---
title: "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
source_url: https://blog.devgenius.io/google-destroyed-my-google-play-developer-account-and-my-work-for-the-last-2-years-c4aa5034a221?source=rss----4e2c1156667e---4
type: article
source: "Dev Genius"
published: 2022-03-26T19:22:19.505Z
updated: 2022-03-26T19:22:19.506Z
tags: ["google"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 57
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# 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: <https://blog.devgenius.io/google-destroyed-my-google-play-developer-account-and-my-work-for-the-last-2-years-c4aa5034a221?source=rss----4e2c1156667e---4>

## 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.

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