diff --git a/client/android/login.go b/client/android/login.go
index 3f367b97f..897b1561e 100644
--- a/client/android/login.go
+++ b/client/android/login.go
@@ -204,8 +204,9 @@ func (a *Auth) foregroundGetTokenInfo(authClient *auth.Auth, urlOpener URLOpener
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get OAuth flow: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// An empty hint is deliberate, not a fallback: a fresh or logged-out profile
-	// leaves the choice to the IdP, which is how accounts get switched.
+	// An empty hint is deliberate, not a fallback: a fresh profile leaves the
+	// choice to the IdP. Switching accounts is done by switching or removing
+	// profiles, not by logging out — logout keeps the email.
 	if a.cfgPath != "" {
 		if hint := readProfileEmail(a.cfgPath); hint != "" {
 			if setter, ok := oAuthFlow.(loginHintSetter); ok {
diff --git a/client/android/profile_manager.go b/client/android/profile_manager.go
index 3197124d7..20d585d6a 100644
--- a/client/android/profile_manager.go
+++ b/client/android/profile_manager.go
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ type Profile struct {
 	ID   string
 	Name string
 	// Email is the account this profile last logged in with, "" if it never
-	// completed an SSO login or was logged out. See profile_state.go.
+	// completed an SSO login. Kept across logouts; cleared when the profile is
+	// removed. See profile_state.go.
 	Email    string
 	IsActive bool
 }
@@ -200,11 +201,9 @@ func (pm *ProfileManager) LogoutProfile(id string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to save config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Not fatal: a stale hint costs an account switch, not the logout itself.
-	if err := removeProfileEmail(configPath); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to clear stored account email for profile %s: %v", id, err)
-	}
-
+	// The stored account email is kept on purpose, matching the desktop and CLI
+	// logout semantics: the next login passes it as the login_hint so the IdP
+	// preselects the account. Removing the profile is what deletes it.
 	log.Infof("logged out from profile: %s", id)
 	return nil
 }
@@ -224,11 +223,24 @@ func (pm *ProfileManager) RenameProfile(id string, newName string) error {
 
 // RemoveProfile deletes a profile
 func (pm *ProfileManager) RemoveProfile(id string) error {
+	configPath, err := pm.getProfileConfigPath(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// Use ServiceManager (removes profile from profiles/ directory)
 	if err := pm.serviceMgr.RemoveProfile(profilemanager.ID(id), androidUsername); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove profile: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// The account file is this package's, not the ServiceManager's, so it must
+	// go here. The default profile has a fixed filename, so a recreated one
+	// would otherwise inherit the deleted profile's email as its login_hint.
+	// Not fatal: the profile itself is gone.
+	if err := removeProfileEmail(configPath); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed to remove stored account email for profile %s: %v", id, err)
+	}
+
 	log.Infof("removed profile: %s", id)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/client/android/profile_state.go b/client/android/profile_state.go
index 3f0a09701..0063b587f 100644
--- a/client/android/profile_state.go
+++ b/client/android/profile_state.go
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ func writeProfileEmail(configPath string, email string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// removeProfileEmail drops the stored account email. Called on logout: while the
-// email is on disk it goes out as a login_hint, which would steer the next login
-// straight back into the account just logged out of. Mirrors the desktop UI's
-// RemoveProfileState call.
+// removeProfileEmail drops the stored account email. Called on profile removal,
+// not on logout: a logged-out profile keeps its email so the next login passes
+// it as the login_hint, matching the desktop and CLI semantics. Mirrors the
+// desktop UI's RemoveProfileState call.
 func removeProfileEmail(configPath string) error {
 	accountPath, err := profileAccountPathFor(configPath)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/client/android/profile_state_test.go b/client/android/profile_state_test.go
index 623e16c3b..82a1c2a87 100644
--- a/client/android/profile_state_test.go
+++ b/client/android/profile_state_test.go
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ func TestWriteThenReadProfileEmail(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("remove: %v", err)
 	}
 	if got := readProfileEmail(configPath); got != "" {
-		t.Errorf("expected no email after logout, got %q", got)
+		t.Errorf("expected no email after removal, got %q", got)
 	}
 
-	// Logout may run on a never-logged-in profile, so a second remove must pass.
+	// Removal may run on a never-logged-in profile, so a second remove must pass.
 	if err := removeProfileEmail(configPath); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("second remove should be a no-op: %v", err)
 	}