Removing EmailAddress from Django Admin

To properly remove the EmailAddress model from the Django admin interface when using django-allauth, you need to ensure that your unregistration code runs after the model has been registered.

The issue with your current approach is likely that you're trying to unregister the model before it's been registered by django-allauth.

Here are a few approaches to solve this:

Option 1: Use AppConfig and ready() method

Create or modify your app's AppConfig to unregister the model after all apps are loaded:

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# yourapp/apps.py
from django.apps import AppConfig

class YourAppConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'yourapp'
    
    def ready(self):
        from django.contrib import admin
        from allauth.account.models import EmailAddress
        
        # Wrap in try/except to handle case where it's not registered
        try:
            admin.site.unregister(EmailAddress)
        except admin.sites.NotRegistered:
            pass

Then make sure your AppConfig is properly referenced in your app's __init__.py:

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# yourapp/__init__.py
default_app_config = 'yourapp.apps.YourAppConfig'

Option 2: Create a custom admin.py file with higher priority

You can create an admin file that loads after allauth's admin registration:

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# yourapp/admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from allauth.account.models import EmailAddress

# Wrap in try/except to handle case where it's not registered
try:
    admin.site.unregister(EmailAddress)
except admin.sites.NotRegistered:
    pass

Make sure your app is listed after allauth.account in your INSTALLED_APPS setting to ensure your admin.py runs after allauth's.

Option 3: Override the admin site

If the above methods don't work, you can create a custom admin site:

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# yourapp/admin.py
from django.contrib.admin import AdminSite
from django.contrib import admin

class CustomAdminSite(AdminSite):
    site_header = "Your Custom Admin"
    site_title = "Your Admin Portal"
    index_title = "Welcome to Your Admin Portal"

custom_admin_site = CustomAdminSite(name='custom_admin')

# Register your models with custom_admin_site instead of admin.site
# And don't register EmailAddress

# Then in your urls.py, use custom_admin_site.urls instead of admin.site.urls

Remember to update your URLs to use this custom admin site.