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Monomeeth
Monomeeth

Reputation: 773

Is it possible to just 'hide' an app from the All Applications list in Google Play Console?

I'm currently working on the Android version of an iPhone app.

It's my first time using Android Studio, the Google Play Console, battling Gradle, etc and because of this inexperience I accidentally published the app for a brief period (less than an hour) and have since unpublished it. It was not downloaded by anyone in that period.

I understand from these questions (1, 2, 3, 4) that it is not possible to delete an app that has been published.

I also checked Google Play Console's help pages, but there was no indication either way on whether hiding an app was possible.

However, since it can't be deleted, is there a way (official or otherwise) to just hide it from the Google Play Console list?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3808

Answers (2)

Nick Fortescue
Nick Fortescue

Reputation: 13836

This is not currently possible. However, if you are really bothered, there is one way you could do it. Google offers the ability to do "App transfers" (instructions).

This is typically used when one company sells an app to another. But you could create a new developer account and transfer the app to that account, which would get it out of your list. But it probably isn't worth it.

Upvotes: 3

Canato
Canato

Reputation: 3968

You can put your app in a close test, only e-mail that you give access will be able to download.

Today you have 4 types of App Releases in Google Play:

  • Production: when you real release the app for everybody;
  • Beta: App is not ready, open test;
  • Alpha: App is not ready, close test;
  • Internal Test: App is not ready, "close test";

In your case you can use Alpha or Internal Test. Internal Test should be use for company test, it is launch very fast and work for marketing people download, you boss or some testers. Alpha it should be more like you have a group of "trust" users that will like to test your app.

In both cases you need to create a list of gmail accounts, so it is not open for public yet.

You can read more here

Upvotes: 3

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