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Deleting my Google+ profile
- hobs 13y agoDone. Thanks!
- stevo111 13y agoFuck google plus, fuck it up it's ass.
- akurilin 13y agoIf you can figure out a way of deleting one's Google+ profile without accidentally nuking Youtube uploads, Picasa images, Gmail etc, do let us know.
- dinduks 13y agoYou can do that by following the "Deleting my entire Google+ profile" procedure. I've done it few weeks ago and unless Google has changed which services get deleted along, you have nothing to worry about.
- joelrunyon 13y agoHere's the full procedure. Deleting my entire Google+ profile Your Google+ profile will be deleted along with other services and data that depend on your Google+ profile. What to do: Sign in to Google+. Click on your full name or email address in the top-right corner of your screen. In the Account Management section, click Delete profile and remove related Google+ features. Select Delete your entire Google profile. One question: with everything seemingly requiring a google+ account these days - what other services here do you end up getting rid of?
- RexRollman 13y agoI think Google is trying to inflate its G+ numbers in order to seem competitive with Facebook, so its basically a dick-size contest with users getting caught in the middle.
- raverbashing 13y agoThis is a very accurate description Of course, for the people that matter (especially advertisers) can see through it. Some content producers are already moving away from YT, at the same time AdSense is the one that still pays the best.
- saraid216 13y agoSince you seem to have insider information, can you tell us if this is actually a push from Larry Page or if it is from Vic Gundotra?
- raverbashing 13y agoWhat inside information? I'm basing this on information from the outside, on people that monetize videos and content. About your question, I would answer based on who's the boss of whom.
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- kmfrk 13y agoI got out by using the well-hidden setting in G+. There wasn't any G+ data to delete, though, so I don't know whether it just "deactivates" your profile the way otehrs do.
- joelrunyon 13y agoDo you have a walkthrough for this?
- kmfrk 13y agoI wouldn't be surprised if the setting changed. It took me days, before I even managed to discover the feature.
- IBM 13y agoHow do I unlink my Youtube account from my Gmail?
- CtrlAlt 13y agoThe way I unlinked was: 1) Account Settings -> 2) Overview -> 3) Right next to your avatar there should be a link to disconnect G+ from your youtube profile.
- jkrems 13y agoThanks a lot! It was "Youtube Settings" for me, but that may depend on the exact route one takes.
- ogreyonder 13y agoIf you recently joined, you can't. I just went through this yet again, and they now have a "14 day period" where you can unlink. After that, as far as I can tell, it's permanent.
- 0x0 13y agoExcellent.
- ProAm 13y agoWill you lose your OpenID functionality if you do this? Their warning says the following: "You won't be able to use the "Sign in with Google" button to log in to third-party apps."
- Afforess 13y agoNope. I deleted it and I still login to stackoverflow just fine via Google.
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- hackaflocka 13y agoMy wish for Google is different. I want it to keep interfering how I like to consume its services. I want them to keep needling me. And everyone else. I support innovation. This is the surest path to new innovation... a competitor with a better value proposition.
- lake99 13y agoI agree with you about competition. As for Google, Reddit, etc. I have a handful of ids on each. The profile attached with my real name is quite public, and I disclose quite a bit of my life there. As for my comments that I don't want associated with my real name, well, no one is stopping me from creating ids for that. So, I don't see what all this hue and cry about Google+ is all about.
- TheZenPsycho 13y agoThe hue and cry is because google is doing the equivalent of forcing you to link all of your different reddit identities together, so the things you did not want to disclose with your real name are now displayed with your real name, whether that is what you intended or not. Remember youtube was not always owned by google, and they were seperate IDs You cannot retroactively create another identity to seperate them. the only thing you can do is entirely delete your google account along with your email, youtube videos, picasa albums, etc etc..
- jellicle 13y agoWait until everyone with a Gmail address finds that every Youtube video they have ever viewed is now available to everyone who knows that email address.
- gabemart 13y agoHow, please?
- lake99 13y ago> because google is doing the equivalent of forcing you to link all of your different reddit identities together As someone who has lost count of all his google email ids and Google+ profiles, I'm telling you that that's just not true. They unified Google sign-ons, and that's all. You can always create another Google/Gmail id to comment "anonymously", or even make and post new videos.
- knocte 13y agoIs there a way to use Hangouts without having a G+ profile?
- wrongc0ntinent 13y ago"If you don’t have a Google+ account you can start or join a limited hangout, which only includes the option to hang out with 1 other person. If you’d like access to all Hangouts’ features including the ability to hang out with up to 9 people, share your screen, and use cool Hangouts’ apps, you can upgrade to a free Google+ account at plus.google.com" from https://support.google.com/chat/answer/161986?hl=en https://support.google.com/chat/answer/161986?hl=en
- driverdan 13y agoShit that sucks. Despite its bugs Hangouts is a great product I use multiple times a week, sometimes daily. Now I'm going to have to create a fake account just to use Hangouts.
