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How to remove accounts from "Choose an account" list in Google sign in?
log out
open https://accounts.google.com/
click on Continue
select Remove an account
click on that ⊖
select Yes, remove*
done
old GUI: https://i.stack.imgur.com/R0vEr.gif
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Why did I get a "There's been a change to your Google account" message and password reprompt?
It looks like this is a known issue, and Google is on top of it.
From the product forums:
We've gotten reports about some users being signed out of their accounts unexpectedly. We're investigating, ...
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How to remove accounts from "Choose an account" list in Google sign in?
Looks like it's changed again.
You have to first click the button "Sign Out of All Accounts".
If you get the list of accounts, just click on the red icons to remove the account from the list....
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How to remove accounts from "Choose an account" list in Google sign in?
I wasn't getting the remove button in the account chooser either, but it's actually easier now:
Sign out of the account you want to remove.
Click on the accounts drop down menu (top right).
Click ...
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Is it possible to bookmark a Google calendar or inbox for a specific account?
This seems to be an undocumented feature, but you can use the authuser URL parameter.
So, you can create bookmarks that will take you directly to the calendar for a specific account, like so:
https:/...
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Can I have 2 recovery phone numbers in my Google account?
Yes, you can.
Go to your account
Under Security (was Sign-in & security), go to Signing in to Google
Go to 2-Step Verification
Under Backup options for when your primary is unavailable
Click Add ...
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How to re-add the security question in Gmail?
Google found that security questions were not really secure at all as most of the answers can be found with a simple Google search. For example Sarah Palin had her Yahoo! account hacked because ...
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How do I sign out of a single Google account?
"Perhaps the ability to sign out of a single account has been removed?"
I am afraid you are correct.
It has nothing to do with the kind of the operating system (Mac, Windows, Linux etc) you use.
It ...
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Is one person allowed multiple Google accounts?
It is certainly possible - I have multiple. I have not found any mention of Google limiting the number of accounts you can create, in fact, Google's documentation mentions ways to sign in to multiple ...
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How to remove profile picture in Google account?
The solution in 2019
Open the link https://aboutme.google.com/
Click on the picture
Click "No Photo" button
It will take up to 24 hours to get the picture removed from all Google products.
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How do I remove an account from Google multi-login?
Follow these steps to remove other accounts from your computer:
Open a new tab and type in Google.
Sign out of your account in that tab.
Click the blue sign in button in the upper right corner.
...
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How to view the full size and remove old Google Profile pictures
Google unified the account management system for almost all their products. One of the results of this integration is that the top bar has the same buttons on the top right corner, including the ...
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Why are my edits and presence anonymous in Google document when I'm signed in?
It's probably because you weren't invited individually to the file:
If you share your file with a link, you may not see the names of
people who view it.
People you didn’t invite ...
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Enabling 2FA on a Google Account, how to get TOTP secret?
TOTP 2FA can only be used as a secondary/backup 2-factor authentication method on Google accounts, and you must set up 2-factor authentication with one of the three supported primary 2FA methods (I ...
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Can't add alternate email in Gmail
I spent too much time trying to crack this and finally figured out a solution. This applies if you're in a very specific situation where all of these apply:
When you try to add an alternate email to ...
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Can I change my Gmail email address?
Since this problem is 7 years old, for any people looking for the correct answer, please understand that there are some glaring problems with what the original poster has asked here:
As soon as I ...
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Specify default Google account for different products
A trick I use is to define a bookmark in my bookmarks bar for each of my various Google services. From my experience, Google services enumerate the user account in the URL, so https://mail.google.com/...
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How to manage repeated notifications of attempts to hack into my account
You really can't stop them from trying but you can make your account more secure. For GMail / Google account I would setup the 2 step authentication. The 2 step process links your smartphone to your ...
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Disallow "Signing in with Google" to 3rd party sites
Google YOLO login prompts can now be disabled in your Google Account settings:
https://myaccount.google.com/permissions
Google Account sign-in prompts
Allow Google to offer a faster way to ...
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If I close my Gmail account will somebody be able to register my previous mail address?
No, Google does not recycle email addresses.
Google...has confirmed to Webwereld that it does not recycle unused accounts. Users can delete their accounts, but this "won't free up your username. ...
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Stop Chrome from asking me which account I want to log in as?
If you are signed out of all Google Accounts, this "choose account" page should show a button for "Remove" at the bottom (next to the "Add account" button).
Click on "Remove", and each account will ...
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How do I sign out of a single Google account?
Posts here and elsewhere allude to a workaround - just for clarity, here is one possible approach with full details.
The basic idea is to log into the account on a separate device, and use Google's ...
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Change Google Drive password, NOT account login
That's not possible.
Google uses one login for all features, so if you gave them the keys to the house, they can go in all the rooms.
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Unauthenticate Google OAuth connections
Google keeps changing their interface. As of November 2015, the steps are:
Go to https://myaccount.google.com
Click on "Connected apps & sites"
Click on "Manage apps" to revoke permissions
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How to activate 2-Factor Authorization with authenticator for a Google account?
Even to activate the Authenticator, first you need to complete SMS/Voice setup.
Then, follow the directions for your type of device explained on Google Help page for 2-Step Verification.
Read this ...
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Share Calendar with two Google accounts
You can share your main calendar from Account1 with Account2.
Just go to the settings (gear, upper right) in Account1, choose Calendars and enter "Share this calendar" right of your main-calendar. ...
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I'm logged into two Google accounts, and every time I open Gmail, the wrong account is used
I found the answer here.
Summary of the fix:
Log out of Google (this logs you out of all your Google accounts)
Log in into your accounts in such an order that the first one is the one you want to be ...
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How can I hide my name on a shared Google Doc?
It's not possible to hide the owner name on shared documents. It could be found either on the Google Documents UI or on Google Drive.
The alternative is to use an account that doesn't include your ...
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How can I restore my deleted Google Account and how long before it is gone forever?
If you deleted your Google Account, you have about 2–3 weeks to recover it. If your account is restored, you'll be able to sign in as usual to Gmail, Google Play, and other Google products.
Go ...
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