36 apps Google has removed from Play Store so far this year that you need to delete  (2024)

Google has been pulling off apps from the Play Store that have either been violating the Play Store policies or have been infected by malware, particularly the Joker malware.

Joker first infected 11 apps on the Play Store in July, followed by 6 more apps in the first half of September. Then 17 more apps were been infected and were pulled off the app store in early October.

We just told you about Google removing three apps for kids from the Play Store, however, these have not been removed due to any malware issues.

Princess Salon, Number Coloring and Cats & Cosplay, that had more than 20 million downloads between them, have been pulled off by Google for violating Google's data collection policies and potentially accessing users' Android ID and AAID (Android Advertising ID) numbers, with the data leakage potentially connected to the apps being built using SDKs from Unity, Umeng and Appodeal.

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In all, so far 36 apps have been pulled off the Play Store for malware issues and other policy violations and you need to delete them right away in case you still have them on your phones.

Here are the 36 apps:

While you can still download these apps from APK stores, we strongly recommend you don't do it.