Some of our loyal readers may remember my little mishap when I was able to track my wife by accident after inadvertently adding myself to her phone as a user.
For exactly that reason we want to warn against sharing devices and at least show you how to remove other peopleโs accounts from your device.
The steps may be slightly different depending on your Android version, device type, and vendor, but most users should be able to follow these steps.
For the primary user:
If you can't find this setting, try searching your Settings app for users.
If youโre not the primary user (you canโt delete the primary user):
Note: Android devices allow two types of additional users:
Another privacy issue can be caused by having additional accounts on the device. Accounts are contained within a user but are not linked to a particular user. The tracking issue I discussed was caused by adding one of my Google accounts to my wife's phone.
To remove unwanted accounts:
If you're having trouble finding any of these settings on your specific Android device, reach out through the comments and when we can, we'll add as many specific instructions as possible to the post.