How to remove an unwanted Google profile ?
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6 responses
24 Oct 2022 à 09:42
Now I understand. The profile you're trying to delete is associated to Google Play Games. It was created when you used the service or downloaded a game that supports it to save your progress and achievements.
To delete your Google Play Games profile,
- Visit the "My Account" page.
- Select the Data & privacy tab.
- In Data from apps and services you use - under "Download or delete your data"- click Delete a Google service.
- Enter your Google account password.
- Select Play Games to delete the profile and its data.
Good luck!
21 Oct 2022 à 14:38
Hi,
It is possible that the "unwanted profile" is linked to your brand account. It is different from your Google account and can be created when you choose to start a YouTube channel. For more info about brand accounts, and how to delete them, see this help page.
If you're asking how to delete a profile in Google Chrome, here's how to remove it.
Hope this helps.
21 Oct 2022 à 19:45
I don't have a brand account and did not start a youtube channel.
The URL to remove a profile suggests :
On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click Profile.
- Next to "Other Profiles," select Manage profiles.
- Point to the profile you want to remove.
- At the top right of the profile, click More > Delete.
- To confirm, click Delete.
When I open 'manage profiles' It shows only '1 person' and 'Add' , so the profile I want to remove does not show THERE. Moreover there is NO 'delete'; option as I stated in my post.
22 Oct 2022 à 09:48
Try deleting the Chrome user folder associated to that profile.
If Chrome is opened, close it.
- Go to C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
- Select the unwanted folder (Profile 2 or Profile 3), then delete it.
The Default folder refers to the main profile. Don't delete it.
Now, the unwanted profile should no longer be available.
22 Oct 2022 à 15:07
NO profiles were listed in the location specified.
24 Oct 2022 à 00:56
The profile that I did not create and want to delete appears when I go into Manage Google Account; Personal Info; Under 'Your profiles' it shows my name, and then another one called CognizantDay20. In 'SEE PROFILES' under COGNIZANT20 there is one entry/option : 'Play games'.
24 Oct 2022 à 17:50
That worked - FINALLY ! Thank you. I don't play Google Games, so that only leaves 'using the service' as a possible explanation for the creation of that profile. I use Gmail - that seems to me like a service; and I have Google Earth. Could either of those be 'the service' that triggered the second (Play) profile ?
24 Oct 2022 à 18:03
Great! It's more likely an Android app that created the Play Games profile.