How to change one account to another. How to change your Google account on an Android device

Ever thought about this question: how to change the Google account on my device? After all, some accounts are tied by mistake, or the owner of the device loses control over the account. In this article, I will describe in detail the entire process of linking an existing account to an Android device.

All actions are suitable for version 4.0 and higher, but there are no cardinal differences in the binding of a Google account in earlier versions of this OS, so the instruction is applicable for all Android devices.

  • So, first you need to get into the synchronization menu. To do this, go to "Menu" -\u003e "Settings" -\u003e "Accounts". After that, a list of all accounts that are synchronized with the device will appear on the screen.


  • After that, click the "Add Account" button on the top panel:



  • Here you need to select the item "". Note that for each user the list of services in this menu will be different, it all depends on the number of installed applications.
  • Then we will be offered a choice - add an already created account, or start a new one. Choose the first option:



  • After this step, the Android system will ask you to turn on Wi-Fi, if it has not already been done. Immediately after a successful connection, you will be asked to enter the address email  and password for your Google account. Do it:



  • After you press the "Login" button, the information on the display that you need to wait a bit for a successful connection will appear on the display of your device. Usually in a minute everything is ready:



  • After this procedure, you can attach a bank card to your account. We will skip this step:



  • Then you can choose which services you want to synchronize and which ones not. For example, you can disable Drive synchronization as unnecessary if you are not using this service.



  • All! New Google Account  tied to your device. Now it appears in the list of accounts available to you. At any time, you can turn off synchronization, or even delete an account from the device’s memory. Attention: all information related to the account will be erased immediately after its deletion! Be careful!



In fact, there’s nothing complicated about changing your Google account. All you need is to clearly follow step by step instructions  and you will succeed. Good luck

Related questions:

What is google account?

What is it for?

Many owners mobile devices  on the Android system, the Internet has a Google account, which over time for some reason needs to be replaced with another. Snap an existing new one account  You can access your Android mobile device by following the step-by-step instructions. It should be noted that such an instruction is suitable for almost all devices on the Android system.

Stages of instructions.

1)   First you need to select the “Settings” sub-item in the “Menu”, in which you need to select “Accounts” and click on it. Now the user will see all the accounts listed by the system that are synchronized with the device.

2)   On the top panel, you need to activate the "Add Account" button and select from the proposed "Google".

3)    In this case, the system will ask the user the following: "Add an existing account or create a new one?" You need to select "Existing" below and click on it.

5)   After all the manipulations, you need to touch the “Login” button and after some time during which the system connects to your account (which warns you in a request for a short wait), you can use the long-awaited connection.

6)    Also on the screen of the mobile device, a proposal to link bank card  to this account. You can select the "Not Now" sentence and continue other manipulations.

7) The next step will be to choose the synchronization of the proposed servers, unused from which you can disable. Check the boxes next to the required names.

Thus, the binding of the new Google account to the mobile device is completed. Its name is on the list of accounts. You can always turn off synchronization or completely delete this account. In the latter case, all data associated with it will be deleted.

Google Play market  (Google Play) is the most popular platform or even a store of games, music, applications, programs and other content for mobile devices running android systems. But you can use it only if you have an account in google system. But sometimes, the user needs to find out how to change  Google Play account. Perhaps your device was from a different owner, or you just wanted to change your account to another.

3 ways to change your account in the Play Store

There are several ways to change your account, and each will be described in this article.

Using settings

From the very beginning, you need to delete the existing account on the device itself. To do this, you go to the item " Settings"And look for the tab" Accounts", Then click on the desired one. Then a window will open in which the data on the account will be indicated. At the top of the screen, usually to the right, there are three points, you need to click on them. Next, select the action you need:

Now you need to go to Google play  and just a few steps to do what the program requires. You either create new account, or change the information in the old one.

Using Factory Reset

This option involves the operation Factory reset. The thing is that after its launch, the smartphone will be returned to the factory settings. Despite the fact that we mention this method, nevertheless we do not recommend using it  the following reasons.

It is possible that with this method you simply delete all the important files on the device.
   Also, if on your device  There is no native firmware, that is, a chance that after resetting the settings, you will not get a “clean” android, but a completely useless piece of plastic.

Using gmail

it the easiest way to date. You just need to open gmail. Next, you need to log in to the account that you use to log in to Google Play, and look for the password change point.

After the password has been changed, need to go to google play, where the system will unequivocally request to log in from a new account, or from an existing one (i.e. the one on which the password was changed).

These are not tricky three ways you can do quite simple work  Change account on Google Play. This procedure with a very complicated understanding of what is happening drag on for a maximum of fifteen minutes.

Video instructions for changing your account on Google Play

If you have any other options for changing your Google Play account to Android, then we are always happy to listen to it and add it to the existing list.