How to Delete a Google Play Store Review In 5 Minutes

If you're creating and selling apps on the Google Play Store, you know that you need a loyal following to help you grow the app's following and increase your revenue. However, there are times when a customer doesn't have the positive experience that you want them to have when using your app, and this person leaves a negative review. There are even people who leave fake negative reviews.

When you find negative and fake reviews on the , you need to get them deleted, especially if it's from someone who never downloaded your app. While it's easy to delete a review that you posted, it isn't easy for an app developer to get a review deleted that someone else posted. You might have tried contacting the Google Play Store, but you aren't having any luck. DoNotPay can make the process easier for you.

Can You Delete a Play Store Review?

You can only delete a review that you wrote in the since it's tied to your account. If you're an app developer who is trying to get a negative or fake review deleted from the Google Play Store, you'll have to get Google to do it for you.

Of course, the Google Play Store offers app developers the chance to respond to negative reviews and attempt to talk the person into deleting the review or putting out their side of the story. You might have a fake review that you need to be removed, and you need to report it to Google.

How to Flag or Report a Play Store Review

Google Play Store makes it easy for app developers to report a review that they believe is fake or somehow violates the terms of service. However, during the reporting process, there isn't a way for you to make comments or add any evidence of a fake review. Here are the steps to flagging and reporting a Google Play Store review:

Open Play console.
Click on "Quality."
Click on "Ratings and Reviews."
Click on "Reviews."
Select the review you want to report.
Click on the flag icon.
Click "Repor."

With your report filed, a Google specialist determines if the review violated the company's Comment Posting Policy. If the does violate the policy, it's removed, and if it doesn't, you're notified that the review will remain.

Why You Should Report Fake Reviews

People tend to remember developers that have bad reputations and reviews from the apps they made. If you don’t protect your apps from slanderous reviews you could not only lose your reputation but your apps may never rank in the Google Player Store which would directly affect your conversions. You should report fake reviews to:

Provide accurate feedback	Making sure the information that the wider world receives about your app is fair and accurate.
Protect your app from slander	People will get the wrong impression about who you are and how you operate if you are constantly bombarded by fake reviews that make your apps appear a certain way.

Reasons Why Play Store Will Delete a Review

Before you go through the hassle of attempting to remove a Google Play Store review on your own, you need to know the most common reasons why the platform removes reviews. Here's a look at a few common reasons:

Review posted multiple times
Fake reviews
Reviewers lied about who they were
Posted a review for someone else
Conflict of interest
Off-topic
Sexually explicit
Copyright infringement
Hate speech
Offensive language

How to Remove Negative Reviews on the Play Store With the Help of DoNotPay

When you're trying to sell an app or earn revenue through in-game purchases on the Google Play Store, you need a lot of positive reviews to get people to download your app. Some people leave negative Google Play Store reviews with very little provocation. In some cases, a person might leave a negative review for an app that they've never used. No matter the reason for a negative review on the Google Play Store, you need to get it removed. The DoNotPay can help you do this.

All you have to do is:

Select which platform the review was posted on.
Enter the url to the review and upload a photo to help us identify it.
Indicate why you want to report the review and also provide a detailed description.
And that's it! We'll report the review so that it gets investigated by the platform and taken down once they determine it's inappropriate.

DoNotPay Can Help You Get a Review Removed From Any Platform

After you delete a Play Store review, you might need to have a review removed from other platforms. You might sell your app on multiple platforms, and negative reviews might follow your app from one platform to the next. If you need help removing negative reviews from multiple platforms, DoNotPay is your trusted partner. Here are a few to get you started:

How to delete a Google review
How to remove photos from Google Business
How to delete a Yelp review
How to delete reviews on Facebook
How to delete an Amazon review

What Else Can DoNotPay Do?

After you successfully delete a Google Store review, you'll know that DoNotPay is the real deal. Fortunately, the app can help you tackle many items on your to-do list and make them easier to do. Check out a few of these to get started:

Delete a Play Store review today with the help of DoNotPay!