Google Blocked 1.75M Harmful Apps From Play Store in 2025

Google used AI-driven review systems to block 1.75 million policy-violating apps and ban 80,000 developer accounts in 2025, ...
Android Authority

Google Play Store begins highlighting apps that let you delete your account

Google has mandated apps that create user accounts to also allow for account and data deletion within the app and through the web. The enforcement deadline for app developers is May 31, 2024. Ahead of ...
TechRadar

Google rejected nearly two million Android apps and blocked more than 80,000 developer accounts from Google Play in 2025

Google says it blocked 1.75m apps and 80,000 bad developer accounts in 2025 Play Protect scanned 350bn apps daily, flagging 27m malicious apps outside Play Store GenAI models boosted app review ...
Indiatimes

Google banned 80,000 developer accounts, blocked 27 million dangerous apps from outside Google Play and more: How Google kept Android users safe in 2025

FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, California. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) Google has published its annual review of Android and Google Play security. It ...
techtimes

Google Play Store Now Displays 'Account Deletion Available' Badge on Every App

Google has recently rolled out an important update to its Play Store, now displaying an "Account Deletion Available" badge on every app that allows user account creation. In April 2023, Google ...
Forbes

Google Confirms Play Store Deletion—Remove Apps On Your Phone

Do not keep these apps. Republished on August 30 with new deletion update for Play Store apps. Google has now confirmed the deletion of 77 malicious apps from Play Store. But this is just the tip of ...