--- title: Google destroyed my Google Play Developer Account and my... description: Google terminated a full-stack developer's account and app after he changed his name. The developer had tried to update his Google Play Developer Account to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-destroyed-my-google-play-developer-account-and-my-work-for-the-last-2-years--rr9idwycc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google destroyed my Google Play Developer Account and my work for the last 2 years. | daily.dev og:description: Google terminated a full-stack developer's account and app after he changed his name. The developer had tried to update his Google Play Developer Account to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-destroyed-my-google-play-developer-account-and-my-work-for-the-last-2-years--rr9idwycc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rr9iDwyCC.png og:image:alt: Google destroyed my Google Play Developer Account and my work for the last 2 years. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google destroyed my Google Play Developer Account and my work for the last 2 years. **[Dev Genius](https://daily.dev/sources/devgenius)** · 4 min read · 57 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Google terminated a full-stack developer's account and app after he changed his name. The developer had tried to update his Google Play Developer Account to follow tax rules in another country. After 20 days of trying to appeal the decision, the developer has received no response from Google. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kkurko** · 4 upvotes > Sorry to hear that, I hope your account and app will be restored **@pwitham** · 0 upvotes > Shared this to Twitter hoping that it gets someone's attention for the author. Companies should at least respond in a reasonable time frame to something as vital as this. --- Tags: [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-destroyed-my-google-play-developer-account-and-my-work-for-the-last-2-years--rr9idwycc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google destroyed my Google Play Developer Account and my work for the last 2 years.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-destroyed-my-google-play-developer-account-and-my-work-for-the-last-2-years--rr9idwycc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-destroyed-my-google-play-developer-account-and-my-work-for-the-last-2-years--rr9idwycc"},"datePublished":"2022-03-26T19:22:19.505Z","dateModified":"2022-03-26T19:22:19.506Z","description":"Google terminated a full-stack developer's account and app after he changed his name. 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