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Erase your Android device before selling it or throwing it away. You need to do this to keep your personal data secure. All Android devices, the phones and tablets, allow a way to wipe via a hard reset. The reset process is different from one Android device manufacturer to the next. The best thing to do is to go to your settings menu and look for a reset option.Before you sell or dispose of your Android phone or tablet* Transfer your phone number off the phone* Factory reset the phone or tablet* Remove or wipe microSD card* Optionally change your Google account password* Settings > SD & Phone Storage and hit the "Factory Data Reset" To elaborate on the summary above: erase your Android device before selling it or throwing it away. You need to do this to keep your personal data secure. All Android devices, the phones and tablets, allow a way to wipe via a hard reset. The reset process is different from one Android device manufacturer to the next. The best thing to do is to go to your settings menu and look for a reset option. Settings > SD & Phone Storage and hit the "Factory Data Reset" === Changing your Google account password ===You can access your Google account from a PC. Goto https://accounts.google.com/ and sign in with your username and password. On the left column menu click "Security" and then towards the right side of the screen click the box "Change Password" and follow the prompts from there. {{:Change the Google Account Password on an Android Device}}== App Visibility ==When an app is installed, from Google Play or directly from the apk file, it is typically visible in the app list and manage apps area. Users refer to something called the apps drawer, which is what you see when you tap the icon typically located in the bottom right of the screen that shows icons for all installed apps, including those not visible on the desktop overlay. There is a launcher, dock, app drawer which are all different from the manage apps area. [[Android Application Visibility]] discusses the areas were apps are visible and icons are placed to open or manage an app. It is possible for an app to be well hidden. It is very difficult to hide an app from the Manage Apps area. [[Android Terminology]] also clarifies terms like launcher, app drawer, etc. [[Category:Security]]