How to Sign Out of Google Chrome

Last Updated: July 19, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to log out of Google Chrome on a computer, phone, or tablet. You can log out of Google Chrome by turning Sync off. This prevents Google Chrome from synchronizing your settings, bookmarks, history, extensions, passwords, and Google Services from other devices

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:
Using a PC or Mac

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Open Google Chrome
. It's a red, green, yellow, and blue sphere icon. You'll find it in the Start menu in Windows, and in the Applications folder on a Mac.
2
Click your profile photo. It's at the top-right corner of Chrome. A menu will expand.
- If you don't have a profile photo selected, a round placeholder icon will appear in that area. The image on the icon varies.
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3
Click Sync is on. It's the first option below your profile image in your account menu. It's next to a green icon with two circular arrows. This opens the Google Chrome Settings menu.
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Click Turn off. It's the first option at the top fo the Google Chrome Settings menu. It's to the right of your profile icon. This displays a pop-up alert.
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Click Turn off. This turns off sync, which signs you out of your Google account on Google Chrome. Instead of your profile image, you will now see a random placeholder image in the upper-right corner of Google Chrome.
- To sign back into Google Chrome, click the image in the upper-right corner where your profile image would normally go. Click Turn sync on. Then sign in using the email address and password associated with your Google account.^{[1]
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Method 2

Method 2 of 3:
Using an Android Phone or Tablet

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Open Chrome
. Tap the icon that resembles a red, green, and yellow wheel with a blue dot in the middle to open Google Chrome. It's on your home screen, Apps menu, or Google folder.
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Tap the ⋮. It's the icon with three vertical dots in the upper-right corner of the Google Chrome app. This displays a drop-down menu.
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Tap Settings. It's at the bottom of the drop-down menu that appears when you tap the icon with three dots.
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Tap your account name and email address. It's next to your profile icon at the top of the Settings menu.
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Tap Sign out and turn off sync. It's at the bottom of the list of email accounts associated with your Android phone or Tablet. This displays a pop-up alert.
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Tap Continue. It's in the lower-right corner of the pop-up alert. This signs you out of Google Chrome on your Android phone or tablet.
- Additionally, you can tap the checkbox next to "Also clear your Chrome data from this device" to erase your history, settings, passwords, and extensions from your Android phone or tablet.
- To sign back into Google Chrome, tap the icon with three dots, and tap Settings'. Tap Continue as [your username] or Choose another account and tap another account or tap Add account and sign in with an email address and password of a different Google account. Tap Yes, I'm in in the lower-right corner.
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Method 3

Method 3 of 3:
Using an iPhone or iPad

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Open Google Chrome
. Tap the icon that resembles a red, green, and yellow wheel with a blue dot in the middle to open Google Chrome. It's on your home screen.
2
Tap …. It's the icon with three horizontal dots in the upper-right corner. This opens a drop-down menu.
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Tap Settings. It's at the bottom of the drop-down menu that appears when you tap the icon with three dots.
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Tap your account name. It's at the top of the Settings menu. It's next to your profile icon.
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Tap Sign out of Chrome. It's at the bottom of the account menu. This displays a pop-up alert.
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Tap Sign Out. It's in the lower-right corner of the pop-up alert. This signs you out of Google Chrome and turns off sync.
- To sign back in, tap the icon with three dots in the upper right corner and tap Settings. Tap Continue as [your username] and tap Continue. If the username displayed is not yours, tap Not [your email address] below the listed username. Tap a different account and tap Continue or tap Add account and sign in with the email address and password associated with a different email address. Then tap Okay, Got it! in the lower-right corner.
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Community Q&A

Question

How do I sign out of my Google chrome account?

Community Answer

Follow the instructions above.
Question

Does signing out remove all the history and content from the account?

Community Answer

Sadly, no. You can manually clear the browsing history, or it can be set so it is cleared when you quit (close) Chrome, but signing out does nothing.
Question

Do developers work on actual unsuspecting mobile clients phones and apps remotely?

Community Answer

No. Developers cannot access remote computers or mobile phones without explicit permission and programs. Developers can only improve the code that users access, not the devices themselves.
Question

How do I sign out? All I am seeing is "Sync As" where the sign out option should be.

Community Answer

It's possible that you have created a new "person" on Google Chrome. To permanently remove your account, click on your icon and then "Manage people," and then remove the account.