Multiple market accounts?

**dullgeek** · 10-12-2011, 01:50 AM

I have more than one google account. I somehow managed to switch from my primary account to a different one in the market. I have most apps installed under my primary account and some installed under my secondary account.

How do get the apps installed under a single account? Ideally I'd like to move all the apps currently under the secondary account into the primary account. Can this be done?

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**Photon4glover** · 10-12-2011, 05:34 AM

I have same question

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**KSmithInNY** · 10-12-2011, 04:25 PM

The app can only be linked to the account it was originally purchased under. There is no way to switch what account the app shows under. You can switch accounts in the market and have apps installed under both names but it sounds like you already know that

**dave75** · 10-12-2011, 06:54 PM

I accidentally used the wrong account when I first set up my phone and I did a reset to use the right account. Now I get app updates for the original account. Can I delete that market account but keep the email?

**dullgeek** · 10-14-2011, 10:47 AM

Is there a way to limit which accounts are available to the market to prevent this in the future?

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**techgeek32#WN** · 10-14-2011, 11:17 AM

This sounds like a new glitch with the new version of Android Market. I have the same problem in that my secondary Gmail account is shown in the Market even though I never set it up for the Market with a credit card or anything. Hopefully Google will see these posts and provide a software update. When I revert back to the older version the problem goes away. I have deleted my second Gmail account and readded through accounts and eventually it starts showing up in the Market again. Maybe someone with some clout can get a request to Google. I have confirmed this issue with my Epic Touch 4G as well.

**KSmithInNY** · 10-14-2011, 12:43 PM

That's not a bug or glitch, that's exactly how it works and is supposed to work. Any Gmail or gaps account setup on with the phone (Menu/Settings/accounts - anything with a "G" next to it) is an option to use as an account in the market. The first gmail or gaps account you add when setting up the phone is going to always be the default account.

Theres no setup process to use an email account with the market. If the account is gmail or gaps and you agree to the TOS of the market, then it's available to download things from the Android market. A credit card is only added to purchase anything. If you never add a credit card to a gmail account, you can still open the market and still download free apps. If you tried to purchase an app is when you get a notification to add a card.

In this case you'd need to submit an enhancement, not a bug. You can submit enhancements to the after you search an verify the enhancement doesn't already exist. The enhancement you're looking for is probably something to the tune of " Under account settings for gmail accounts (Menu > Settings > Accounts - Gmail) please ad a check box to include or exclude the gmail account from list of accounts in the Android market."

Bug submissions take priority over enhancement submissions and you'd need to get people to go that specific submission and "star" it.

**techgeek32#WN** · 10-15-2011, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by KSmithInNY

That's not a bug or glitch, that's exactly how it works and is supposed to work. Any Gmail or gaps account setup on with the phone (Menu/Settings/accounts - anything with a "G" next to it) is an option to use as an account in the market. The first gmail or gaps account you add when setting up the phone is going to always be the default account.

Theres no setup process to use an email account with the market. If the account is gmail or gaps and you agree to the TOS of the market, then it's available to download things from the Android market. A credit card is only added to purchase anything. If you never add a credit card to a gmail account, you can still open the market and still download free apps. If you tried to purchase an app is when you get a notification to add a card.

In this case you'd need to submit an enhancement, not a bug. You can submit enhancements to the after you search an verify the enhancement doesn't already exist. The enhancement you're looking for is probably something to the tune of " Under account settings for gmail accounts (Menu > Settings > Accounts - Gmail) please ad a check box to include or exclude the gmail account from list of accounts in the Android market."

Bug submissions take priority over enhancement submissions and you'd need to get people to go that specific submission and "star" it.

That makes sense, but why did this never happen with the old version of the Market? This only started after I started using the new Market.