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Two phones....one address.

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  • 06-10-2018 12:25pm
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    tony glenn
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    My wife upgraded her phone yesterday, and I transferred all her data, somewhere along the line I used my email address to access Google etc. Now she's receiving all my emails and we're sharing YouTube searches. How can I separate her phone from mine? Do I close my Google account and start again?


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    dilallio
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    Is it an Android, iPhone, or Windows phone?


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    tony glenn
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭tony glenn


    dilallio wrote: »
    Is it an Android, iPhone, or Windows phone?

    Android.


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    dilallio
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    Go into Settings and Accounts.
    Scroll to the bottom and add her google account.
    Then go back to the Accounts page, click Google, and from there, remove your Google account.


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    tony glenn
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    tony glenn wrote: »
    My wife upgraded her phone yesterday, and I transferred all her data, somewhere along the line I used my email address to access Google etc. Now she's receiving all my emails and we're sharing YouTube searches. How can I separate her phone from mine? Do I close my Google account and start again?

    If I closed my Google account, then re-opened it on MY phone, would it then automatically reappear on my wife's phone, or is it linked to my phone number?


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    The high horse brigade
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    tony glenn wrote: »
    Android.

    Has she her own Google account? Go to accounts -> Google and sign in on hers, then go to your account and remove it


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    tony glenn
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭tony glenn


    The high horse brigade wrote: »
    Has she her own Google account? Go to accounts -> Google and sign in on hers, then go to your account and remove it

    No, she has no Google account, so maybe if I closed mine, and we individually started afresh, would that work?


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    Davy
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    tony glenn wrote: »
    No, she has no Google account, so maybe if I closed mine, and we individually started afresh, would that work?

    Do you still have her old phone with all the content on it?

    If so sync that with her new account, then wipe the new phone and setup correctly with her account.


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    Wheety
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    tony glenn wrote: »
    No, she has no Google account, so maybe if I closed mine, and we individually started afresh, would that work?

    You don't need to close your Google account. Just get her to create one and use that.


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    The high horse brigade
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    tony glenn wrote: »
    No, she has no Google account, so maybe if I closed mine, and we individually started afresh, would that work?

    You've no need to close yours. She will have to factory reset to remove your account if she doesn't want to have her own Google account.


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    EdgeCase
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    Log into your Google account on a PC or Mac in a normal browser.

    myaccount.google.com

    You can remove authorised devices and services.

    Then just change your Google password and her phone will be locked out.

    Reset her phone and set it up with a new Google account.

    You don't need to close your Google account but you may have copied over her contacts and even photo Library. There's really no way of untangling the data you imported into your account but she will no longer have access to your account once you've locked it down again.

    Never ever sign into your Google account on someone else's device.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    She needs her own account.


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    The high horse brigade
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    Patww79 wrote: »
    She needs her own account.

    Not at all. You can use Android without one, it's opt in. But once you add one it requires a factory reset to remove the default account


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    The high horse brigade wrote: »
    Not at all. You can use Android without one, it's opt in. But once you add one it requires a factory reset to remove the default account

    It's pointless without one unless you're a real tinfoil hat merchant though.


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    The high horse brigade
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    Patww79 wrote: »
    It's pointless without one unless you're a real tinfoil hat merchant though.

    Agreed it's a poor experience, but the option is there and they do exist (and are akin to flat earthers IMO)


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    tony glenn
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭tony glenn


    Patww79 wrote: »
    She needs her own account.

    Thanks all, now she has her own Google account, and I deleted mine from her phone. I sent myself a test email, and played a YouTube video on my home, neither appeared on her phone, so that seems to have sorted it.
    Again, thanks to all who took the time to assist.


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