How to Remove a Phone From Your Google Account

October 4, 2024

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How to Remove a Phone From Your Google Account

Update: Revised for 2021!

If you are a longtime Android user, it is possible that your Google Play Store account is listing all the phones your account was associated with. Even if you have sold, lost, or trashed it. If you want to streamline the device selection on the Play Store listing during installation, just follow some simple steps.

We will first cover how to hide old phones from the drop-down selection offered when installing an app using a browser, and later cover how to properly remove a phone from your Google Account.

Hide a phone or tablet from the Google Play Store
Remove an Android phone from the Google Account

Hide a phone or tablet from the Google Play Store

If you frequently install apps using the web pages at the Google Play Store—maybe by following our app selections?—and used the same Google Account on many phones and tablets, the device selection menu can get quite cluttered. To hide a phone or tablet on the Play Store installation screen just follow these steps:

Open the Devices page on the Play Store while logged.
Simply uncheck the box under the Show in menus column for the device to hide.

With that, the phone or tablet won’t be offered whenever you try to install an app next time. To undo the change, just check the box again on the same page.

Screeshots showing how to remove an Android Phone or tablet from the Google Play Store. — Open the Devices page on the Play Store settings and uncheck the devices you don’t want to see. © nextpit

Screeshots showing how to remove an Android Phone or tablet from the Google account. — The Play Store will only list compatibility and offer installation for devices that were selected. © nextpit

Remove an Android phone from the Google Account

To properly remove the device from the Google Account we have to go a bit deeper:

Open the Your devices page on the Google Account’s settings.
Select the device to be removed.
Choose the Sign out option.

Some may feel attached to their old backlog of devices, but if you want to declutter your Google Account—and potentially reduce the risk of privacy and security issues—, that will do. Just remember to back up any important information and always keep your account recovery options updated.

Are you attached to the list of old Android phones on your account? Do you frequently use the Play Store page to remotely install apps? Share your tips (and long-forgotten phones found) in the comments below!

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