Each Android phone is tied to a Google account such that if you make changes to the Gmail, Calendar or Contact, it will immediately sync with the main server. When you first set up the Android phone for usage, it will prompt you for the Google username and password and it will store it in its memory. However, there are times when you need to log out of your current Google account and log in to another one, you will find that there is no option for you to do that.
There are plenty of reasons that you need to log out of Google account:
1. Your current Gmail account has been spammed and you are switching to another account
2. Your Android Gmail is not syncing with the main server and you need to clear the internal cookie to get it resync again.
Here’s how you can log out of your Google account in Android and re-login again. (The following instruction is meant for Android 1.6. I will update this again when I have the chance to play with Android 2.1)
Go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications
Scroll down until you see the Google App entry. Select it.
Press the Clear Data and Clear Cache buttons.
Exit back to the Home screen. You have just clear your Google cache and log out of your account.
To log back in, go to Settings -> Data Synchronization.
It will prompt you to enter your Google login credential.
That’s it.
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I logged out. Now I can't log in again!
I have a LG Eve (the Italian version dubbed “Link Me”) i.e. Android Firmware 1.5
Please could you help me solving this big problem? Thanks.
I have only done it on firmware 1.6 and above. You can try to setup your Google account again from the Settings menu
Very Good! :) Ty Works For HTC Hero. but Go “Gmail” In Apps And Clear Data :)
yeeeah thanks,I've searching it for a day.
It works for LG GT540
Thank you!!! :D
it clear off your whole phone data, contacts and so on = =
and even clear off previous phone setting..
those whom use this steps must be alert..
ok… buy wjy is it so difficlt to logout from gmail???u
Very discouraging….I followed the instructions to a T 2x and were not signed out…….on my LG Android. Im now learning how many others having the same problem…..
i m not getting clear data option in google application, there is only option for clear catch, and by clicking on it i m not able to log out from gmail,please suggest…………
Yep, it does not work for me in Samsung Galaxy Pop GT S 550 either. I had to reset the phone!
Fantastic..That really helped me..Great work!!
Good 2know. Hope I remember it.
i tried hard to sign out from gmail on my new Samsung Galaxy Apollo mobile and finally i got solution…..If any body found difficulty they can try this………cilck on Email ->menu ->Accounts -> it will shows the accounts which you had added earlier..long press on the email account which you want to sign out , then a pop up box will appears , scroll down and click on Remove Account…..that’s it removes your account…..
hope this will helps
Thanks & Regards
i think i found the solution…go to setting->app>all> N CLICK ON TALK n clear the data n cache…after that come to homescreen..now if u log in gtalk it says invalid username n pass..so what u do…click on marketplace..it will automatically ask for gmail passsword..type the password…thats it
I am glad that you have found a way that work for you.
And if any above options doesnt work…reset to factory settings … it will be signed..And u wont lost data in in memory card…
it works. thank you very much.
Works for Samsung Galaxy S??
I don’t have a galaxy s to test, but theoretically, it should work.
but above all solutions not help for LG gt540 optimus mobile phone. i want to sign in my old Gmail ID after reset my mobile is it possible plz plz plz help me out this problem…………thx
Once you have log out of Google, you can log in to your old Gmail account
after restarting your phone. Are you able to log out of Google in the first
place?
hey, thanks. really helped me out :)
itz not workin for lg me. plz suggest some other way.
someone know xperia arc …..how to remove gmail account
The above tutorial is for Android 1.6. In Android 2.x, there doesn’t seem to be a way to log out of Google, unless you do a factory reset.
Maybe try Accounts & Sync.
Thank you, this solved the problem! xperia mini
In android 2.2, I did the following.
You can sign out in samsung galaxy s using the following method.
tap on the gmail icon>menu>accounts>menu>account settings
In the manage accounts, click the account which you want to sign out.
Click Remove account in the pop up again press remove account and you are done.
Hope it helps!!!!!
thank you so much mam god bless
how to log out from gmail in motorola defy
You should put a warning at the top, ALL CONTACTS WILL BE DELETED…
will this delete my phone contacts?
It will delete your contact in the phone. If you have sync them with your existing google account, they will still be available in the cloud.
Thank!! Menomale che ci sei tu. E’ da stamattina che cercavo di cambiare il mio account su Google plus nel mio GS2
But For Galaxy S it was not working .the msg is informing that it could be by factory setup only
ya its showing the same in my Galaxy too….!! what to do now…??? do u have the solution….??
one big reason to exit gmail is privacy. if someone uses/borrows for a moment my phone or tablet they have access to my gmail. not good.
Finally if nothing works, log into google from your PC and change its password. {This method can also work from your android browser but I am trying to avoid confusion}
But what if it deletes all of my events
Do a complete backup of your phone to your pc. If something goes wrong. You won’t lose your data.
What is going to happen is that Gmail is going to force me to create another account which wont be never used by me and then I will use another mail client which lwt me to logout from my real gmail account.
Finally!!!!!! it worked coz’ I changed my password from PC.
ooh does works if we change the password..? coz even I’m passing through the same problem. should i change my password to logout from my Samsung galaxy..
How to logout in galaxy pop with gmail account
will it delete my contacts and other things that stored in my phone samsung galaxy Y
If the data/things are stored on your SD card, they won’t be deleted.
so if i sign out by useing the accounts &sync to it wont delete anything on my sd card?
kindly inform me how to sign out from gmail and gtalk. i want to download videos from youtube how did i do in my samsung galaxy Y
This worked on my Galaxy.
Go to Settings > Accounts & sync > Tap the account you to remove > At the next view, click settings(3 grey blocks) > Choose Remove account
There is no need to remove account. Download apps protector from the android market and choose the applications installed in your phone which you want to protect. Give a password to it. Whenever you try to open the application, you are asked to enter the pwd. Its awesome!!
This work with 2.3 samsung s2 perfectly thanks
thank u so much
mine does not have the google apps..?
Damien hello and thanks for all this. But I seriously need your help here. My main gmail account is open in an gmail apps which is on a honeycomb asus tablet. That tablet is a demo tablet in a mainstream electronic shop downtown copenhagen. I need to get it logged out as any visitors passing by can get my entire life and possibly even hack my main gmail account.
The only way you can do it with Gingerbread and later version of Android is to remove the Google account associated with the phone. To do that, you can go to your Settings -> Account and Sync and remove your Google account.
The phone is still functional even without setting up a Google account, so you still can use it as a demo tablet. Just that the Play store won’t work.
My main gmail account is open in an gmail apps which is on a honeycomb asus tablet not an a gingerbread smartphone. There is no known way to log out at this time. Do you know one ?
As I mentioned earlier, removing the Google account associated with the phone is equivalent to logging out of your Google account.
Nope. It won’t.