Cannot remove "Internal test track" build from Google Play Console

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Mike picture Mike · May 31, 2018 · Viewed 23.1k times · Source

I've been developing my first app for work and am having trouble removing an earlier version from the Google Play Console.

My first release was version 2, which I released on the Internal Test track, as much as an experiment to understand the working of things. I have subsequently release the app up to version 8, always targeting Alpha/Closed Track and had no problems with them.

However my first release, the one in Internal test track, simply refuses to go away. All the others I have found I can click MANAGE then RELEASE TO BETA then DISCARD (at the bottom) and they go away, but not this one.

Can anyone help me with this please. I have to say that the websites for releasing to both Android and to Apple do leave much to be desired - a bit of a baptism of fire to get your first app out there, even just to testers.

Answer

Vincent Brodeur picture Vincent Brodeur · Jul 19, 2018

It is possible to discard the release by creating a new release without a bundle or APK, inserting a release name, which is required, and completing the process.

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