How to sign out of your Google Chrome account on PC

Google Chrome provides authorization and synchronization with your Google account for easy interaction with the user’s personal data, saving preferences, passwords, search history, etc. This way, users can quickly access their saved tabs, bookmarks, etc., even if the browser is running on someone else’s computer. After the work is done, you need to log out of your account. In this article, we’ll break down how to sign out of your Google Account in Chrome.

About Google Chrome account

Chrome data that appears when you use the browser is stored in your Google Account. You can access it on any device synced with your account. Also, when logging in to sites like YouTube or Gmail, the login will be automatic.

The data that is stored on the account is as follows:

  • Search history and sites viewed,
  • Saved passwords,
  • Viewed videos,
  • Visited pages,
  • Location history.

The user can decide which data to allow Google Account to save.

Google account history settings
Google account history settings

How to sign out of your account

Signing out of your Google account is very easy, you can do it on one device or everywhere at once.

On one device

There are several ways to turn off sync in the desktop version of Chrome.

Method 1:

  • Launch Chrome.
  • Open the home page.
  • Click on your Google account icon.

Press “Sign out.”

How to sign out of your Google Chrome account on PC

Method 2:

  • Launch Chrome.
  • Click on your profile picture.
  • Click on “Sync is on.”
My userpic is the watermelon icon in the top right corner
My profile picture is the watermelon icon in the top right corner
  • Press “Turn off” in the next window.

Method 3:

  • Paste and go “chrome://settings/syncSetup” or “chrome://settings/people” (without quotes).
  • Press “Turn off.”

How to sign out of your Google Chrome account on PC

On all devices

First, you need to get to myaccount.google.com

Here’s how you can do it:

  • Launch Chrome on your computer.
  • Click on your in the top right corner.
  • Select “Manage your Google account.”

How to sign out of your Google Chrome account on PC

Next you need to find your devices:

  • Select “Security”.
  • Scroll a little bit down.
  • Click “Manage all devices.”

How to sign out of your Google Chrome account on PC

Now select a specific device and click “Sign out.”

How to sign out of your Google Chrome account on PC

Repeat with other devices.

Sign out and delete all data

Signing out of your account does not delete any saved data in your Google Account by default. If you not only want to sign out of your Google Chrome account on your computer, but also want to delete your account information in the browser, do the following:

  • go to the myaccount.google.com page (as described in the “On all devices” paragraph),
  • select “Data & privacy”,
  • scroll all the way down,
  • click “Delete your Google Account.”

How to sign out of your Google Chrome account on PC

Then confirm the account is yours and you really want to delete it.

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