There are times when you are not using your own PC to log in to Gmail or Facebook. This could happen when you are travelling and checking your email in an Internet cafe. The worst thing that could happen is forgetting to log out of your accounts, making them vulnerable to exploits and attacks. Here are the ways to log out from Google, Facebook and LinkedIn remotely if you have forgotten to log them out on another PC.

Logging out of Google remotely

To log out of Google, all you have to do is to log in to Gmail (on the desktop) and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Click the “details” link below the “Last account activity.”

On the window that pops up, click the “Sign out all other sessions” button.

That’s it.

Logging out of Facebook remotely

Log in to your Facebook account and click the Down arrow at the top right corner of the menu bar. Select Settings.

Go to the “Security” settings and click the section “Where you’re logged in.”

From here, you can view which PC, location and time that you are logged in. Click the “End Activity” link to log out of that session.

Other web services

Dropbox

Log in to your Dropbox account on your desktop browser and click on the “Settings” link under your name. Go to the “Security” tab. Scroll down the page and under “Sessions” you can find all the logged in sessions.

To logo ut of Dropbox on another browser, click the cross beside the entry and you are done.

Twitter and LinkedIn

Unlike Google and Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter doesn’t come with a way to detect sessions on other PCs and allow you to logout remotely. However, if you change your LinkedIn/Twitter password on any browser, it will automatically close all active sessions.

Note: We will update this post as we uncover more apps that allow you to log out from sessions remotely.

Conclusion

It would be great if all web apps came with a way for you to log out of sessions remotely; unfortunately, only a few of them do. It is, thus, very important for you to remember to log out of your accounts when you are done with your session, even on your own computer.

Damien Oh started writing tech articles since 2007 and has over 10 years of experience in the tech industry. He is proficient in Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iOS, and worked as a part time WordPress Developer. He is currently the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Make Tech Easier.

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