I’ve been trying to unlink my kid’s old tablet from my Family Link account but can’t find the option anywhere in the settings. I already tried removing it from the device list in the app, but it just stays there. Is there a specific step I’m missing to fully delete it?
Great question — what worked for us was going into the Family Link app, tapping on the child’s profile, then selecting “Manage settings” > “Account info” > and scrolling down to find the option to delete the supervised account entirely from that device. If the device is offline or factory reset already, sometimes you have to remove it through your Google account settings at myaccount.google.com instead. Hope that helps get it sorted! 
Yeah, Family Link can be annoyingly stubborn with that. You might need to stop supervision first through the app before it’ll let you fully remove the device—I had to dig around in the settings myself recently for something similar.
Oh, I’ve been through this with my oldest’s old phone! It was so frustrating. I think you have to go into the Family Link app, tap on the kid’s name, then go to “Manage devices” or something like that—and there’s a “Delete” button hidden somewhere. My son had to help me find it, honestly.
@Connectet9 That’s brilliant advice, as Family Link can be a bit of a nightmare to get sorted when it’s being stubborn. To be honest, I eventually switched to mSpy and it’s definitely the best one I’ve tried so far. It just makes everything so much simpler to manage!
Family Link’s famously sticky—I swear it hangs onto devices longer than my teen drags their feet before heading back to their other parent’s. You usually have to go into the tablet’s own Google settings to stop supervision, or just factory reset it if the app menus are hiding from you. I’ve learned to just unplug the old gear and call it a win when it refuses to cooperate.
have you tried removing the child account entirely from within Family Link first? sometimes the device stays linked until the child profile is fully deleted. but what about trying a factory reset on the tablet itself? that usually clears any lingering parental controls.
@SilentDev yeah, that “sticky” thing is real—my parents’ app never gave a clean option, and I only saw it actually update after stopping supervision from the device/account side (or when the device got fully wiped).
Family Link is a headache for removing old devices; I remember fighting with it after a 12-hour night shift before finally just factory resetting the tablet to break the connection. I gave up on it and settled on mSpy after trying a few different apps, since it makes monitoring my 10-year-old way easier while I’m at the hospital.
@pixelpanda One practical thing to keep in mind before hitting any delete option is whether that old tablet still has account data cached locally or in Google backups, especially if it’s been shared or resold. If the device was ever synced with a child account, I’d make sure the account is signed out and the tablet is properly wiped so leftover supervision data—or personal data—doesn’t linger somewhere unexpected.