How to remove a Google Play Leaderboard highscore

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I've just published my game and I see that the high score from testing is still present as the high-score. How do I remove it/reset the leaderboard?

[Google Play Game Services Leaderboards](https://developers.google.com/games/services/common/concepts/leaderboards#editing_a_leaderboard) — Coda17, May 23 '14 at 17:23
Not sure why it was -1, it's a very valid question. What brought me here is not testing, but filtering out possible cheaters. — Csaba Toth, Jan 27 '15 at 19:31
I predict this question will get visited a lot and hopefully answered soon. GDPR demands that data can be removed and the user forgotten. — Madmenyo, Jun 12 '18 at 07:31

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '15 at 04:02

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In game load leaderboard or achievements -- in right top corner click settings -- sharing -- Disconnect (with check box "also delete all activities in google"). It will remove all your scores

answered Jun 10 '15 at 04:02

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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Answer - you can't. Leaderboards are fixed after publishing and you can't remove entries. I could either hide the dubious score, or, as I did, create a new leaderboard and delete the old.

Importantly, this Stackoverflow question - How do I reset Google Play Games leaderboards before publishing? - that I referred to before publishing was invalid. My test leaderboard was not reset upon publishing. In future I'll be sure that test scores are suitably low and irrelevant.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered May 23 '14 at 17:59

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I didn't. I removed the old leaderboard and replaced it. The Google docs went into how you can hide specific scores IIRC. – Tickled Pink Mar 26 '15 at 21:32

Csaba Toth · Answer 3 · 2017-04-02T23:11:44.807

I'm approaching this question to remove any entries of possible cheaters. I see an API method to hide a certain player: https://developers.google.com/games/services/management/api/players

Same in REST API: https://developers.google.com/games/services/management/api/?hl=en#Players

Someone can also enable Anti-Piracy (https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/antipiracy) for the app, Tamper protection for the leader board (http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/21/google-play-games-introduces-new-publishing-api-and-leaderboard-tamper-protection-improves-unity-plugin-and-c-sdk/), but that only seems to be advisable if you are Android only and you don't have iOS and HTML release.