Add Or Remove Accounts
You can use multiple Google Accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts on your device. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on your apps. Some you can add in the Accounts & Sync screen, as described here. Others you add using an app that works with those kinds of accounts. For example, you can add IMAP and POP3 email accounts with the Email app.
To view the Accounts & sync settings screen described here:
- From a
Home or All Apps screen, touch the Settings icon
. - Under Personal, touch Accounts & sync.
Add an account
To add some accounts, you may need to obtain details from system administrator about the service to which the account connects. For example, you may need to know the account's domain or server address.
- Go to Settings > Personal > Accounts & sync.
- Touch Add account.
- Touch the kind of account to add.
- Follow the onscreen steps to enter information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details depend on the kind of account and the configuration of the service you're connecting to.
Depending on the kind of account, you may be asked to configure what kinds of data you want to sync, name the account, and other details.
When you're finished, the account is added to the list in Accounts & sync. Depending how you configured the account, email, contacts, and other information start syncing to your device.
Remove an account
You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your device, including email, contacts, settings, and so on.
- Go to Settings > Personal > Accounts & sync.
- Touch the account to delete.
- Touch Menu icon
> Remove account.
> Remove account.