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Friend has a child and uses his Gmail. Sadly, his Gmail is hacked and uses tablet, all the apps, etc. His father asked to create another Gmail account. Before I do, how to disactivate the current account before creating a new one. Is there anyway, I could somehow transfer the current apps to the new Gmail? 

Any other suggestions would be helpful? 

Thanks

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  • Neil_Jones
    Neil_Jones Posts: 9,541 Forumite
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    What do you mean, "hacked"?
    Can you not set up two factor authentication to secure the account?

    You can just set up a new Google account which will automatically give you a new Play Store account and a new email adddress, but you can't tAFAIK ransfer the apps since they're on a per account basis.  You can search for them again on the Play Store and reinstall them while signed into the new account.
  • jonnygee2
    jonnygee2 Posts: 2,086 Forumite
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    His father asked to create another Gmail account.

    If you mean that someone has taken possession of the old account, you really need to recover it rather than set up a new one.

    https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7682439?hl=en

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