Delete a Closed Track in Google Play Console

Question

In the App Releases page of the Google Play Console, how do you delete a closed track?

There is a Manage button for the track but no obvious way of deleting it from the page which appears.

I have accidentally created a track I don't need and it is confusing/annoying to have it there. Hopefully I'm missing something rather than this functionality just not having been implemented!

Nick Fortescue · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-15T08:19:27.260

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It isn't exactly possible right now.

However, you can:

click on the 'Manage' button
expand the 'Managed testers' card
click on the 'Deactivate track' button.

The track will go in a 'Deactivated tracks' list in the 'App Releases' page."

It's not totally deleted, but that might be enough for you. I've sent the feedback to the right team that this wasn't completely discoverable, and that complete deletion for unused tracks would be useful.

You also can't delete the default "Alpha" or "Beta" tracks right now, only ones you have created yourself.

edited Aug 15 '18 at 08:19

answered Jul 13 '18 at 09:02

Nick Fortescue

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Looks like you're right on deletion not being supported. However I can't see the "Deactivate Track" button... the only buttons in the 'Manage Testers' card for me are "Remove Testers" and "Save". Clicking "Remove Testers" doesn't help. – HughHughTeotl Jul 13 '18 at 10:56
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Likewise, no Deactivate Track button. – Emerson Farrugia Jul 19 '18 at 11:33
Here's the info from Google about this. https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/3131213?hl=en-GB It only applies to closed tracks though. – Emerson Farrugia Jul 19 '18 at 11:38
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Ah, I've figured it out. You can't deactivate the default closed track called "Alpha". You can only deactivate one you've created yourself. Otherwise the Deactivate Track button doesn't appear @EmersonFarrugia – HughHughTeotl Aug 14 '18 at 15:24
Thanks, I've added that to the answer. – Nick Fortescue Aug 15 '18 at 08:18
If you are using the new (beta) version of the console, there is no such option (yet), so you have to revert to classic. – Lucas Basquerotto Aug 28 '20 at 13:12
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So after 4 years has Google any plans to reduce clutter of paused tracks and make them delete-able? – philk Jun 02 '22 at 10:34
@philk yeah and no option to rename them either? I created one with a typo and now I will see that forever... – Paranoid Android Mar 06 '23 at 18:02
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Still nothing :( – philk Mar 08 '23 at 08:22

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '22 at 09:46

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I can't find Deactivate track as on other answers - I think it has been changed by Google.

However, I can find option to Pause track, maybe it'll good for others.

This can be found when you click on Manage Track:

And after clicking on it:

answered Jan 05 '22 at 09:46

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This is all I can find also, but it's not perfect. Sometimes the paused tracks still appear in certain menus/selectors. – HJo May 31 '22 at 03:34

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 27 '22 at 16:25

If a new track is created in Closed testing, then it remains there forever. There's no way to delete the track.

If the track appears in the Releases overview, it can be discarded so that it doesn't pollute the list. To discard/remove the track from the list containing Latest releases, click on the arrow beside the item and select Discard release.

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 08 '19 at 05:34

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Deactivate track is available for any custom track created by user. Remove testers is applicable for any play console provided track.

answered Apr 08 '19 at 05:34

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 27 '21 at 22:24

For me the answer is in the negative. For a closed user-created track there is no deactivate track option. The above answers relate to an old version of the UI. This post gives the current situation. In a nutshell you have to release a higher version and this somehow makes the old track go away.

Delete a Closed Track in Google Play Console

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