Prevent downloading certain apps from the play store

Step 1: Find and open the Google Play Store app from your app drawer. Step 2: Once you are on the main screen, tap on the 3 horizontal bars on the upper left corner. You can also slide the left side of the screen. Step 3: Tap on Settings. Step 4: Tap on Require authentication for purchase and select either Every 30 minutes or For all purchase through Google Play on this device.  · Turn on your restrictions. This may seem obvious, but a lot of people don’t know that the settings of your iOS device allow you to restrict certain activity. All you need to do is enter your settings and hit the tab in the part labelled “General” to turn them.  · Answer: A: You can totally restrict them from downloading apps in SettingsGeneralRestrictionsInstalling Appsoff. If you do that, the App Store icon will disappear from the iPad. If you do that, you have to set a restrictions passcode first. settingsGeneralRestrictionsEnable Restrictions.

Step 3: Change Play Store Country. When you open the Play Store application, you'll be able to tell if your country settings have already changed by searching for a region-specific app, or by checking the price of a paid application. If the app shows up, or you're now seeing prices listed in a foreign currency, that's it! The Play Store is not downloading/updating certain apps, but downloading others. Following are 2 examples, but it is happening on some other apps as well, but not all others. 1. Uber - always stuck at 99% 2. Google Play System Update - stucks at either 48%, 52% or 54% 3. There is some app named Google Play Services for AR. Google Play Store downloads only one app at a time, so in case the screen show pending check is there any other app being downloaded or updated at the moment. If yes, either wait for the download to finish or manually stop the download by heading to the My apps.

You can block the downloads of apps that surpass a certain age by using parental controls within the Google Play Store. Here’s how to do it. Launch the “Google Play Store.”. Clear the cache data of the Play Store. This gives the app a fresh start and can help fix issues. Open your device's Settings app. Tap Apps notifications See all apps. Scroll down and tap. Basically, in preventing the Play Store download of popular apps, Google is just — intentionally or not — directing rooted users to third-party sources in search of unauthorized APKs.