How to remove gmail account on iphone

Gmail is Google's electronic mail services included in the suite of Google Workspace applications. Millions of users around the world are using the service to send and receive emails for both professional and personal purposes. The service is available on both smartphones and computers. Some users prefer the convenience that comes with using Gmail on mobile devices as they are handier. However, if one wants to delete Gmail from their mobile phone, there are a few steps that can be followed to do so.

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How to remove Gmail account from mobile (Android)
How to remove Gmail account from mobile (iOS)
How to delete Gmail address permanently
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How to Remove a Gmail Account from iPhone
How to Remove Gmail Account from Android
Organise Your Mailbox with Clean Email
Delete Email Accounts on iPhone - FAQs
How do I delete an account off my iPhone?
Why can't I delete Gmail on my iPhone?

How to remove Gmail account from mobile (Android)

Open Settings on an Android phone or tablet
Locate or search for the setting Accounts
The settings might be available as different names including Users & Accounts or Accounts & Backup
Tap on Manage Accounts
A list of Gmail accounts linked with smartphones will appear
Tap on the one that needs to be removed
In the interface that appears, click on Remove Account

How to remove Gmail account from mobile (iOS)

On an iPhone or an iPad, open the Gmail app
Open the menu in the Gmail app
Tap the account that's signed in Manage accounts Edit
Besides the account that is to be removed, tap on Remove
On the top left corner of the screen, click on Done once the account is removed

How to delete Gmail address permanently

Open the Settings menu on the Android smartphone or tablet
Search for the option Google
On the interface that opens, click on Manage you Google Account
In the menu that opens, locate Data & Privacy
Scroll down to locate an option that says 'Data from apps and services you use'
Therein, under Download or delete your data, tap on Delete a Google Service
Google will ask users to sign in by entering the password for the account
Next to 'Gmail,' tap Delete.
Enter an existing email address (alternate) want to sign in with a Gmail password and tap Send verification email. This email can't be a Gmail address.
To verify the existing email address, Google will send an email to the existing email address. Until a user verifies the new email address, your Gmail address won't be deleted.

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Deleting a Gmail accoun means it is gone, forever. No more emails can be sent or received to that mail address. If you delete your mailbox, it may be hard to recover it (learn more about how to recover a Gmail account and how to recover deleted emails from Gmail).

Removing a mailbox from your phone simply means you will no longer have access to your emails on that specific device. Your emails will still be there, your mailbox will not be deleted from Google, and you can always add the mailbox back to your Mail app or Gmail app whenever you wish.

You may want to remove a mailbox from your mobile device if you don’t need these emails on your phone, if you have a new account, or if you're thinking of deleting it altogether.

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How to Remove a Gmail Account from iPhone

Here’s how to remove Gmail from your iPhone using the Mail app, Gmail app, and Safari.

To remove a Gmail account from iPhone Mail, follow these steps:

Open Settings on iPhone.
Tap Contacts.
Select Accounts.
Tap the Gmail account you want to remove.
Select the Delete button at the bottom.

How to remove Gmail account from iPhone using the Gmail app:

Open the app.
Tap on your Profile picture.
Tap Manage Accounts on This Device.
Tap Remove from This Device under the mailbox address you want to be removed.
Click Remove again within the pop-up.

How to remove a Gmail account from your phone using Safari:

Open Safari and search for mail.google.com
Tap the three lines in the top left corner.
Tap Gmail Accounts at the top to open the accounts menu.
Tap Sign Out of All Accounts.
Another page will open called Choose an Account.
Here you can select the Remove Account option.
Now tap the red button next to all accounts you want to remove.
Click yes, remove, to confirm!

How to Remove Gmail Account from Android

You can remove it from Android straight from your settings, you don’t need to remove an email address from the Android Gmail app.

Here's how to remove your Gmail account from Android phones:

Open your phone's Settings.
Tap Accounts, or it may say Users and Accounts.
Tap the Gmail you want to be removed.
Finally, tap Remove an address to confirm.

If you happen to lose your device, or it is stolen, you can remove your Gmail address remotely.

Sign into your Google account on another device.
Go into Settings.
Tap the account you need to remove.
Now tap Manage your Google Account.
Navigate to the Security settings tab.
Scroll until you see Your Devices.
Tap Manage Devices.
Click on the missing device, then Account Access.
Click the Remove button.
Click Remove again to confirm.

💡 Note for Android users: Android phones rely on having an active Google Account since they use the Google Play Store. If you do not have an active account logged in on your mobile device, some apps and features of your phone may not work.

Organise Your Mailbox with Clean Email

Clean Email cannot help with removing Gmail accounts from your phone, however, it can help you have a clean an organised mailbox and achieve Gmail Inbox Zero.

An organised inbox increases your productivity and decreases the amount of time you need to spend sorting out messages, locating emails, and deleting spam!

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For example, you can create an Auto Clean rule to automatically send emails from a certain sender straight to your Trash folder.

To create an Auto Clean rule all you need to do is click on the icon within the left-side action bar and follow the steps!

Smart Views

Smart Views will bundle all similar emails into easy-to-access groups. For example, all social media related notifications will be in one place. You can then narrow your search by selecting ‘emails older than one year’ for example.

Smart Views makes locating emails easier, meaning you can focus on more important tasks and reply to emails quickly.

Unsubscriber

Unsubscriber makes removing your email address from unwanted mailing lists easy. All you need to do is click the Unsubscribe button or choose to Read Later. By choosing to read later all emails will filter into a different folder, meaning your inbox won't become clogged.

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Delete Email Accounts on iPhone - FAQs

How do I delete a Gmail account from my iPhone?

You can delete it within the Gmail mobile app. However, this will not delete the account completely, just remove it from your mobile device. To delete an account permanently, go to your Google Account settings on a desktop.

How do you remove an email account from the Gmail app?

To remove an account from your iPhone head into the Gmail app. Tap your Profile picture → Manage Accounts → click Remove.

Why can't I remove a Gmail Account from my phone?

You may have to remove it within your iPhone settings or from Safari.

How do I delete a Gmail account from my Samsung phone?

To delete it from your Android phone, head into the Settings → tap Accounts → tap the account → tap Remove.

How do I delete an account off my iPhone?

Log out of or remove email accounts.

Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts..

Tap the email account you want to remove, then do one of the following: If you're removing an iCloud email account: Tap iCloud, tap iCloud Mail, then turn off “Use on this iPhone.” If you're removing another email account: Turn off Mail..

Why can't I delete Gmail on my iPhone?

To change this, go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Gmail > tap on your account at the top > Advanced > Deleted Mailbox and then tap the Trash and test your issue again in the Mail app. Cheers!