You replaced a phone or stopped using a computer. It should no longer receive the chats you create today. OGAD (Off Grid AI Desktop) Pro lets you remove that device from its trusted sync group.
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This guide uses the Mac Devices screen. Evicting a device ends sync trust and also removes it from your licensed devices. It is more than a temporary disconnect.
Choose the right action
Disconnect stops the current connection. Evict device removes the device’s membership so the devices must pair again before sync can reconnect.
Use eviction when an old device should leave your own-device group. It is not a remote wipe: do not assume it deletes chats or files that already arrived there.
Remove the device you no longer use
- Open Devices on your Mac.
- Find the old device and check its name and connection state. Rename ambiguous devices before making a removal decision.
- Open that device’s actions and choose Evict device.
- Read the confirmation. It explains the sync and licence effects for this device.
- Confirm only after you have identified the correct device. Check the resulting status and any pending action shown.
When the device is reachable, the flow also removes its saved licence. When it is offline, that licence-removal action remains queued until it reconnects. This does not mean an offline device has been remotely erased.
The current sync group shares chats and projects as required workspace data. Turning off optional file sharing is not a substitute for removing a device that should no longer receive chats.
Before giving away the old phone
Check that the chats and files you need have arrived on a device you are keeping. Then handle local data removal on the old device through its own app or operating-system controls. Eviction and deleting an old device’s stored content serve different purposes.
If you remove the wrong device, pair it again through the normal QR-code or pairing-code flow. Do not assume that a disconnected or offline status alone means membership was revoked.
The device management flow is part of OGAD and OGAM sync. It requires Pro access and the relevant device/licence checks to complete.
Finish a device replacement in the right order
If both devices are still available and you have a free licence seat, first activate and pair the replacement. Confirm that an important conversation and the files you need are present on a device you will keep. Open those files rather than judging the transfer only by a connection icon.
Then identify the old device in Devices and remove its membership. If the roster names are ambiguous, rename devices while you can still tell which physical machine they refer to. This is easier than recovering from evicting the wrong computer.
If you must free a seat before the new device can activate, preserve the required data from the old device first. Do not end its trust while it is your only route to material you still need to transfer.
Read the result as a membership change
After eviction, check the device list and the operation’s result. A device being offline is different from being removed. If the licence-removal action is pending because the old device is unreachable, retain that distinction in your own check.
For a phone you are giving away, local data removal remains a separate job on that phone. Eviction protects future participation in the group; it does not prove that previously received files have disappeared.
If a needed device was removed by mistake, use the normal pairing flow again after checking its licence access. Treat that as a deliberate return to the trusted group. This keeps the roster meaningful: each listed device should be one you intend to hold your shared workspace.
Open OGAD and review your paired-device list. Keep only devices you want to hold your shared workspace.