This guide will walk you through how to remove data source and data source connections from Looker Studio (formerly Data Studio).
Note that you can also manage your data source accounts and users on the Supermetrics Hub, where you can also easily remove a user's connection to the data source.
There can sometimes be a short delay between you making changes and them appearing in the product — if you've made changes and they don't appear, wait a short while and refresh the page.
If you see the following error about prioritized accounts, follow the instructions below to remove the data source accounts you don't need. For more information, see how to adjust your prioritized accounts on the Supermetrics Hub.
- The query is trying to pull data from x views that are not listed as prioritised accounts.
Instructions
To remove data source accounts:
- Open a Looker Studio report and select any chart.
- Click the Edit icon
next to your data source (or click Resource → Manage added data sources and click Edit there). - Click Edit connection.
- Under Select accounts/pages/profiles, uncheck the accounts you'd like to remove.
Make sure that the ALL ACCOUNTS option is not selected.
- Click Reconnect and Done to save the changes.
To remove data source connections:
- Open a Looker Studio report and select any chart.
- Click the Edit icon next to your data source (or click Resource → Manage added data sources and click Edit there).
- Click Edit connection.
In the data source settings, click the link after View & manage your connections.
- If you're in multiple teams, you'll be asked to choose the team relevant to this change.
- Click the 3-dot icon right next to the connection and select Remove connection to remove that specific connection.
- Click Reconnect and Done to save the changes.