How to reset google play store on android (A How-to Guide)

Looking for how to reset google play store on android phone?

I got you very much covered and it is very much easy than you would think.

There are certain issues that will warrant a user to reset it’s Google play store, and that which I will explain later on this post.

First, I will explain all you need to know on resetting the Google play store app, and how you can go about it on your android phone. Now let’s proceed to that.

How to reset google play store on android

To reset the google play store on android phone, you need to open the settings app, screen down to apps, open and search for google play store. Open the play store ap and clear data and cache from the app.

Now let me give a more defined explanation on how to reset google play store on android phone.

Get started by opening the settings app on your android phone and scroll down to apps depending on how it states on your android phone. For samsung phones, it will state apps just like on the picture below.

how to reset google play store

Tap on apps and search for google play store. Upon finding the play store, open it and you’re closer to how to reset google play store.

To reset the google play store on your android phone, then tap on storage.

Now you have to clear data and cache from your play store app in order to reset the google play store app back to it’s original state or when you first powered your phone.

how to reset google play store on android

Immediately you have done that, you have successfully reset your google play store but thanks to the google play services, you will immediately be signed upon opening the google play store.

This is how to reset google play store on android phone, it only involves clearing data and cache especially clearing data from the play store app.


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Will resetting Google play store harm my phone?

You don’t need to be afraid on resetting your google play store app, I have done that several times and there’s no harm on my android phone.

There are certain problems you will encounter on your google play store and it requires you to reset google play store in order to resolve the problem.

There’s nothing to be afraid of in resetting the google play store, and remember your google account will still be intact and untouched.

You can also disable the Google play store on your android phone and nothing will happen to you phone, when I say nothing I mean to say absolutely nothing will happen to your android phone.

The only app I will never recommend you to disable or clear data unless there’s a serious need to do so is the google play services. If you disable the Google play services app on your android phone, you have to add your google account in order for the play services to work.

This is quite different from the Google play store cause immediately you opened the play store app, you will be signed in to the play store and this is because of the google play services and it’s saved data.

Now you have see it all, there’s no need to further as how do you reset google play store on android phone cause it only involves clearing data and cache and you’re good to go.

Reasons to reset google play store on android

One of the major reasons to reset google play store app on android is in the case of the play store app crashing or stopping on an android phone.

This is very frustrating as I have experienced this previously on my old android phone. For this type of problem one of the major solutions is to reset google play store app in order to resolve the problem.

Another reason to reset google play store app on android phone is to refresh the play store app. This usually comes handy if want to use a VPN and have access to a particular app.

I don’t know if you have ever tried to download an app from the play store and it states the app is not available for your location. Even when you use a VPN, it will still continue to show the message until you refresh or reset the google play store.

I’m very fond of doing this and it is one of the reasons why I do reset the google play store on my android phone. Aside from that, I hardly encounter any problems with my google play store app.

Remember if you want to change the google account linked to your Google play store app, resetting the play store doesn’t solve the problem or remove the google account. 

To do so, you have to open the settings app, scroll down to accounts and open it. Tap on accounts and locate the google account you want to remove from your android phone, and from the Google play store app.

Open the email address and tap on remove account.

Immediately you have done that the google account will be removed from your android phone, all Google apps and accounts, as well as from the Google play store.

This is how to remove a google account cause to reset google play store will not remove the google account from the play store and thanks to the google play services active on your android phone.

Should I force stop google play store

There’s no harm to force stop the google play store app on your android phone but remember you cannot use the app to update your apps and you won’t receive update notifications of apps on your android phone.

You can easily force stop or disable the Google play services, but I recommend you to doing such cause you will end up using untrusted third party apps website to download and install apps.

However, if it is out of curiosity you want to know what will happen if you go ahead and disable the Google play store app on your android phone, I’m telling you that absolutely nothing will happen, and your phobe will run properly.


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Now you have seen it all, how to reset google play store on android phone, it is left for you to try this out. Remember, you will only lose data stored or saved in the google play store but you won’t lose your google account.

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I'm Amaechi Uchenna by name, a mobile tech enthusiast who love writing articles about tips and tutorials especially relating to gadgets.

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