Ask HN: Help to Delete a Google Account?

by Ultramanoid on 7/7/2019, 10:39 AM with 1 comments

I haven't used the account I had with Google for several years now. I just tried to delete it on https://myaccount.google.com/

I made sure there is no data in it ( there isn't, none, zero ) and when I went to delete it, it required me to fetch an Android device that no longer exists ( literally, was dismantled years ago for pieces ) to sign into it and get a code from it to continue.

This is very irritating. I do not use Google Services on Android or have any Google software installed anywhere. There's a "More ways to verify" link that circles back to the same long-dead device.

I tried to kill only the Gmail service for good, but even to do that ( as opposed to the whole Google account ) requires the same impossible step.

Any other obvious way to delete a Google account that I am missing ?

  • by Ultramanoid on 7/7/2019, 11:02 AM

    Answering myself and for anyone else who might benefit.

    I thought I had reviewed ALL options in the Google account's data section in these past few hours, but there was an old device still listed under devices that I needed to remove just now.

    Removing it did away also with the requirement to use it when deleting the account.

    Good riddance !