How to sign out of gmail

Jenna williams

May 8 · 4 min read

You cannot close the browser tab to log out of a service / platform that you recently logged into. The session generally remains active with the help of cookies stored in your browser. This could pose a threat if you try to access your Gmail account on a shared computer. Therefore, in this article, we will let you know that you must actually log out of Gmail.

Sign out from the Gmail

• Depending on the device you use Gmail on, you can sign out of Gmail, delete your Google account, or switch from one account to another.
• The only way to log out of the Gmail app is to delete your entire account from your phone or tablet.
• However, you can perform many of the same tasks through other actions.

Delete your Google account from your device

When you delete an account, you delete the account from all applications on the device. When your account is deleted, you will not be able to sign in to any Google product, such as Maps or YouTube.

This option is good if you want to delete personal information from your device before giving it to someone else.

Note: Deleting the account from your phone or tablet will not delete the account itself, so you can still use it on a computer or other devices.

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail Gmail app.
In the upper right corner, tap your profile picture.
Tap Manage accounts on this device.
Choose your account.
At the bottom, tap Remove account.
Check email from another account
Tip: If you share a device with other people, try adding them as separate users or adding them as guests on your device.

You will only see the option to check email from a non-Gmail email account if you are using an updated version of the Gmail app. If these steps don’t work, try updating the Gmail app and then try again.

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail Gmail app.
In the upper right corner, tap your profile picture.
Tap Add another account.
Choose the type of account you want to add.
If you check work or school emails through Outlook for Windows, select Outlook, Hotmail, and Live.

If you don’t see your email service, select Other.
Follow the steps on the screen to add your account.
Touch the account you want to use.

Log out from the desktop web browser

• Quitting Gmail when you log in from your desktop web browser is just a few clicks away. You just need to follow the steps below:
• You can look at his profile picture in the upper right corner of the website (when he’s on Gmail.com), just click on it.
• Now, you will notice the “Logout” button, just click on it and you’re done.
  Log out of all active sessions: use the web browser.
• If you don’t have access to the devices or the computer you previously logged into your Gmail account, you can log out of all sessions and devices by following the steps below:

After logging into Gmail.com, you will need to scroll down to the bottom of the web page to find an option to learn about recent account activity. This is how it should look: gmail session details

Now, you must click on “Details”. You will see a new browser popup with all the recent activities associated with your account, as shown in the image below.

Gmail session logout

• Finally, click “Sign out of all other web sessions” as shown in the image above to sign out of all active sessions in Gmail.
• Sign out of the Gmail app: iOS devices
• Note: You can refer to the same set of steps if you use the Gmail “Inbox” application.

sign out of the Gmail app

• Launch the Gmail app on your iPhone. You must look at the upper left corner of the screen to find the hamburger menu icon. Just touch it.
• Now, tap on the drop down arrow icon next to your email address as shown in the image above.
• Then tap the “Manage accounts” option.
• Now, you can see all your registered accounts in the list. You can toggle the listed accounts to disable / enable them in the app. If you want to log out, you need to tap the “EDIT” option in the upper right corner of the screen and then tap to delete your account as shown in the image below. How to log out from gmail

Sign out and delete your Gmail account on an iOS device

When you delete the Gmail account from the app on your iOS device, you do not completely delete / close the account from your device. Your account can still log in to sync contacts, calendars, notes, and mail. So in order to delete your Gmail account on an iOS device, you need to follow the steps mentioned below:

Your Gmail account is home to more than just emails. When you log into Google, you’re opening access to Google Calendar, the Play Store, and Drive, to name just a few. To help keep that information safe, you should sign out of Gmail when you’re done—especially if you’re using a public or shared computer. Here’s how to do it.

How to Sign Out Of Gmail

In Gmail, click your profile picture at the top right of the page. In the dropdown box that opens, just click the “Sign Out” option. That’s it. You’re done.

Note that if you use multiple accounts, that dropdown will show a list of your accounts. Click the one you want to sign out from, and then use the “Sign Out” option.

On Public Computers, Consider Using Private Browsing

Pretty much every modern browser offers a private browsing mode. Some call it private browsing, while some (like Chrome) call it Incognito Mode. Whatever your browser calls it, it works pretty much the same way. When you open a private or incognito window, the browser does not store your browsing history, cookies, site data, or any information entered into forms.

