[access-uk] Re: Deleting a Gmail account permanently
- From: Jonathan H <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:03:15 +0100
Yes, it makes sense! No, it won't come back - when you reset the
Nexus, after it boots up the first time, it will ask you to associate
with a gmail account.
At this point you put your NEW account in, and there is no possible
way it could know about the old one :)
On 25 April 2014 15:58, Jackie Brown <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan
>
> Bloody hell! (smile). What a long way round for a shortcut!
>
> I created a Gmail account on my PC and of course put the details into my
> Nexus 7 when it was new. Then I thought I had deleted it after creating a
> new one last year when I got married, following the instructions list
> members have provided for getting rid of unwanted accounts. But the old one
> still sits on my Nexus with the new one, and I just wish I could get rid of
> it because it brings up an error message to the effect I can't log in.
> Really, I only use Gmail on my Nexus, otherwise I wouldn't bother having an
> account at all. I had thought of performing a factory reset etc, but then
> wondered if it would come back automatically because it somehow synchronises
> from Gmail on the PC.
>
> Is any of this making sense? I am just about keeping up myself!! (lol).
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jackie Brown
> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
> Skype: Thejackmate
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Jonathan H
> Sent: 25 April 2014 15:50
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Deleting a Gmail account permanently
>
> Ah, now I understand even more!
>
> So you created an email account, used that to first login to the
> Nexus, then stopped using the first account, and then logged in via a
> second account on the Nexus?
>
> If that's correct and you want the first account gone completely, then
> the only way to do this is a full factory reset. Just make sure
> everything is backed up and synced first!
>
> There is a way that allows you to do this without a factory reset, but
> it requires proper hardcore hacking, gaining root access etc.
>
> On 25 April 2014 15:43, Jackie Brown <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thanks Jonathan, I'll read this and see what happens. It just irritates
> me
>> that I have two accounts on my Nexus, an old one I can't get into to
> delete,
>> and the new one I have created which I want to retain of course. Getting
>> rid of it via Gmail on my PC doesn't let me in, and I don't know my way
>> around Gmail on the Nexus to know if it's just the same thing.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Jackie Brown
>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>> Skype: Thejackmate
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>> Jonathan H
>> Sent: 25 April 2014 15:25
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Deleting a Gmail account permanently
>>
>> Ahhhh! NOw I understand! So it's not the account itself that needs
>> deleting, it's the link to the account on the Nexus 7.
>> Completely different thing to what I was thinking!
>>
>> In which case typing the following into google:
>>
>> "remove gmail account nexus 7" brought me to this page about adding
>> and removing accounts:
>>
>> https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2840815?hl=en-GB
>>
>> You might also want to read this page about selective sync:
>>
>> https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2840875?hl=en-GB&ref_topic=3416294
>>
>> Does that help?
>>
>> On 25 April 2014 15:19, Eleanor Martha Burke
>> <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> not Jackie but aren't you missing the point Adrian it was the irritating
>> error as I understand it that brought Jackie to ask about this on list
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On 25 Apr 2014, at 15:17, "Adrien Collins"
> <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jacky
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't worry about it in that case then, just take it
>>>> off of your client and forget you've got it.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Adrien
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Brown
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 4:09 PM
>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Deleting a Gmail account
>>>> permanently
>>>>
>>>> Hi Adrien
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but I unfortunately can't delete it because I can't log
>>>> into the
>>>> account in order to do so. There is no password reminder
>>>> link, so I have
>>>> given up for now.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jackie Brown
>>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>>>> Skype: Thejackmate
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>>> Adrien Collins
>>>> Sent: 25 April 2014 15:00
>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Deleting a Gmail account
>>>> permanently
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jacky
>>>>
>>>> I think you have to log-in and do it through the account
>>>> itself. There should be a button close my account, I have
>>>> done it a while ago.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Adrien
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Brown
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:57 PM
>>>> To: 'BCAB Discussion List'; access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Deleting a Gmail account permanently
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to cross-post, but I wonder if anyone could tell me
>>>> how to delete an
>>>> old, unused Gmail account permanently, please? I created a
>>>> new account when
>>>> I got married, but I can't for the life of me work out how
>>>> to delete the old
>>>> one I had.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks to anyone who could give me sensible
>>>> instructions! (smile). I
>>>> feel Google has a mind of its own at times!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jackie Brown
>>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>>>> Skype: Thejackmate
>>>>
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