Comply with Google Play policies
Manage policy violations
- Check your app’s policy status
- App verification
- Report a policy violation
- Contact Google Play about an account termination, app removal or suspension
- Fair warnings
- My app has been removed from Google Play
- Understanding Google Play Developer account terminations
- Report inappropriate reviews
- Common violations for gambling apps
App management
Use of app permissions and APIs
- Declare permissions for your app
- Understanding location in the background permissions
- Use of all files access (MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) permission
- Use of the broad package (app) visibility (QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES) permission
- Use of the REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission
- Use of SMS or call log permission groups
- Use of the AccessibilityService API
- Remediation for Sensitive JavaScript Interface Vulnerability
- Use of the isMonitoringTool Flag
- Details on Google Play's Photo and Video Permissions policy
Policy education and app requirements
- Understanding Google Play’s payments policy
- Understanding Google Play's service fee
- Understanding Google Play's 'Better ad experiences' policy
- Understanding Google Play's VpnService policy
- Understanding moderation requirements and incidental sexual content in UGC apps
- Understanding Google Play’s app-account deletion requirements
- Understanding foreground service and full-screen intent requirements
- Understanding Google Play’s spyware policy
- Requirements for news and news-related apps
- Update on COVID-19 guidelines
- Requirements for distributing apps in specific countries/regions
- Requirements for apps that communicate government information
- Health Connect policy requirement FAQ
- Provide information for the financial features declaration
- Country/region allowances for gambling apps
- Advertising ID
- System services
- Using SDKs safely and securely
- On-device Android container apps and the REQUIRE_SECURE_ENV manifest flag option
- Health app categories and additional information
- Understanding Google Play's AI-generated content policy
- General conditions of access for Google Play in the EEA
- Learning more about our child safety standards policy