When you close the private window, the browser “forgets” your account and history. This gives you more assurance that when you exit the window, your session is no longer accessible from that machine.

If you’re using a public computer, we highly recommend using private browsing to keep your information as safe as possible

When Letting Someone Else Use Your Chrome Browser, Consider Using Guest Mode

In addition to private browsing, Google Chrome also offers something named Guest Mode. It works something like Incognito Mode, in that it does not save any browsing information to the computer. However, when someone is using Guest Mode, they also cannot see or change the information in any other user’s profile.

In other words, you can let a guest hit the web in your Chrome browser, safe in the knowledge that they cannot access your browsing history, saved passwords, and so on. It’s great for letting someone else get on the web or check their Gmail account.

To enable Guest Mode, click the current user’s name at the top right of the browser, and then click the “Guest” option.

This opens a new browser window for your guest to use, and you can sign out of your own account.

When your guest has finished browsing, they can click “Guest” in the top right corner, and then click the “Exit Guest” option.

by Mara Calvello

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No one likes being snooped on.

From younger siblings eavesdropping on our phone conversations to the person next to you on the train reading your text messages over your shoulder, it can be frustrating.

Thankfully, it’s easy to ensure that no one has access to your personal Gmail messages. Whether you’re using the computer at the library, a shared laptop with your family, or quickly checking your emails on a friends iPhone, signing out is simple.

Let’s get started.

When you need to ensure that no one has access to your Gmail account, you could change your Gmail password, or, if you’re on a public device, you can simply sign out. Not only does signing out of Gmail boost your cyber security efforts, but it’s also simple and can be done in just a few steps.

Signing out of Gmail

1. Click your account photo in the upper right-hand corner
2. Click Sign out

For a step-by-step guide on how to sign out of Gmail on desktop and the iPhone app, keep reading.

On desktop

From the Gmail main screen, navigate to your profile picture in the upper right-hand corner.

Next, click Sign out.

Related: Make your emails stand out from the crowd by learning how to change your Gmail signature to something unique.

On iPhone app

The process of logging out of your Gmail account is similar to the way you would on desktop. When you’re logged into the app, tap on your profile picture.

You’ll then see any and all Gmail accounts you have signed into this device. Choose Manage accounts on this device.

Under the Gmail address of the account you’d like to log out of, select Remove from this device.

The Gmail app will then verify you want to remove the account from this device, which will sign you out of the account.

Sign out and carry on

Signing out of Gmail takes just a few seconds to do, but it could save yourself the heartache of someone else accessing your account and being able to read your personal emails. Or, in my case, see when all of my online shopping orders will be delivered.

Signing out forever? Check out some other free email account options.

Mara is a Senior Content Marketing Specialist at G2. In her spare time, she’s either at the gym, reading a book from her overcrowded bookshelf, enjoying the great outdoors with her rescue dog Zeke, or right in the middle of a Netflix binge. Obsessions include the Chicago Cubs, Harry Potter, and all of the Italian food imaginable. (she/her/hers)

The standard Google account is tied to all sorts of data, much of which is potentially sensitive in nature.

Google stores data in your Drive folders, Google Docs and Sheets, Google Calendar, and of course to the emails sent and received via your Gmail address.

If you use Gmail or other Google platforms on your iPhone, it’s a good idea to make sure you are logged out of Google before you ever give that iPhone to anyone else.

And the best way to be sure you are logged out of Gmail on your iPhone is to remove your Google account from the phone entirely.

Here’s how to do it.

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How to log out of Gmail on your iPhone

1. Open the Gmail app or the app for a similar Google product, like Google Docs or Drive.

2. Tap on your icon (your picture) at the top right corner of the screen (or in Docs, tap the three lines at the top left, then tap your image).

3. Tap “Manage accounts on this device.”

4. Tap “Remove from this device.”

Removing your account from a Google app like Google Drive will also remove your account from Gmail.

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Signing out of Gmail on Android isn’t too difficult, just sign out of the Google account on your phone and you will sign out of Gmail too. However, this also signs you out of other Google apps like Chrome, Play Store, Maps, and Google Assistant, etc. If you only want to sign out of Gmail while staying signed in to other apps, then there is a workaround.

