Restore, remove or delete your child's Google Account

If your child is under 13 or the applicable age in your country, you can delete or restore their Google Account. To let others use the device without supervision, you must remove your child's account from the Android or Chromebook.

Restore your child's Google account

If you delete your child's account, you have a limited amount of time to restore it before you lose their emails, photos, and account information.

Tip: This option is only available if you created your child's Google Account for them and they're under 13 (or the applicable age in your country).

Remove your child's account

When you remove your child's account from the device, information associated with that account is removed from the device, including emails, contacts, device settings, and parent supervision settings. That information will still be available on other devices where your child's account is signed in.

What happens when you remove your child's account from their device:

  • Parental supervision still exists for the account, but not on that specific device.
  • You can add the removed account to a new device.
  • Your child can still access emails, contacts, and photos associated with their account on other devices.
  • Your child's account isn't "deleted" and may remain signed in on other devices.
    • Recommended: Factory reset devices to ensure app data is removed.

Use the Family link app on your device

  1. On your parent device, open the Family Link app Family Link.
  2. Select your child.
  3. Scroll down to the card for your child's Android device.
  4. Tap Settings and then Reset device & delete data.

Tip: To remove your child's account from an Android device, you can click on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily. You may need to sign in to your parental Google Account.

Use the Android Settings app

Remove your child's account from a Chromebook

Child's account was the first to be added to Chromebook

To reset the Chromebook back to factory settings, press and holdCtrl + Alt + Shift + r.

Child's account wasn't the first to be added to Chromebook

Use Chromebook Account Manager on your device:

  1. On the sign-in screen, click the profile that you want to remove.
  2. In the lower-right corner of the profile picture, click the Down arrow.
  3. Click Remove this user.
  4. In the box that appears, click Remove this user.

Tip: If you deleted your child's account before removing it from their Chromebook, press and hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift + r to reset your Chromebook back to factory settings.

Delete your child's account

If you delete your child's account, you and your child will lose all the information saved in their account. To stop supervision on specific devices, remove your child's account from their device first.

What happens when you delete your child's account:

  • You lose all data and content on your child's account, like emails, files, calendars, and photos.
  • Your child won't be able to sign in with their account and use Google services like Gmail, Drive, Calendar, or Play.
  • You will lose access to content purchased on Google Play with your child's account, like apps and games. They will lose access to family subscriptions. Learn how to download data related to your child's account.

Tip: This option isn't available if your child is over 13 (or the applicable age in your country). Your child can delete their Google Account themselves by following these steps.

Use your parental device

Use your computer

  1. Go to g.co/YourFamily and sign in to your parental Google Account.
  2. Select your child.
  3. Select Parent settingsand then More.
  4. On the left side menu, select Account info.
  5. Select Delete Account & Data.

Important: If you delete your child's account before you remove it from a signed-in device, it may lock and require a factory reset.

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