topic Re: Cannot Unlink device from account in Apps / Account

Cannot Unlink device from account

Dennisbman — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:16:13 GMT

Hey,

I have a smart switch linked to my account through GE Cync, that I no longer have access to physically. I unlinked it from my GE account but it still stays linked to my Google account. I’ve tried to move it to a different Home and deleted that home, but it reappears under my current Home as a ‘Device linked to me but not in home’.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Snager — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:08:02 GMT

I'm having the same issue but with MULTIPLE devices. This all started when I invited my wife to help manage my Home. Things were not working right so I booted her from my Home. ALL my devices that are linked via Works with Google stop working. I tried to link them back but nothing gets added and i have many devices that are linked to me but disconnected. When i go into the device and try to unlink it, it takes me to Works with Google page to link the devices again (TP-Link, Wemo, etc.) I tried deleting the Home, removing the application, even factory reset my device. NOTHING works! All my devices that are added via "Works with Google" DOES NOT work with google. I can still control all these devices via their own apps (Wemo, Kasa, etc.) but unable to use them in google home, i just get a disconnected icon on my home deck.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Aiden1 — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 19:54:34 GMT

I have the same issue with Cync(C by GE) devices. By any chance were they originally using the seamless setup? I was eventually told I have something called a cloud sync error on my Google account itself which is apparently quite complicated to sort out. Been back and forth for about 8 months with various support techs for me with no solution in sight so far.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Dennisbman — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:50:35 GMT

Don’t know wether it was setup as seamless or not, but I imagine it was. Where did you get the info to know you had a Cloud Sync error?

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Aiden1 — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:02:07 GMT

From Google Home support. I spent 3+ hours on the phone and so many emails later only to find out that I could basically wait for it to maybe sort itself out eventually. That was after my case was escalated to a higher tier of support because she had never encountered anything like it before. I've factory reset everything multiple times and I'm tired of dealing with it. Well it's been 8 months so that didn't happen. I have 7 lights and a smart plug that are offline as ghosts in Google Home is the best way I can put it. They're unlinked and everything so that's not the issue.

Like others with this problem, naturally I assumed that my home was the issue so early on in my own troubleshooting steps I deleted my home and started from scratch. I nearly cried when as soon as I signed into Google Home, all 8 devices came right back under the "Linked to You" section. The problem wasn't my home but my Google account.

Basically Google Home support has told me I can use a different account for Google home but I have 10+ years of movie purchases, cloud DVR content in YouTube TV, music migrated from Google Play music into YouTube music, etc, a Google One membership that backs up content from my phone, every picture I've ever taken, etc... The list is extensive. Unless Google can migrate my entire presence on my existing account to a new one, their proposed solution is just way off-base and clearly not understanding why people even use their services in the first place. If I wanted to give up everything that makes Google, well Google... I'd just move to Alexa devices. I went with Google nest because so much of my life was already using their apps and services, you know what I mean?

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Snager — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:43:41 GMT

I have tried moving to another account, it worked for a day but as soon as I tired to move a device over from my bad account, all the ghost devices moved over! Now I have two accounts with ghost devices that say link to you but they all show up as disconnected. This is so frustrating. I so am heavily invested in Google ecosystem. If not for my accounts all linked to Google services, I would move to Amazon Alexa. Google is also removing support for IFTTT that I use heavily for custom commands using home assistant. So much of Google service is going south. I Google this issue and SO many customers are having them for years. Please fix this bug.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Aiden1 — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 17:31:55 GMT

That's incredibly useful information for me! Thanks for sharing what happened when you tried to move a device over to a different account. I was actually considering trying to export the contents of my Google account somehow so I wouldn't lose everything but from what you're saying, the error seems to follow not just the Google account but all the speakers and displays previously registered to it. Google Home is a hot mess and has been since the beginning of 2022 at least.

