Why Does Google Keep Signing Me Out?
Google uses cookies to allow a Web browser to remain signed in to the same Google account for an extended period. Security procedures that erase or block cookies can interfere with staying signed in to Google. Automatic sign-in is also disrupted when a user manually signs out from an account.
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Remaining Signed In
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Google provides the option to remain signed in to a Google account on the sign-in page. A checkbox below the username and password indicates whether the account should remain signed in after the Web browser window has been closed. Click on this checkbox before submitting the sign-in form to activate this feature. This request is stored in a cookie, which is stored in your browser preferences; if you use a different Web browser application, it may not be able to access this cookie, and you must specify whether you want to stay signed in with that browser as well.
Manually Signing Out
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Every Google page has a sign-out button in the upper right corner of the page. Clicking this button returns the page to a sign-in screen and turns off the preference to leave the browser signed in to that account. Note that some Google applications allow you to switch accounts without signing out and signing in again; for example, a drop-menu in Gmail allows you to switch between several linked Gmail accounts while remaining signed in to the original user account. Once you link a secondary Gmail account to a primary account, it will be remembered in the future and provided in the Gmail drop-menu.
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Sign-In Expiration
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Your request to remember a Google sign-in automatically expires after two weeks, regardless of your browser settings. There is no way to extend this period, but you can use the "autofill" feature in your Web browser to remember your Google user name and password, which makes signing into Google again a one-click process.
Cookie Blocking
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A cookie is a small amount of data written to your Web browser by the Web servers you contact. Google uses cookies to maintain the information necessary to keep your sign-in session intact after you close a Web browser window. Many security settings prevent this from working, as Google requires both regular and third-party cookies for complete functionality. Third-party cookies are written to your browser by different Web servers than the one you have deliberately contacted and must be separately allowed in your browser's security preferences. Some security software may periodically delete all cookies in your Web browser, which is a common reason for Google sign-ins to be repeatedly disrupted. However, if this is not the case, manually clearing both the cache and cookies in your browser can delete corrupted information, allowing Google sign-in to work consistently in the future.
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