How do I completely unsync/delete my Gmail account from a public/work computer?? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!?

Question

I have google chrome on my computer at work as well as my personal computer at home. I VERY STUPIDLY signed into Google chrome here at work as well as at home, and not every single thing I do at home is broadcast on my work computer, even when I have signed out of google chrome at work all day. I feel like this is a HUUUUGE invasion of my privacy and I am genuinely bothered by this! I have tried to find a way to unlink my computers, but the instructions on deleting accounts on chrome are no help to me! Can someone PLEASE take me step by step on how to fix this? Google keeps saying "go to the sign in screen and SELECT the account you wish to delete" but I can't find anywhere that actually lists multiple accounts (I have created an extra account just for this purpose). I am freaked out and worried this may never be resolved, and if so there will be no such thing as privacy for me!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

Answer 1

So, firstly you do NOT need to delete your Google account.

When you sign in to Chrome your browser data is synced to your Google account. If you sign into Chrome on another computer it gets downloaded to Chrome on that computer, and is saved on Chrome on that computer aswell (what is on that computer will still be there if you delete your Google account).



You need to delete the signed in user from your work computer by clicking the three bars in the top right, then click settings and scroll down to "Users", then delete the user with all your synced data (probably labeled current). If you can't delete it you may need to add a user first so there is more than one user listed (because it's not allowed to have no users).



Doing this will not result in your Google account being deleted, only the user data from that particular Chrome browser, and you will no longer be signed in to that browser.

Answer 2

I am having difficulty removing my gmail account from a previous employer work phone. How do I remove it without deleting my google account

Answer 3

I know this is old but I have the same issue. If you look at Settings in Chrome the very first item you see is Sign In. Just below Sign In there is a button that says Disconnect Your Google Account. When you click on that it it disconnects your account from the browser your using. You should then go to the Google Dashboard and click Stop and Clear at the bottom left. I believe this will eliminate any information you may have inadvertently shared at least from your work PC. However whether or not your company polled your browsing history in the meantime may determine how much information you ultimately shared. This feature of Chrome in my opinion is a royal PIA. Hopefully that is the solution. It that would be nice if someone from Google would step into this conversation and confirm it.

Answer 4

Delete Gmail Account From Computer

Answer 5

Remove Gmail Account From Computer

Answer 6

My ex husband has my old computer... and somehow it synced to my new one I have... he can see all of my passwords to all of my sites i go to.. my history... etc... I assume so since i can see all of his.. i need to unsync and lock him out... I don't exactly want to lose my entire database of bookmarks and such doing so... isnt there a button to shut him out?

Answer 7

I found this. http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=165139

Just before the bottom of the screen, there's a little alert bar in a peach colour. It says not to sign in on a public computer and that you need to delete the user you are signed in as.



You will lose your gmail account etc.

Good luck.

Answer 8

Good luck. I am sure you work in a place where your computer is connected to the work LAN which is connected to a Server which uses Active Directory to push out Group Policy objects/permissions. This GPO's usually disable clearing the history on browsers, keeps a running log of what ever the end user does, keeps the end user from deleting data, etc. If you delete your Gmail account you wont be able to access it anywhere, I dont think you would want to do that.