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How to Add Multiple Google Accounts on Android
Every Android phone needs a Google Account to be fully functional. But sometimes, an Android phone or tablet may have multiple users. As for example, my friend Rohit and his wife Sana use a Samsung Galaxy S III jointly. Both of them have their own Google accounts. So, they need to have both accounts active on the same device. Many of us have two separate Gmail accounts for personal use and official / business use. One can have multiple business accounts too.
In this tutorial you are going to learn how to add multiple Gmail or Google accounts on a single Android device, it may be a phone or tablet. Feel free to share this article with your friends. Give me a like, you spendthrift (find out where is the Like button).
If you feel any difficulty or can not understand this guide, then do not hesitate to ask me below. I shall try to help you.
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Hey reader, I am going to the main topic soon. Before that, I am going to tell you a secret. Don’t tell it anybody. Only one or two years ago, I knew nothing about Android. Now, I have learnt a little and I hope to be an expert soon.
Now, let us come to the tutorial.
Difficulty Level: Very Easy
Requirement: An Android device. It may be a phone or a tablet.
Add Another Gamil Account on Android
Note: This tutorial is done on a phone running Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The method is similar in other versions too.
I have taken the screenshots of the process.
You can follow the photos beside the textual instructions.
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If the photos seem too small to you then there is a slide viewer for you at the end.
Instructions:
1) Open Settings.
2) Go to the Personal group. Select “Accounts &sync”
3) In the “Accounts & sync” tab select “ADD ACCOUNT”
4) In the “Add an account” tab you shall find a list. In my phone it is Corporate, Email, facebook and Google. There can also be Yahoo or hotmail depending upon your phone.
5) Select “Google” and a tab will be opened titled “Add a Google Account”.
6) There will be question for you “Do you want to add an existing account or create a new one?”
7) There will be two options: Existing and New.
8) Select Existing to add your another account.
9) You may also like to create another Google account.
That's it. You have successfully logged into your android phone with two or more google accounts.
Adding Account via Google Play
There is another way of adding another Google account to your phone. It is via Google Play. Select options to see the drop down or pop up (depending upon the phone) menu list. Now, you shall have “Select an account” tab opened. There will be an option “Add account”. Select it to add another G account. There you can also see the options of adding an existing account or create a new one.
In this way, you can sync more than one G accounts on your Android device. Hope this guide will be helpful to you.
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