play Store history
You don’t have to remove your Google account to clear elements of your Play Store history. you’re able to delete your search history and wishlist without deleting your account.
Control your Google account’s history
Google’s integrated apps and services can be a curse or a blessing, depending on your point of view, but removing your account is rarely necessary to control your data. But if you need to, we have a guide onpermanently deleting your Google account and associated data.
