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Arnold Wafula

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How to Unpublish an App From Google Play Store

How to Unpublish an App From Google Play Store

The very brief process of unpublishing 🚮 your app

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Introduction

As we saw in the last article, publishing an app to the Play Store is simple. Here, we will delve into the reverse process, unpublishing. While publishing requires plenty of time (testing) and planning, unpublishing is swift.

Without further ado, let us go through the process of unpublishing an app from the Play Store.

Step 1: Go to Play Console

Visit the Play Console and log in with your developer account.

Choose developer account

Step 2: Select The App from the List

On the Play Console home page, under “All apps,” select the app that you want to unpublish from the Play Store.

Select the app you want to unpublish

This will take you to the app dashboard where you will proceed to the next step.

App Dashboard

Step 3: Select Setup from the side menu

On the side menu, scroll down to the “Release” section.

Select Setup under “Release”

Select the Setup menu. It has four options;

  1. App Integrity

  2. Integrity API Report

  3. Internal app sharing

  4. Advanced settings

Step 4: Choose Advanced Settings

On the “Advanced Settings” page, the App availability tab will open by default.

Unpublished

Choose the Unpublished option.

Done!!

NB: Unpublishing does not fully remove the app. Users that have installed the app on their devices will still find it on the Play Store and receive updates.
To completely remove the app, contact the Play Console support team here to raise a ticket.

Conclusion

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