type="topic" style="task"

      id="accounts-remove">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="accounts" group="remove"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="accounts-disable-service"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.5.5" date="2012-08-15" status="draft"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.9.92" date="2013-09-18" status="draft"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="candidate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>

      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Shaun McCance</name>

      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>

      <years>2015</years>

    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>Remove access to an online service provider from your

    applications.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Remove an account</title>

  
You can remove an online account which you no longer wish to use.

  <note style="tip">

    
Many online services provide an authorization token which GNOME stores

    instead of your password. If you remove an account, you should also revoke

    that certificate in the online service. This will ensure that no other

    application or website can connect to that service using the authorization

    for GNOME.

    
How to revoke the authorization depends on the service provider. Check

    your settings on the provider’s website for authorized or connected apps

    or sites. Look for an app called “GNOME” and remove it.

  </note>

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

      start typing <gui>Online Accounts</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>Online Accounts</gui> to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Select the account which you wish to remove.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click the <gui>-</gui> button in the lower-left corner of the

      window.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click <gui>Remove</gui> in the confirmation dialog.

    </item>

  </steps>

  <note style="tip">

    
Instead of deleting the account completely, it is possible to

    <link xref="accounts-disable-service">restrict the services</link> accessed

    by your desktop.

  </note>

</page>