Delete an App from google play? (Solution)

ilan

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Since 2012 (after discovering b4x) i created many apps (~80). many of them are unpublished because it is not worth dealing with them and i also don't update any of them but every time i go to my dev console i hate it to search for the apps that are active (around 18).
unfortunately google does not allow you to delete apps from the console even if they are no more active.
but i found a solution how to remove them from my console.
i know that there is a combobox where you can filter them out but it is not only the visual issue i am also afraid that my account could be blocked if one of my apps does not meet google policy and it is not clear if an unpublished app could be the cause for such decision so i decided to not take any chances and perform the following.

google does not allow deleting apps but it allows us to transfer apps (like if you sell an app to another developer)
so i opened a new dev account (cost me 25$) and i transferred all unpublished apps to that account. now it looks much cleaner and i also don't need to worry about updating does old apps.

if you also would like to do that here is the screenshot where you can find that option:



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peacemaker

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Google tracks lots of user data and your accounts are tied for sure in Google db. So, if to block - they easily may block all user's accounts including duplicates at once.
 

ilan

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Google tracks lots of user data and your accounts are tied for sure in Google db. So, if to block - they easily may block all user's accounts including duplicates at once.
I am not sure about that. If some apps dont apply with google policy then those will be blocked and not all of the same dev but maybe if many are blocked this can effect that dev account specifically
 

Filippo

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so i opened a new dev account (cost me 25$) and i transferred all unpublished apps to that account. now it looks much cleaner and i also don't need to worry about updating does old apps.
It may not be the solution, but it is definitely a small help.
 
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