[android] How to remove application from app listings on Android Developer Console

Is there any way to unpublish and then permanently remove an application from the list of applications on Android Developer Console?

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you can remove an App from the store or "Unpublish" by clicking a tiny label bellow your app's title, right side of the "PUBLISHED" green status label.

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Works even if your app was live (published) for long time, mine was.

Regards.


Select Store Presense then Pricing Distribution and select Unpublish from App Availability. enter image description here

Google's help for this is here: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/113476#unpublish (as of Feb-2020)


There is strictly no service provided yet from Google Store to delete/remove production app and also you can't change production build for best test.


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From Google Play Console, Select your app. Select Store Presence and select Pricing and Distribution from the side menu. There is a toggle switch to Publish and Unpublish app. Select UnPublish and click Submit Update Button in the top right corner.


No, you cannot delete the application once you have published it in Google Play. Google will keep all the apk files. But you can unpublish the version, if you dont want that version to be availaible to user.


Once application is made live by publishing it then you can't delete it, although Unpublished apps can be deleted using "Delete app" button as shown :

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You can't delete the app , but you can unpublish it . By doing so , it won't be available in play store but the user having your application will still be able to use your app .

Steps to follow to un-publish your app : To unpublish your app on the Google Play store:

  1. Go to https://market.android.com/publish/Home, and log in to your Google Play account.
  2. Click on the application you want to delete.
  3. Click on the Store Presence menu, and click the “Pricing and Distribution” item.
  4. Click Unpublish

Once app is published once it cannot be deleted from the listing in your console, but rather you can unpublish it only and if you want you can use the filters to hide it from the listing, but the draft apps you can delete them or hide them.


The one exception worth noting is that while you can't delete apps, the folks over at Google Play Developer Support are able to on their end if the app is both unpublished and has 0 lifetime installs. So if your app has 0 lifetime installs, you might be in luck.

First you will need unpublish the app and wait 24 hours (to allow global stats to update and ensure that no last-minute installs happened). Assuming no last-minute installs happen over those 24 hours, you can contact Google Play Developer Support and check to see if they can delete it.

Please note that their requirement for 0 installs is a hard requirement. No exceptions can be made (not even if you installed the app yourself for testing purposes).


Note: Adding a new answer as the publish/unpublish option is moved to different location.

As mentioned in other answers you cannot delete the app. With updated Google Play Console (Beta), the Unpublish option is moved to different location:

Setup -> Advanced Settings -> App Availability

Enable Published / Unpublished accordingly!

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Actually it is now partially possible: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9023647

Updates to reports

In late May 2018, you may begin to see changes in your app's metrics based on your users' deletion of data. Some metrics are calculated based on data from users who have agreed to share their data with developers in aggregate.

The metrics that we provide in the Play Console are adjusted to more closely reflect data from all of your users. However, Google will not display data that falls under certain minimum thresholds.

Delete an app or game

You can permanently remove draft apps or games from your Play Console. You can also delete:

  1. Published apps or games that haven't been installed on any devices
  2. Published apps or games that no users are entitled to re-install

In these cases, contact our support team to request that your app's or game's data be permanently deleted.