Set a budget for your Google Play expenses

You can check and track your Google Play expenses, and set and manage a budget.

Set a budget

You can only set a budget in the currency of your current Google Play country profile. Learn how to change your Google Play country.

Important: Budgets allow you to monitor your expenses and receive alerts when you spend a certain amount. They don’t prohibit transactions when you exceed your budget.

To set a budget:

1. On your Android device, open the Google Play Store app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture.
3. Tap Payments & subscriptions Budget & history.
4. Tap Set budget.
5. Enter an amount.
6. Tap Save.

If you're close to or over your budget, you get a message every time you buy an item from your account.

Tip: Your monthly budget history is stored in your Google Account, but it’s removed after 1 year.

Change your budget

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture.
3. Tap Payments & subscriptions Budget & history.
4. Tap Edit budget.
5. Choose the amount for your budget, then tap Save.

Remove your budget

1. On your phone, open the Google Play Store app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture.
3. Tap Payments & subscriptions Budget & history.
4. Tap Remove budget.

Find how much you've spent

1. On your phone, open the Google Play Store app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture.
3. Tap Payments & subscriptions Budget & history.
4. At the top, you can find how much you spent so far this month.

Fix problems when you set or remove a budget

If you get an error when you try to set or remove a budget: 

1. Check your internet or mobile data connection.
2. Try again.