At some point, most of us have used our Facebook or Google account to play harmless quizzes and to find people who are stalking us on social media. However, in this process, we have nonchalantly handed over our account access to a multitude of websites and apps. This has allowed third-party apps to collect our personal data for years since the permission has been given permanently. So, in this article, I am going to show you to find and remove third-party app access from Google and Facebook account. Along with that, I have also mentioned some tips and recommendations to be safe online and protect your privacy. With all that said, let’s begin with the article and clean up our Google account first.
If you regularly use your Google account to sign into multiple apps and websites then as an online safety routine, you should review the list of third-party apps that have your Google account access. Here is how you can do it.
- Next, tap on “Account Services” and then move to “Apps Connected”.
When it comes to account sign-in on apps and websites, many people seem to use their Facebook account far more than Google account. For users, it makes for an easy transition since Facebook is where they spend most of their time. However, Facebook can pose a huge threat to your privacy as we have seen in a number of scandals and controversies in the past few years. Facebook has been accused of sharing user data with third-party companies and without user consent. It continues to harvest data through SDKs flouting user consent and choice. So, if you are using Facebook as your sign-in method, I would recommend you to not use it at all.
- On top of it, if you want to completely disable Facebook sign-in method and terminate all the current apps having access to your Facebook account, open “Apps, websites and games” under the “Preferences” section. Here, tap on the “Turn off” button and you are done.
