How to Change the Google Play Store Country

Last Updated: September 17, 2020

This wikiHow teaches you how to change the country in your Google Play Store. To change your country, you'll need to be in that country and have a payment method that's local to it. However, you can only change this setting once per year and you will lose your Google Play Balance that's currently in your previous country's denomination. Changing your Google Play Store country may result in different apps appearing in the store as well as the loss of some of your current Google Play books, movies, TV shows, games, and apps.

Steps

1
Open the Google Play Store
. You'll find this blue, red, yellow, and green play app icon on your Home screen, in the app drawer, or by searching.
2
Tap ☰. It's in the upper left corner of your screen.
3
Tap Account. You'll see this in the second grouping of menu options.
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Tap Add credit or debit card, Add Paypal, or any other option under "Switch to [NEW COUNTRY] Play Store." The options listed here may change as the country changes.
- If you don't see this, it's because you've either changed your country in the last year, you're part of a Google Play Family Library, or you're not located in a different country, which is IP-based.^{[1]
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Follow the on-screen instructions to add your new payment and change your country. This includes tapping Continue and Allow when you get the pop-up that asks for you to confirm the country change. ^{[2]
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