Since the ring app is an application that allows you to connect several devices to your tablet, you can get to enjoy easy surveillance, alerts, and complete control of your cameras from anywhere in the world by using this app.
One problem a lot of people have is getting to successfully remove a device they configured to their ring app. It is pretty easy to remove a device from the ring app.
We are going to be giving you a step-by-step guide on how to remove a device from the ring app and a lot more.
How To Remove A Device From The Ring App
Removing a device from the ring app is pretty easy. You can do it within seconds as long as you have your smartphone or tablet. Below are instructions you should follow if you will like to remove a device from the ring app.
- Open the Ring App on Your Phone
This is the first thing you need to do if you will like to remove a device from the ring app. You might see people who say that you should simply disable the device manually and you are good to go.
This is very wrong as it might trigger alarms and subscription costs. The first thing you need to do when it comes to removing an app on your account is to open the ring app on your phone
- Choose the Device
Once you open your ring app, you have to tap the 3 lines at the top left of the screen. Then, click on <tab devices>. you will see different devices that are connected to your ring app account.
You should see devices from your doorbell device to your motion sensor, camera and light devices, and a lot more.
The next thing you need to do when you see all these options is to select the device you will like to remove. You can select the device by simply clicking on the device.
- Click on Device Settings
Once you have clicked on the device you would like to remove, the next thing you need to do is to click on <device settings>. By clicking on the device settings, you will get access to regulate the device and do a host of other things with the device.
You will find the device settings at the top left corner of your screen or tablet. Once you click on device settings, you can then move on to the next step below.
- Click on General Settings
Once you click on device settings, you will get to see a lot of settings options from privacy to access, schedule, alarms, notifications, and a lot more. You will have to take your time to look or scroll to the general settings options.
The general settings are right in the options menu. All you need to do is to swipe in the options menu and click on <general settings>. Once you click on the general settings, you are almost done with removing the device from the ring app.
- Tap Remove this Device
This is the last step you need to take to remove a device from your ring app. Once you have clicked on the general settings, you can click or tap <remove this device>. You will find this feature in the drop-down menu
Click on the option and you are good to go. The device will be successfully removed once you do this.
If you do not want to go through these steps, you can simply contact ring customer care to help you with removing the device. Your request will be processed in less than 3 days as long as you can verify it is you.
How To Delete Ring History On Android & iPhone
If most of your security devices such as motion sensors and cameras are connected to your device.
It piles up over time and you might not be too comfortable with storing such a large amount of data especially when most of them are filled with animals passing by. This is why you might want to delete your ring history.
Deleting your ring history is pretty easy. Simply follow the steps listed below to delete all your ring history on your android
- Open your Ring App
While this seems like a pretty obvious thing to do, some people would rather try deleting past events or history through any other means than using the ring app.
This is a very risky thing to do especially if you use a 3rd party app that can get access to all your ring app details.
Simply use the ring app for anything you will like to do when it comes to the security of your home. Open the ring app to delete the recent history from your android
- Swipe to Recent Events
This is the next thing you need to do once you have successfully opened the ring app. You will need to swipe to recent events on the right of your app.
By swiping to the right, you will see a list of events from the motion sensors to camera footage and a lot more.
Once you can see the events, you can then move on to the next stage below.
- Select the Event You Will Like to Delete
This is the next thing you need to do if you would like to delete the history of your ring app on your android.
Once you have successfully swiped to recent events and you can see the events on your app, you can now select the events you will like to delete.
You can select the events individually until you select all the events in your history. You can also use the faster method by clicking on the select all button. Once you click the select all button, all the events will be deleted.
- Tap on Delete
Once you have selected all the events in your history, you can move on to tap on the delete button.
Once you click on the delete button, you will be asked to confirm delete, click on <confirm delete button> and you are good to go. Your events will automatically get deleted.
Although it might take a couple of hours to days for all our history to be deleted, you should know that they cannot be recovered once they are deleted. The deletion is permanent as there is no backup where you can recover it
Another method you can use to delete all your history and event is by restoring factory settings. Once you restore factory settings, all your history and events will get deleted immediately.
Who Can Delete Ring Videos?
When it comes to deleting ring videos, there are a lot of misconceptions and rumors everywhere. There have been rumors that your videos can be deleted by other people, this is very wrong as no one has access to deleting the videos other than yourself.
You are the only person with access to deleting the videos on your ring account. No other person can delete the videos.
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Conclusion
It is pretty easy to delete a device from the ring app. All you need to do is follow the steps listed above and you are good to go.
Asides from deleting devices from the Ring app, you can also delete your history and recent events. All the steps you need to take have been mentioned in this article.
You should know that no one has access to deleting your videos other than yourself. Go through the article and you won’t have any problem deleting devices and events on your ring app.