Replacing, deleting and adding a Google account on Android. How to change your Google account username

Most Android mobile OS users have ever thought about this question: how to change Google account on my device? After all, some accounts are linked by mistake, or the owner of the device loses control over the account. In this article, I will describe in detail the entire process of linking an existing account to an Android device.

All steps are suitable for Android version 4.0 and higher, but there are no fundamental differences in linking a Google account in earlier versions of this OS, so the instructions are applicable to all Android devices.

• So, first you need to get to the synchronization menu. To do this, go to “Menu” -> “Settings” -> “Accounts”. After this, you will see a list of all accounts that are synchronized with the device on your screen.

• After that, click the "Add account" button on the top panel:

• Here you need to select the “Google” item. I note that for each user the list of services in this menu will be different, it all depends on the number of installed applications.
• Then we will be offered a choice - add an already created account, or create a new one. We choose the first option:

• After this step, the Android system will ask you to turn on Wi-Fi if it has not already been done. Immediately after successful connection, you will be asked to enter your email address and password for your Google account. Do this:

• After you press the "Login" button, information will appear on the display of your device indicating that you need to wait a little for the connection to be successful. Usually everything is ready in a minute:

• After this procedure, you can link your bank card to your account. We'll skip this step:

• You can then choose which services you want to sync and which you don't. For example, you can unnecessarily disable Google Drive synchronization if you do not use this service.

• All! The new Google account is linked to your device. It now appears in the list of accounts available to you. At any time, you can turn off synchronization, or even delete your account from the device’s memory. Attention: all information associated with the account will be erased immediately after it is deleted! Be careful!

In fact, there is nothing complicated in the process of changing a Google account. You just need to strictly follow the step-by-step instructions and you will succeed. Good luck!

Android without a Google account functions at best at a quarter of its capabilities. You can’t download any apps from the Play Store, you can’t enable contact synchronization, and you can’t use other services from the “good corporation.”

However, a “foreign” account on Android is even worse than not having one. And this is often what happens - you buy a second-hand smartphone or tablet - and everything is already set up and working. And the Play Market opens, and Gmail email, and everything else too.

However, if you have already managed to purchase a device on which a Gmail account is already set up, then first of all you need to get rid of it. Not from a smartphone or tablet, but from an account. You need to change your account to your own.

Why do you need to change your account on Android?

One of the most pleasant and useful features of the Android operating system is data synchronization within and between Google services. Everything is synchronized, from emails in Gmail to telephone contacts. Photos, documents, notes in Keep, alarm clocks in Timely and much more are uploaded to the Internet. And this is also downloaded from Google cloud services to all devices on which you are logged into your account.

Thanks to synchronization, you don't have to worry about data safety. If your smartphone is lost or broken, you just need to log into your account on another device, and all valuable information will be downloaded automatically.

But synchronization also has another side - because of it, the confidentiality of information can be greatly affected. Well, who wants another person to look at personal photos without permission? Or for him to use the phone book? Have you read the emails?

That is why you need to log into your Google account only on those devices that you have on hand right now. And vice versa - if the device is for personal use, you need to delete the existing account on it and log in to your own.

It is precisely to prevent the former owner of a smartphone or tablet from “spying” on you and blocking the device remotely, and you need to change the account on it.

How to change account on Android - Google account

Accounts are managed in the Android operating system in Settings. There is even a corresponding section there, which is called “Accounts” or – on some firmwares – “Accounts”.

The first thing you need to do is delete your old account. To do this, you need to select from the list of available ones the one called Google and tap on it. Next, depending on the firmware, the screen of the account itself or a list of available accounts in the services of the “good corporation” may open.

More information about how to delete a Google account is written in the corresponding article - “”.

After someone else's account is deleted, you need to log in to your own. But before that, it is advisable to reboot (turn off and on) the device.

Before logging into an existing account or creating a new one, you need to connect your Android device to the Internet! This is a must. Both a Wi-Fi connection (but not via a public network) and mobile Internet are suitable.

In the Accounts section of the Settings application, there is an Add account button. That's what we need! Feel free to click on it.

Of all the possible accounts, Google is the most important for us. That's what we choose.

A window will open to select a method for logging into your account - you can log into an existing one or create a new one.

If you already have a Google account and want to “link” the device to it, then you need to click the Existing button. After this, a screen will open with fields for entering your login (email address) and password. If two-step authentication is enabled on your account, it is better to disable it first.

After this, depending on the version of Google Play Services installed, you will need to configure synchronization settings and categories of transferred data. You can simply leave all the checkboxes and click the “Next” button.

If you want to create a new Google account, then you need to click the corresponding New button and you will need to enter your first and last name, come up with an email address and password, and - again - configure synchronization settings.

How to change an account on Android - any other service

In the same way, you can change the account of any other service, be it, for example, VKontakte, Skype, Viber, or whatever.