Of course, you can’t actually sign out of Gmail individually, but you can get rid of all the synced emails and prevent new emails from reaching your account. Basically, this will empty your account and keep it like that so it will be similar to signing out.

Sign out of Gmail on Android

Before I tell you how to do it, it’s important to know that your account email will stay logged in and anyone else can interact with it as possible. This also including re-syncing emails to get access to your emails. Therefore, you can only use this workaround to keep your account clean in case you don’t want to see your emails on that phone.

First, you need to disable email syncing for that specific account on your phone. Here’s how:

Go to the phone “Settings” and tap on the “Users & accounts” option here.

Now tap on the Google account for which you want to disable syncing and then tap on “Account sync” on the next page.

Here from the list, turn off the toggle next to Gmail.

This will prevent all future emails from automatically syncing to this phone. If you want to get rid of currently stored emails as well, then you will have to delete all the data of the Gmail app. Here’s how:

Go to “Settings” again and tap on “Apps”

Here open up the Gmail app and tap on the “Storage” option.

Now tap on “Clear Data” and confirm the prompt to clear all Gmail data.

This will reset your Gmail app and it will sign in again when you will open the Gmail app. However, there will be no emails in the app. You will get a notification that auto-sync is disabled, but you can dismiss it easily.

Ending thoughts

I know this isn’t a very reliable method to sign out of Gmail, but it should work fine to keep an account clear while you use another one. If you don’t want to use Gmail on your phone at all, then you can also completely disable the Gmail app from the app details section.

If you have any questions, just ask in the comments below.

Is your Google account been compromised or did you lose your device? Do you wish you had a faster way to sign out of all Google accounts before you change your password? Then you’ve come to the right place. Here, I am going to teach you How to sign out of Gmail and all Google accounts at once.

How to sign out of Gmail and all Google accounts at once

Step 1: Go to Gmail.com and sign in.

Step 2: Scroll to the bottom of the page and look for Recent Activity. Click on it.

Step 3: Click on Details.

Step 4: You will see a popup window showing when and where your account is being used.

Step 5: Click on Sign out all other sessions.

Step 6: Now all the devices which is currently logged on to your account will be forced to sign in again.

Now if your lost phone was on wrong hands, you will not have to fear about your critical data getting into the wrong hands. They will have to enter the password (which they don’t know) again to get into your account. You should do this after you’ve located your device if you intend to find it because after you sign out you will not be able to track your device as you need Google’s location tools.

A quick workaround to log out of only one Google account but not all of them.

There is no problem if you are logged into multiple Google accounts on your computer as long as you don’t want to sign out of one of them. That’s because Google doesn’t allow users to sign out of just one Google account. The only option you now get is to “Sign out of all accounts” while using Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, or YouTube. This happens in every browser on a computer, irrespective of whether it’s Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge.

Google forces to sign out of all accounts?

While this shouldn’t be a concern for users who manage a single Google account. However, things can be really annoying and inconvenient for people who are simultaneously logged into several accounts.

Let’s say you have five or six Gmail accounts, they can be personal, related to a brand, business, kids, and even guests. Now if you want to log out of one or two of the accounts then you won’t be able to do so. Google instead forces you to log out of all Gmail accounts just to log out of a single Google account.

As a result, one has to re-login into all of the other accounts they wish to remain signed in to, every time they want to sign out of an individual Google account. The situation can get messier when passwords aren’t saved for accounts that you don’t wish to log out from. Needless to say, this is a bad UX decision by Google that makes a simple thing cumbersome and time consuming for end users.

Unfortunately, there is nothing much you can do to get rid of this stupid limitation.

However, there is a workaround that one can use to sign out of just one Google account when using multiple account sign-in. This way you can sign out of a particular Gmail account on your PC without affecting the rest of the active accounts. To do so, follow the steps below.

How to sign out of one Gmail account on a computer

For this, you need a smartphone with Google app installed such as Gmail, Google or Drive.

NOTE: Make sure you are logged in to the Google account on your iPhone or Android device that you want to log out of.

