According to cyber security statistics released by purplesec.us, third-party apps store 99.9% of discovered malware. However much we can not thoroughly proof our devices from Cyberattacks, taking protective precautions might help survive the hacker’s eyes. All you have to do is minimize third-party apps that have access to your Google account.
With the main agenda of sharing data smoothly, Google usually lets users grant third-party apps and services access to different parts of their Google account. Third-party apps and services are created by companies or developers that aren’t Google. For example, you may download an app that helps you schedule workouts with friends. This app may request access to your Google Calendar and Contacts to suggest times and friends for you to meet up with.
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Sharing particular information to third-party apps limits your privacy and threatens security. Therefore, the antidote to limiting threats requires you to remove third-party access for particular apps and services from your Google account.
1. First, launch your preferred browser, search for gmail.com, and then sign in with your login details.
2. Once you have successfully logged in to your Gmail account, click on the profile icon at the top right corner.
3. Click on ‘Manage your Google Account‘.
4. A new tab will open with your Google account details, tap on the ‘Security‘ option at the left side of the screen.
5. Scroll down and click on ‘Manage Third-Party Access‘ under third Party Apps with Account Access’.
6. Tap on the third-party app that you want to deny access to.
7. Tap on ‘Remove Access’ and then confirm access removal by tapping “OK“.
Note: If you remove account access from a third-party app or service, it may retain the information you provided from when you signed in with your Google account or when you granted additional google access to the app or service.