How to log out your google account from other devices

Unless you manually log out or close the browser from which you were logged in to your Gmail or Google account, you’d still be logged in. Even worse, logging into and linking your Google account to a mobile phone/app does not log you out unless you do it is done manually. This means anybody with the device you have logged into can see your emails and you don’t want that, especially if it is a public computer. Thankfully, you can always remotely log out of any device you have logged into and here is how to do that.

Gmail: How to Check Devices That You Have Logged Into and Log Out

• You can simply go to myaccount.google.com
• Click on ‘Security’

• Scroll down to “Your devices”

• Click on ‘Manage device’
• You can check the devices you are logged in to here
• Click on the three vertical dots on the device and select ‘Sign out’

Similarly, you can also do this on your phone by going into your ‘Settings’ then scrolling to ‘Google’ and clicking on it. From there you can swipe to ‘Security’ and follow the steps same as above. Furthermore, you can also check the devices you’ve been signed out from to know who or what device(s) have had access to your Gmail or Google account. Besides seeing the device that you are signed in to or logged out from, you also get to see the location of the device (probably only the country) in some cases.

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This comes in handy when you are logged in to an old device you no longer use or that of a friend. Also, you should take note to never save your password on a device that is not yours. If you do, make sure to change your password later. More so, you should always have 2FA (2 factor authentication) active on your account to bolster security on your account.

Wrapping Up

Sometimes, you might not be able to see the name of the device, but instead, you see the OS or browser that your account was signed in to with. However, you get the idea if it is a mobile phone through the device image displayed. You can also find the location of the device your Google account is signed in to. This does not only help you remember where you might have logged in but also to know the location of the intruder if it was not you.

There can be many reasons why you should log out of your google account from your Android phone. For example, if you changing your Android smartphone or you lost it, unfortunately, you must want to log out of your Google Account from that smartphone. Here we have a simple step-by-step guide to do that from your phone as well as remotely in case you don’t have the phone. Read on to know the ways to log out of your Google account from your Android phone.

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Ways to Log Out of Google Account From Phone

Table of Contents

• Ways to Log Out of Google Account From Phone
  • From the Smartphone Settings
  • From the Google Dashboard: Remotely
  • How to remove a Microsoft account from Windows PC
• Wrapping up

As mentioned, there are two ways to do that- via smartphone settings and via Google dashboard on the browser. Let’s check out the steps for both ways.

From the Smartphone Settings

Logging out of your Google Account from your smartphone is pretty simple and quick. You can do that from the settings menu, just follow the steps listed below.

1. Open the Settings app from the app drawer.

2. Go to Accounts and select our Google Account which you want to log out of.

3. Tap the Remove account button here to finally log out of your Google Account.

From the Google Dashboard: Remotely

If you lost your phone and want to log out of your Google account remotely, you can do that using the Google dashboard. For this, you need a laptop with an internet connection and your Google account credentials.

1. Open a browser and go to myaccount.google.com.

2. Now put in your credentials for the Google account and log in.

3. Go to the Security tab and look for Your devices section and click on Manage devices.

4. Click on the three dots menu on the desired device and select Signout.

5. Confirm the selection and the account will be logout of that particular device.

How to remove a Microsoft account from Windows PC

1. Open the Settings app and go to Accounts.

2. Under Accounts, select Your Info and click the “Sign in with a local account instead” option.

3. Click “Next” on the pop-up you see next.

4. Enter your account password and click “OK”.

5. Enter your local account details here including the user name and password, then click Next.

6. Click the “Sign out and Finish” button on the next popup.

Wrapping up

This is how you can sign out of your Google Account without access to your devices. You can also do that using another smartphone just open the Google dashboard in the desktop mode of that phone.

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