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Let's say you are an SEO, webmaster or marketing consultant for a third-party company. That company grants you user access to their Google Analytics data so that you can analyze their traffic and find areas in which you can improve their site. Then one day, you no longer work for that client but they did not remove your access to their Analytics.
Did you know that the only way to remove Google Analytics profiles is for an administrator to either delete the profile completely or remove your access individually? What if they don't? Then you have profiles in your account you no longer want or need.
For some, that can be frustrating and a bit of annoyance. Personally, it wouldn't bother me because I search for profiles but hey - I can see it being annoying for some.
A Google Analytics Help thread from 2009 still has people who are upset.
Heck, even the new interface doesn't give you a way to do it.
Admins can remove profiles:
Users can't remove profiles:
New Profile Pages:
Forum discussion at Google Analytics Help.
Comments:
Michael Ramsey
03/29/2011 02:13 pm
This has been bugging me lately. I've got a couple I'd like to remove. Seems like a silly oversight that doesn't end up very high on the priority list for updates.
Tony Tellijohn
03/29/2011 02:43 pm
The client and/or new agency would be fools to not manage this more closely. Assuming the relationship didn't end in a complete disaster, they are leaving the door open for selling back in at a later date.
TheMadHat
03/29/2011 03:39 pm
It is irritating, but ultimately just that. Although I don't see why it's hard to integrate that.
Michael Martinez
03/29/2011 05:05 pm
Yeah, I wish they would fix that. I'm almost ready to create a new GMail account for every new Analytics account I'm to be given access to. Then again, the new Google Analytics is even less helpful than before, so I'm not looking for improvements any time soon.
SEO Services
03/30/2011 02:42 am
I completely agree. I have a bunch of sites in my google analytics I cannot delete. There is no reason why I shouldn't be able to delete an account I am just tracking as an admin or report viewer. Maybe they will fix this due to this post!
Robert Rippee
03/30/2011 03:10 pm
Thousands of posts on the same problem but Google doesn't seem to be interested in the problem or maybe they can't locate the administrator to make the change.
Chuck Reynolds
03/30/2011 03:10 pm
yup, drives me nuts. Even if they made me an admin and I hit delete, (at least in my head) it also removes it completely from their dashboard. All I want to do on some of them is get it out of my dashboard... ugh
Richard Joyce
06/30/2011 11:26 am
you need to login to the account as a DIFFERENT admin. De-mote your account to "View reports only" and then you will be able to delete it. If you don't have another Admin account then create gmail account just for adding to client sites as an admin to enable you to then delete your account. That's how I get around it.
2pha
07/02/2011 01:38 pm
This has been bugging me for 3 years now FFS......Google, pull your finger out.
Laura-Jane
01/14/2012 12:46 am
Thanks Richard, you're right. If you change the sub-account to "user" instead of "administrator" then you can immediately remove the sub-account. I was having this prob but I just fixed based on your suggestion. Thx!
Lamarsmith
03/06/2012 04:02 am
Process flawed - Some unknown person was able to add seven mysterious websites profiles to my gmail account and I have been trying to get assistance to delete them for over a year now. Very irritating - I would think Google could configure this process to email any users or account holders for verification to make sure the address is correct. No way to delete, or find out who is admin ?????