thechromeguideBeginner's Guide for ChromeOS

How to Remove Google Play Store Support From Chromebook

By Ajoy KumarPublished Updated

You can completely remove Google Play Store from your Chromebook; if you don’t like using Android applications on it. However, we don’t recommend removing Google Play Store from your Chromebook. But if you want, you can do it. For that, follow the guide till the end.

When you remove Play Store, it will delete all the installed Android apps and content you have purchased from Play Store such as moves, TV shows, music books, and in-app purchases.

Remove Google Play Store Support From Chromebook

Here are steps you can follow to remove Play Store from your Chromebook:

Step 1: On your Chromebook, open “Settings.” For that, click the “Quick Settings Panel” in the lower right corner of your screen. Then click on the gear icon to open the settings.

An Arrow Point to Quick Settings and Boxing Highlighting Gear Icon on CHormebook

Step 2: The settings window will appear. Select the “App” tab on the left of your screen. Then from the right of your screen select the “Google Play Store” option.

Screenshot not in the archive: Screenshot Showing you to Access Google Play Store Settings on Chromebook

Step 3: Click on the “Remove” button next to remove the Google Play Store option to remove Play Store support from your Chromebook.

Screenshot not in the archive: Highlighting Remove button to Uninstall Google Play Store from ChromeOS

Step 4: You will get a confirmation message. If you are sure that you want to remove it, you can click on the “Remove Android Apps” button.

Screenshot not in the archive: Window Showing Warning Message While Removing Google Play Store

Note:- However, we don’t recommend removing Google Play Store from your Chromebook. If you have removed Google Play Store, you can re-enable it again.

Conclusion

That’s it; this is how you can remove Google Play Store from your Chromebook. If you want to re-enable it, follow to guide on; how to enable Google Play Store on Chromebook. You also can check out our Chromebook troubleshooting guide if you are new to Chromebook and Chrome OS.

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Written in 2022 for the ChromeOS and Chrome versions of that time, so menus may look different today. Restored from the Internet Archive copy of 2023-06-08. 3 of 4 screenshots were not saved by the archive; their captions are kept in the text.