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Sooner or later Google app will suggest you to use your device to accept and decline the access to your Google Account. If you agree, you will receive log in requests on this device when you sign in to your account on a new piece of hardware.
You will see the “Unlock your Pixel” or “Unlock your Galaxy S10” prompt on a new device, then you are to take your trusted device in hands and tap Yes to confirm that it is really you trying to log in to your Google account (Gmail, YouTube, Google Photos, or whatever from Google ecosystem).
But in some cases you may want to exclude a particular phone or tablet from the list of trusted devices.
Well, if you have the 2-step verification enabled and trusted devices feature turned on, here is what you are about to see after you’ve correctly typed your Google account password:
Yes, Google really uses trusted devices to save you from boring and awkward typing confirmation codes each time you authorize.
Therefore, we believe that it is reasonable to leave one or two devices that are guaranteed to be near you for authorization in Google account.
The thing is that Google sends a confirmation on multiple devices at the same time. You may see “Unlock your Pixel or iPhone 7” And those devices that are currently far away from you and out of your control should be excluded from the list of trusted devices as soon as possible.
In such a way, we can presume that if someone has your password and one of your phones at hands, that person can gain access to your Google account.
Thus, here is how to remove an individual device (a phone or tablet) from trusted devices of your Google account, so you (or anyone else) won’t be able to use it as a second step in the 2-step verification procedure.
Follow the steps:
Here are some common tips for you, as we want you to keep your account safe.
It concerns all devices – no matter what operating system they are running on. We actually recommend not only to sign out of Google, but factory reset your phone and take out (or format) your memory card.
Switch your phone to guest mode if you really want to let your friend use it, even if it goes about a couple of minutes. This will make the user unable to even see the Google prompt.
We’d love to hear some feedback from you in the comments. Please, tell us:
Thank you in advance! We appreciate your opinion! Stay secure!
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This did not work for me (could be a bug in Google's system). After I deleted the phone and turned on 2-step verification, the phone re-appeared.
When I was preparing this guide I check everything thoroughly and carefully - it was just the way it is described. But! I did not remove ALL my devices.
now the google is not give the option of "turning off" google promote..
I can't access Google
There is no toggle button for that screen anymore.
I can confirm that toggle no longer exists on that page where you manage 2-step verification. Apparently, as of 04/2023, you *must* log out of Google on that device in order to individually remove it from getting prompts... which means no access to Google services on that phone, unfortunately.
Ideally, these two features (Google services | 2-step verification prompts) would be decoupled.
Cheers,
Rishi