(TOPIC WAS: Completely disable Google+ & keep gmail and profile (=non-removable!) (May 2013))
A friend of mine came with this problem...
This is what I found out. READ EVERYTHING FIRST! THEN decide...
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https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1044503?hl=en-gb (Downgrade from Google+)
I want to delete my Google+ account
What to do: If you’d like to delete your Google+ content and stop using Google+, you can downgrade your Google+ account. To downgrade your Google+ account:
Sign in to Google+
http://plus.google.com/.
Click your full name or email address in the top-right corner of your screen.
Click Account.
In “Account Management" chose Delete profile and remove related Google+ features.. (
https://plus.google.com/downgrade/?authuser=0)
What happens next? A new tab will be opened:
Delete Google+ content or your entire Google profile
If you delete Google+, Google attempts to restore your experience of other Google products to the way it was before you joined Google+ and to permanently delete your Google+ circles, posts, and comments. If you delete your Google profile, you delete Google+ as well as other services and their data that depend on a Google profile.
I chose: Delete Google+ content
Over the next few days, Google will attempt to delete all Google+ features and your Google+ data from your Google Account:
Your circles will be deleted, but people in your circles will remain in your Contacts.
Your +1's will be deleted.
Your posts and comments will be deleted and won't available to the people or communities you shared them with.
Any profile information that you did not make public will be deleted.
Many Google+ social and sharing features will be disabled for you on other Google sites.
Content from other services, such as videos, will no longer be visible to people in those circles.
You won't be able to use the "Sign in with Google" button to log in to third-party apps.
Any of your app activity sent to Google by third-party apps will be deleted.
!!!!!! YouTube !!!!!!
Check
https://www.youtube.com/identity_help?authuser=0&hl=en to see if you have linked your YouTube channel with your Google+ profile.
-----> If you have linked your YouTube channel with your Google+ profile, then your comments, messages, and incoming subscriptions will be deleted, and the rest of your channel contents (e.g., videos, playlists) will become private.
------> To keep your channel as it is, unlink it from your profile before deleting your profile. Learn more here:
http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2657970Switch back to a YouTube username
Channels that have linked to a Google+ page (not profile) can only switch back to a YouTube username within 14 days after linking.
You can disconnect your channel from Google+ and switch back to a traditional YouTube username:
Make sure you're signed into YouTube, and go to YouTube account settings:
http://youtube.com/accountClick the link: "Change to a business or other name, and disconnect Google+ profile", found below your email address.
If you had an old YouTube username:
You will then be asked to confirm that you want to revert your YouTube channel to your old username. Click OK and your identity will be reset to your old username. Your old avatar (if you had one) will be restored as well.
If you never had a YouTube-specific username: You will then be able to enter a YouTube username. Follow the instructions and then click OK. Your identity and Channel URL will be updated to reflect your new username, and your Google+ photo will no longer appear as your YouTube avatar.
However:
No Google+ pages that you own will be deleted. You must either delete your pages or transfer ownership of your pages before you can delete your Google+ content.
To delete or transfer ownership of your pages, go to your Google+ Pages settings:
https://plus.google.com/pages/manage . Learn More:
http://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1713811No photos will be deleted: you can still access them in Picasa. To delete them, go to Picasa Web Albums.
Your connected accounts will not be affected. Use the Connected accounts settings (
https://plus.google.com/connectedaccounts?hl=en) to manage them.
Your chat buddies in Google Talk and Gmail will not be deleted.
Your Google+ Local reviews will not be deleted: They will be marked as private and accessible in the "My Places" section of Google Maps. You will be able to delete them there. Learn more:
http://support.google.com/plus?p=downgrade_local&hl=en .
No communities you created will be deleted, unless you're the only member.
You won't be able to use the "Sign in with Google" button to log in to third-party apps.
Any of your app activity sent to Google by third-party apps will be deleted.
This should do the trick. I adjusted the copy-pastes with the actual texts I found on MY pages...
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