The Easiest Way to Sign Out of Google Drive on Android

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Remove your Google Drive account from your Android device quickly & easily
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To sign out of Google on your phone, you'll need to remove your account, but you can sign in again whenever you want to. This wikiHow article teaches you how to remove your Google account from your Android in order to sign out of the Google Drive app. Removing your account will also sign you out of all the other Google apps on your Android.

Quick Steps

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Tap Users & accounts or Accounts & backup .
  3. Tap your Google account.
  4. Tap Remove Account and confirm.
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Open your Android's Settings.

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  1. You can also pull down the notification bar from the top of the screen and tap the gear icon there.
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Tap "Users & accounts."

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  1. Depending on your Android, this option may just be called "Accounts" or "Accounts & and backup."
    • If you're using a phone like a Samsung, you have to tap Manage accounts before you can continue to the next step.
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  1. You must log out your entire Google account from your Android to log out of Google Drive. [1]
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Tap "Remove account."

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  1. Once you tap it, a confirmation window will appear.
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Tap "Remove account" again to confirm.

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  1. Signing out of your account will also log you out of Google Drive.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://support.google.com/drive/answer/6373157?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid

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