- thearn4 13y agohangouts are the one thing I do like about G+
- xgarland 13y agoBut I don't understand why Google refuses to just offer this as a stand alone product for those of us who actually do enjoy this service, ya know.
- mkr-hn 13y agoThe same reason you have to jump through hoops with third party tools to download apps from Google Play without using a Google-approved device. They want everyone to be fully immersed in the Google experience.
- tommorris 13y agoBecause the value proposition is simple: provide an actually half-decent video conferencing solution as a way to boost G+ usage.
- mml 13y agoI deleted my g+ profile a week or so ago, it didn't take gmail with it (or my domain). Fun fact: During the deletion process, Google says they'll "attempt to remove your data over the next few weeks" I assume they throw up their hands after a few nanoseconds, and just store it all anyway.
- humbledrone 13y agoGoogle takes data deletion very, very seriously. If you delete your profile, all the data associated with it will most certainly be eradicated. When you read things like "over the next few weeks," consider that there are things like regular offline backups (maybe on tape). That kind of media is thoroughly cleaned out on a regular schedule, but due to its offline nature you can't really expect it to be cleared immediately when you press the button.
- RRRA 13y agoARGH! Is it just me or are the procedure described in the link actually not working : the buttons are not there with exact name, nor results or choices. And if I try with the 2nd account directly, the one they created because of Youtube, it asks me to try an unlink (or delete!) it on Youtube, where the option is nowhere to be found... Epic fail!
- fortepianissimo 13y agoExactly - for people who've done this a few weeks before: could you go back to check if things have changed? What's the new procedure to achieve this? Thanks!
- wrongc0ntinent 13y agoI dropped the few fake accounts when I decided it was too much work to keep 3 different android devices going at the same time with different settings, not to mention separate purchases. Seems premature now.
- Kequc 13y agoHopefully this quells the rest of the aversive posts about Google plus from now until eternity, although I already know that would be nearly too much to hope for.
- threeseed 13y agoGiven that Google seems to want to force Google+ through any means necessary I doubt this is the end.
- phillc73 13y agoI deleted my entire Google+ profile and was nagged with the following as soon as I logged back into Gmail next time: "Update your account Create a public Google+ profile and get great new features in Gmail"
- amrit_b 13y agoI deleted my account few days back. And then Google forced me to create it again while I was trying to access Hangouts
- RexRollman 13y agoIsn't Hangouts a G+ feature?
- tiziano88 13y agowhy did you delete your G+ profile if you want to use G+ features?
- simplemts 13y agoDeleted g+ and youtube account. Just not worth it anymore.
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- MrBra 13y agoI am very positive this would be the perfect moment to start a kickstarer funded youtube clone! Yea, glad I inspired your next big project, thank me later! (But please don't forget to... I know you won't if you are a good hacker. I am not in the position to dedicate any time/resources to this project. Please ask me for some contact info when you are sure you will be diving into this. Please do it, and... good luck!)
- anonymous 13y agoWhat's the point? It is not like they will actually delete your data.
- pearjuice 13y agoCouldn't agree more. They will flag some bits here and there just so it's not accessible anymore from the front end.
- josteink 13y agoNot like I think it will have any impact what so ever, but in theory if they have a counter for that and can show up at the next board-meeting saying "30% of our (force) converted G+ accounts results in people deleting their accounts and leaving our ecosystem entirely", that might in theory, affect them to change their course of action. In the real world, probably not, but at least it gives people the satisfaction of having felt that they may be sending a message.
- phaed 13y agoOh god, I haven't seen a list of things I wanted to get rid of more badly than this: http://i.imgur.com/zNY6hNC.png http://i.imgur.com/zNY6hNC.png
- jarek314 13y agoMaybe just create fake G+ account to use it whenever you need to go somehow public with your comments.
- gabrielmsharp 13y agohttps://www.youtube.com/account_revert https://www.youtube.com/account_revert I used this first, then deleted my Google+ account.
- airtonix 13y agoSigh i don't understand what all the whinging is about. How many people here complain about Google plus but also: * pay out the arse for Apple products and, * have no problems giving facebook the exact details they tell horror stories about?
- tommorris 13y agoI pay out of the arse for Apple products precisely because the alternative is to pay out of the arse for Google products using the currency of personal information. And I don't trust them anymore.
- wtfm8 13y agowow. I just signed on to a youtube account I had made years ago. I had not signed into it for a long time. Just this moment tried to sign on and things were okay, except I noticed I now have google plus for that account. I just deleted everything. Seriously google, fuck you.
- mafro 13y agoI never actually created a Google+ profile, but my Apps for Business domain gmail works fine. I cannot, however, use Hangouts. Which is annoying as I like the new emojis