You can use two or more accounts of the same service - if, of course, the corresponding application allows it.

Play Market is a digital store filled with entertainment content that allows owners of devices with the Android operating system to download applications, books, music and films to smartphones and tablets. And access to such extensive opportunities is available for free - you need to log in (or register) in the system using a Google account. Can't remember your password? Do you need to change your Play Market account? No problem - the instructions described below provide answers to emerging questions, all that remains is to follow the described algorithm!

How to add a new user

The procedure for adding a new Google profile in the settings consists of several simple steps:

If such variety is not to your taste, then you can easily delete one of the available accounts - from the same settings by calling up the drop-down menu (vertical ellipsis in the upper right corner) and clicking on the “Delete” item. After confirmation, everything will be deleted from the system - both synchronization data and recent successes in applications. Therefore, you should think three times before parting with the already entered account data.

Changing your account in the Play Store

If you don’t want to delete anything from the system, and two profiles are available in the settings at once, then you will have to work with the settings specifically in the Play Market by calling up a special drop-down menu that opens next to the text field. There, in a few minutes, you can change your account in the Play Market and, accordingly, all the necessary payment information attached to your profile. The whole procedure takes just a few minutes, and the result will make you forget once and for all about the need to ever ask such a question.

How to change your account information

The easiest way to set up personal information in your Google account is to use a special, extensive editor available on the official website. How to get there and what privileges are available to those who have reached the required settings - briefly in the instructions:

Google developers have long turned complex and confusing services into convenient and easily understandable menus where even a beginner cannot get lost. And no instructions with such and such an interface and accessible clarity are definitely needed!

In 2012, the number of applications in the Play Market online store crossed the 1 million mark. The popularity of the resource among Android device users is steadily growing. After all, it is on it that visitors in 99.9% of cases find what they need - games, utilities, photo and video editors, music and video.

In the process of using the Play Market, owners of mobile devices need to change, delete their Google account, log out of it, or restore access (reset their password). This article will tell you in detail how all these operations are performed.

Adding an account

1. Tap the “Settings” icon on the gadget’s home screen.

2. In the “Accounts” block, select the “Add...” option.

3. From the submenu, click Google.

5. Enter your Google account username and password.

How to log out of your profile?

If you want to log out of your current account (delete its profile from the system), do the following:

1. In the “Accounts” settings section, open the “Google” item.

2. Tap on the profile login that you want to remove.

3. In the upper right corner, open the menu (three dots icon).

4. In the list of commands, click “Delete account”.

Note. In the subsection that opens, you can find out which accounts are connected.

How to change account?

To change your profile in the Market interface, provided that you have several connected Android accounts, do the following:

1. Launch the Google Play application.

2. In the search bar field, click the “three stripes” icon.

3. In the side panel that opens, click on the arrow located on the right side of the login.

4. In the drop-down submenu, select the required account.

5. Agree to the terms of use of the online store: in the additional panel, tap “Accept”.

How to restore my profile?

If you have access to your account, use the “Add…” option in the device settings and log in.

If you don't have a password, do this:
1. On a smartphone, tablet or computer in a browser, open the page - https://accounts.google.com/RecoverAccount.

2. Enter your profile login.

3. To confirm the owner’s rights, answer the service security questions (registration date, first name, last name, etc.).

4. If verification is successful, you will be given the opportunity to reset your password (replace the current one with a new one).

Enjoy your use of the Google Play online store!

Not long ago I wanted to change my account on Google. The reason for this was banal: I was tired of the old name, it wasn’t pretty, and it didn’t fit with my current nickname. After searching for Google help and googling, I found out that Google does not allow you to change the account name, or rather, it says that at the moment it is not possible. I almost gave up... But one thought haunted me: “What kind of admin are you? There is no such thing as the impossible."
So, this post will talk about how I changed my Google account and at the same time transferred all my data from the old account to the new one.

