How to Delete a Google Account and its Services From Any Device

Google provides us with many services, but on certain occasions we may have to delete the Google account for personal reasons or one of the services associated with it. For that reason, in this article we are going to explain how to delete a Google account and its services from any device and also what to do to recover an account.

What happens if I delete my Google account?

Surely you have asked yourself that question before and of course, before deleting the account that you have already created from Google you may want to know what you are going to lose. The truth is that each Google account stores a series of useful information that can be used at any time.

Saved data

All the data that you have previously saved in your Google account will be lost, that is, all the content such as files, photos and other data will be erased.

Google services

No service, such as Google Play, Gmail and others, can be used at the time of deleting the Google account. Given that will be immediately canceled at the time of deactivation. So I invite you to think carefully before making this decision.

Paid content and subscriptions

As with services, if you have subscriptions or use paid content such as applications or movies, you will lose all access that you had them.

Procedure to delete a Google account

This is a very simple procedure no matter what device you do it from, either from a mobile phone or from your computer, and we will explain how to do it below.

From a Pixel phone

From a Pixel model the procedure starts from the ‘Settings’ of the mobile, to access ‘Accounts’, where you will find the accounts you have associated with. There you will see your Google account and below you will see the option to ‘Remove account’ and thus all the data you have will be deleted.

Android devices

From an Android the procedure is similar, go to the ‘Settings’ and look for the option of ‘Accounts’ or ‘Accounts and backup’ and enter ‘Manage accounts’ or ‘Google account’. Once you are in the option of your account you will see the option ‘Delete account’ and you must confirm the deletion to continue.

From PC

To delete it from the PC, you must enter your account through your browser and log in, and when you are inside, look for ‘Data and privacy’. When you have already selected, look through the options ‘Delete a service or account’ and click on ‘Delete your account’ and confirm the email.

How is an account that was hacked deleted?

If you want to delete an account that was hacked, it is important that before doing so you go to the option ‘Security review’ to review what has been done without permission. That way, you are aware that if he checked some passwords that you keep in Google, you can change them immediately.

Also, if you tend to save contacts in Google you can check that the hacker has taken them and so on. inform your contacts. And finally, you can see if they have made payments that have not been authorized to be able to challenge them quickly.

What are the services that can be removed without deleting the account?

In the same option of ‘Data and privacy’ you have the opportunity to delete some of the services that Google provides you with the active account.

Gmail

To permanently delete your Gmail account you have to go to the ‘Data and privacy’ option and select ‘Delete a Google service’. It is sure that you have to enter the account information and so you can select Gmail; and for it to be deleted, put another Gmail account as verification.

Applications with access to your account

To eliminate the access of other applications to your Google account, what you have to do is go to the ‘Security’ part of the account. Then look for the option to ‘Third-party apps that can access your account’ and click there to remove the access of the application you want.

Other services

This process is similar to removing an associated Gmail account, access ‘Data and privacy’ and search for ‘Delete a Google service’. Thus, select the service you want to remove and click on the option to delete with the trash icon.

How do I recover an account?

To recover your account if it was recent that you deleted it, you can access the recovery platform that Google gives you and follow the steps. The same platform will follow a safety procedure with some questions that you must answer to verify that it is your account.