How to remove app from Google Play
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Google Play Store UI changed recently and the procedure to remove the app from the play store has been changed. If you are a developer of an app and want to delete the app from the Play Store listing, Google only lets you unpublish the app from the Play console.
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Steps to remove app from play store console
Step 1: Go to https://market.android.com/publish/Home and select your developer account by default users will navigate to the app list of their developer.
Step 1a: After that, select the app you want to Unpublish, In my case, I want to unpublish Alan wallpaper so new users can’t download the app from Play Store.
Step 2: In addition, the Next task is to move to Setup then click on Advanced settings. Under the App Availability tab you can see an option to unpublish the app, click on the radio button. Here the app status will be mentioned. Once done click on Save Changes as shown below.
Step 3: A pop-up window will come asking whether the user wants to really remove the app from the play store. Click on unpublish. However, Doing this will unlist the app from the Playstore and the existing users can use this, but no more people can download your app from Google Play Store. Similarly, click on the confirm button to proceed.
Once it is unpublished you can go to the main menu and see the app status changed to Removed by you.
Note: As mentioned above, developers can only unpublish the app from the Play store, As the existing user already installed apk on their system they will be able to use it even after unpublishing.
How to remove App permanently from Google Play console List
There is another way to permanently delete app listing from google play console, All you need to fill this application form. this will redirect to your play store Google support team and you can explain the details as shown below and click on submit.
So Far you have seen how to remove app listing from Google play console lets look into how to delete the app from Google play.
Time needed: 2 minutes.
How to delete app from google play Store
- Step 1: Open Google play store on your mobile device
- Step 2: Navigate to My apps & Games
- Step 3: Select your installed apps from the list, click on uninstall.
Yes, you can republish the app later, if you have not changed any changes to the App apk file then no need for review.
No. People who still use the installed version of the app can continue using whereas new people may not able to download it.
It’s not possible to completely remove an app list from the google play console, you can only unpublish the app list stays there.
yes. You can go to the Play console support page for reference and fill the application.
FINAL VERDICT :
In conclusion, I hope you enjoyed reading this article on “How to unpublish an app from Google play store”, If yes, then don’t forget to spread the word about it. This post has been updated on 08th September 2021 after major play console UI changes. In case you want to check how to publish an app in Google play check this post. Signing off sanjay@recodehive.com