1. Let's start with mail
1.1. In an old box...
1.1.1. Go to “Settings”, and then to “Forwarding and POP/IMAP”, enable access via POP3, i.e. Check the box "Enable POP for all emails".
1.1.2. Now go to "Experimental Features". Here we find “Import/export filters” and enable this function.
1.1.3. Then we go to “Filters”, go down to the very bottom, click the “All” link and under it the “Export” button and save the list of filters on the computer.
1.1.4. Now let's move on to the address book. There is one nuance here: not all of my contacts were loaded, Google complained that either the file was large or it was damaged. I didn’t bother to figure out what and why, but exported only the “Address Book” and not “All Addressees”, because I don't need the latter. In general, this is done like this: click on the “Export” link on the right side of the address book and answer the question “Which address do you want to export?” We answer “Address Book Only”, and “Export Format” select the first one, i.e. “CSV format used by Google”, click the “Export” button and save the file to disk (for some reason I had it with Japanese characters in the name, so when saving I specified a different name instead of the default one).
1.1.4.1. You can also export contacts (all) to Outlook CSV Format, and then import them from this file. This may come in handy if Google complains (see section 1.1.4). Those. in this case, you can simply open this file in a text editor and split it into several files, and then download them in parts (this will not work with the “CSV format used by Google”, because it is encrypted).
1.2. In a new box...
1.2.1. We go to the address book and import contacts, i.e. On the left in the address book, click the “Import” link, then the “Browse” button, select the file with contacts that we exported earlier from the old mailbox and click the “Import” button. We wait a little and... it's done :)
1.2.2. Go to “Settings”, and then to “Filters”, go to the very bottom and click the “Import filters” link. The corresponding field appears below, in which we click the “Browse” button, select the saved file with filters (see paragraph 1.3) and click the “Open file” button. Filters were imported :)
1.2.3. Now go to “Accounts” and in the “Receive mail from other accounts” section, click the “Add your mail account” link. A new window (tab) will open, in which we enter the soap of the old box, click next, make the necessary settings (I think that you can figure them out yourself, there’s nothing complicated there) and click the “Add account” button.
All letters began to be slowly loaded into a new mailbox, and for now we will move on :)

2. Our favorite blog:)
2.1. In the old blog, go to “Settings” in the “Permissions” section, click the “Add Authors” button, enter your new Google soap in the field that appears and click the “Invite” button.
2.2. We check the soap and follow the link in the corresponding letter.
2.3. Enter your username and password and click the "Accept invitation" button
2.4. In the old blog, in the “Permissions” settings section, we set “administrator” rights for the new account.
2.5. All:)

3. Notepad
3.1. In the old account, select the first notepad from the available ones and click the “Access Options” link.
3.2. In the appropriate field, enter the address of the new soap and click “Save”.
3.3. We repeat paragraphs 3.1-3.2. for all other notebooks.
3.4. We check new mail and follow the links that will be in the letters.
3.5. We go to the new account in notebooks and see that there are notebooks from the old account.

4. Calendar
4.1. In the old account, go to “Settings” and go to the “Calendars” tab.
4.2. If there are several calendars, then the following steps must be performed for each.
4.3. Click the link “Open access to the calendar”.
4.4. Enter the address of the new soap and select “Make changes + provide access” in the drop-down list on the right, and then click the “Add” button.
4.5. We check the new mail and follow the link in the letter.
4.6. Now the calendar(s) are in the new account.

5. Documents
5.1. In the old account documents, on the left side, select “All records”.
5.2. Click the link “All XXX” below (XXX - number of documents), on the right side.
5.3. Now “Additional actions” -> “Change owner”.
5.4.1. Two spreadsheets did not want to be transferred, so I simply copied and pasted them.
5.5. Enter the name of the new account and click the "Change owner" button. It didn’t work for me the first time, i.e. Not all documents were transferred; I pressed this button several times.
5.6. If your documents are not in one group, but are arranged in folders, as I have now, then it is better to do this:
5.6.1. In new documents, create the entire folder structure as in old documents (folders are not transferred).
5.6.2. In the old account, enter the first folder and select all the documents, then transfer them to the new account, as described above.
5.6.3. In the new account, move these documents to the desired folder.
5.6.4. Repeat steps 5.6.1-5.6.3 for all other folders.
5.7. Now the documents are in the new account.

6. News reader, i.e. Google Reader
6.1. In the old account, go to "Settings" to the "Import and Export" tab, click the link "Export subscriptions as an OPML file"
6.2. In the new account we repeat the same thing, only we import the OPML file.
6.3. All. I even transferred my folders :)

7. Picasa Web
7.1. In the old account, go to the first album, click the button on the right “Sharing”.
7.2. Enter a new soap and click send.
7.3. We repeat points 7.1.-7.2. for each album. Now they will be in the new account in favorites.
7.4. One BUT(!) - This is not a full-fledged transfer: (For a full-fledged transfer, you need to download and install the Picasa program, merge photos from the old account and upload them to the new one.

8. Google Analytics
8.1. In your old account, go to “Google Analytics Settings”.
8.2. Click the "Edit" link for the first profile.
8.3. Scroll down and click the “+ Add user” link.
8.4. Enter a new soap and below in the “Access Type” field, select “Account Administrator” and click the “Save Changes” button.
8.5. We repeat points 8.2.-8.4. for other profiles.
8.6. Check the soap, follow the link, enjoy :)

All! :) I did not transfer other services, because... there was no need. But everything is done in a similar way. Good luck:)

ZYZH: I wrote everything from memory, so it may not be necessary to confirm anything from memory everywhere. If you haven’t received any soap, just try logging into your blog/calendar/notepad/etc. and see if anything new has been clarified. Otherwise, request confirmation again.