1. Open the Gmail app.
2. Tap your profile picture from the top right corner. A list of all logged-in accounts will appear.
3. Select the Google account you want to sign out of on your computer.
4. Tap on “Manage your Google Account”.
5. Here you can manage your Google settings. Swipe left and go to the Security tab.
6. In the Security tab, scroll down to “Your devices” and tap Manage devices.
7. Find the device you want to log out from (Mac or PC) and tap the 3-vertical dots.
8. Then tap Sign out. Tap Sign out again to confirm.

That’s it. Google will now log you out of the Gmail account on the particular device. This procedure is generally used to remotely sign out of a Google account on a certain device.

Though this isn’t an efficient and quick way, it does get the job done.

Gmail is the e-mail service by Google which the most used email service. Almost everyone has their Account on Gmail. Gmail provides the best service where you can easily login to your account and sign out from Account. You can even create your Gmail Account easily without any issue or problem. But in some condition, it is not easy to log out from Gmail Account in devices like Android, PC, or iOS. Here I will tell you the Gmail sign out process in that condition.

Depending on what device you use Gmail on, you can either sign out of Gmail, remove your Google Account, or switch between different accounts.

Gmail Sign Out Process for Android Device

You can add multiple Google Account on your Android device and can access separately according to different Apps. But when you don’t want to use your Gmail Account you can not directly sign out from Gmail. You have to remove your entire account from Android phone or Tablet.

How to Sign in with Multiple Gmail Accounts

1. Open Gmail App on your Android Phone or Tablet.
2. Then Swipe from the Left.
3. Tap on small downward Arrow or go to settings and Select Add account.

How to Sign Out from Gmail Account

1. Open Settings on your Android Phone or Tablet.
2. Then Search for Sync option or Account and Sync.
3. Tap on the Sync or Account and Sync according to your device (an option that is available on setting).
4. Select Google from the list of Apps.
5. Then select an account from which you want to sign out.
6. Tap on Remove Account.
7. Done!

Gmail Sign Out Process for PC

You can easily log in to your Gmail Account by just entering your Account details. You don’t need to log out from Gmail Account if you are logged in your computer. But if you log in to Gmail Account your friend computer or work computer. And you forgot to sign out then you need to log out to Gmail from other computers. You can do it using Remote log out feature.

Gmail Sign out on your computer

1. Open your Gmail Account.
2. Then click on Profile Pic from Top Right corner.
3. Then Click Sign Out.
4. Done!

Gmail Sign out from others computer

1. Open your Gmail Account.
2. Then Click on Details from Bottom right corner.
3. A new page web page will open.
4. Then Click on Sign out all other web sessions.
5. Done!

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You can access your Gmail account from multiple devices and stay logged in simultaneously. Although convenient, it also poses a great security risk if you lose access to a device you are logged in. For example, if you access your Gmail account from a public device and forgot to logout. Anyone with access to this device will be able to access your Gmail account and even other Google services.

Thankfully, Google makes it really easy to sign out remotely from all the connected devices using a PC or mobile phone. In this post, I’ll show you how to remotely sign out of Gmail from any device on your desktop and Android phone.

Remotely sign out of Gmail using desktop

You can sign out of Gmail using Google account settings. Just open Gmail (or any other Google product) on the desktop and follow the below instructions:

Click on your profile picture at the top-right corner and select “Manage your Google Account” from it.

Now select “Security” in the left panel and then scroll down and click on “Manage devices” under the “Your devices” section.

Here you will find all the devices you are currently logged in.

Click on the device you want to sign out from and then click on the “Sign out” button and confirm the prompt.

That’s it, you will be logged out of the particular device and you will have to provide the password to log in again on that device. You can repeat this process to log out of all the other connected devices if needed.

Remotely sign out of Gmail using Android

On Android, you can use similar steps to remotely sign out of other devices. Just follow the below instructions:

In the “Settings”, tap on “Google” and then tap on “Manage your Google Account” option.

Here swipe left on the menu at the top and select “Security” from it.

Scroll down and tap on “Manage devices” under the “Your devices” section.

You will find the list of devices where you are logged in currently. Just click on the device and tap on “Sign out” on the next page to sign out from it.

Wrapping up

I should mention that you can’t use this method to sign out of the current device you are using. For the current device, you will have to use the regular sign out option available in the main account profile.

If you have any questions, let us know in the comments section below.