OT: How to set up an android tablet without a Google account?

[Matt Graham]

> On Jan 18, 2018 8:41 PM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>> I purchased a Nexus 7 tablet for someone [...]
>> but I set it up using my own personal Google account.
>> How can I delete all of my personal information
>> and make this tablet work without it being on my
>> Google account?

Settings->Backup and Reset->Factory data reset will do that.  That'll 
also wipe out everything else you've done though.  It might be possible 
to add another account, then delete your account, but they might have 
left "delete account" out of the interface.

>> How can I set up an android tablet (Nexus7) with
>> a couple of apps installed but without being on
>> a Google account?

Don't set one up in the first place.  This was possible in older 
versions of Android, not sure if it's mandatory on newer ones.

Stephen Partington wrote:
> F-droid is your best bet. I also would suggest maybe lineageOS
> to bring it much more current than stock. If desired you won't
> even have Google apps or the Google play store.

http://f-droid.org/ has a bunch of open source Android applications of 
varying quality, but will probably not help Joe remove the google 
account.  LineageOS is only relevant if you want to replace the entire 
OS on the tablet.  That's probably not what Joe wants if a non-technical 
user is going to be using this tablet.  (At least installing LineageOS 
on a Nexus device should be much easier than installing it on some 
phones.)

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