I remember when things worked well and you didn't have to reboot every device twice a day. I miss that. I heard about the loss of IFTTT support. I hope they bring it back after a rework of the integration. As per usual that will most likely take forever though if it's planned at all.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Aiden1 — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:36:12 GMT

So, I tried to setup another light in Google Home today. It was still an older C by GE one that had previously used the seamless setup and get this, it no longer used the seamless setup. I'm not sure what exactly happened there but maybe that's why I can't get those devices cleared off my account. It's just really frustrating at this point.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

chanson — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 02:38:25 GMT

Having the same issue here. Has anyone found a solution?

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Aiden1 — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 03:03:26 GMT

No progress at all. I have an open trouble ticket for escalation with Google Home support but honestly my expectations are extremely low seeing as it is my fourth or maybe fifth time opening a support ticket for the same issue since January.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Jake — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:39:32 GMT

Hey all,

Sorry for the late reply. I wanted to follow up and see I could be of any help. I found an article with more details on how to remove a product. Please let me know if you are still having any trouble from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Best regards,
Jake

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Aiden1 — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 18:01:23 GMT

Yeah, thing is, cannot remove a product that Google thinks isn't there. These don't have a "remove" option. They must've added that in a later update but older setups don't have that.

The only workaround I've been able to find is to create an entirely separate "home" for these ghost offline devices, move them there and make sure to leave the new home intact as it's meant to essentially trap the offline devices and keep them out of your main home. It's definitely a workaround and not what I'd like to be doing but it's the only thing that worked. You cannot delete the additional home though, otherwise the ghost devices go right back under "linked to you".

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Snager — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:04:26 GMT

I still have this issue and I have not been able to use google home to control any of my devices since the IFTTT support has been removed.

Like others in this tread, I have ghost devices in my home setup I can not remove. BUT when I go into works with google and add the device e.g. WEMO, I do get the option to unlink but when I try nothing happens and the ghost device is still there.

Also another issue I see when I add devices in works with google, nothing shows up on the top. It's like it never got added even though I get a confirmation saying it was added successfully.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Aiden1 — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:08:33 GMT

You should be able to see anything you've linked to your Google account here:

https://myaccount.google.com/accountlinking

I'd check there and make sure it's actually linked. You can also unlink things from there. Heads up, you might have to sign in again depending on your settings.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

chanson — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:13:03 GMT

I tried that.

When I unlink the ghost device service (SmartLife in my case) they are still in my Google Home app.
When I relink the ghost device service, the devices are still offline, and the service reappears on that website.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Aiden1 — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:21:12 GMT

Yep, that sounds familiar. I had the same problem with C by GE. It just layered the error over itself somehow. I had unlinked everything but it didn't matter. I had to change the names of the offline devices to get that to stop. Instead of Living Room Floor Lamp, I assigned the light a numerical name. I had 7 lights and one smart plug. Those became 1-8 instead of the actual device names. That stopped some of the fighting with the lights when I tried to relink everything. Then moving the offline devices to the different home seems to have solved it. I mean they're still there but not interfering with anything.

I can say: Hey Google, sync my devices and it doesn't even mention Cync (C by GE seamless) anymore.

I don't know if that might help you, but it's worth a shot.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Aiden1 — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:30:16 GMT

Yeah, if you move it to a different home, leave it trapped there. It's the only workaround I've been able to find. Deleting the home you've trapped it in will bring it right back as you said. It's not a fix but the best I've been able to find.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

JDL75 — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 23:45:54 GMT

I got the same problem no linking or unlinking of third-party services possible. Linked services in the GH App shows 6 services I can't unlink via app, but that I already unlinked via above mentioned website.

"Reconnect account" or "Unlink Account" via app does NOTHING. Same behaviour while trying to connect a new third party service.

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

Dan_A — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:35:39 GMT

Hi folks,

Thanks for all the information you provided.

This has been difficult for you. Give these steps a try:

Go to your Google Home app, tap your profile on the upper right corner then choose Manage Google Account.
Then, go to Security > scroll down to where your devices are linked to.
From there you can choose the account and devices you want to unlink.

Let us know if these steps work.

Best,
Dan

Re: Cannot Unlink device from account

chanson — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:05:42 GMT

Thank you for the suggestion but this did not work for me. Even though I clicked 'unlink' following your instructions, my ghost devices still show as 'offline' in the Google Home App.