Google Play Store features differ depending on your country. So, you’d want to change your country of residence once you moved away from the country where you first signed into the Google play store app on your phone. Therefore, in this article, we will consider how to change country in Google play store.
You don’t need a technical guide to use the Google play store app. Just open the app on your Android [you don’t even need to install the app because it’s a preinstalled app on your Android phone], search for your choice of app, and download and install it. However, if you want to use a paid app on the platform you’d be prompted to add your payment method that can be used to shop across all Google services.
Even though it’s possible to change your Google play store country if you moved out of your country region there are some limitations.
If you change country on Google Play store you won’t be able to use the Google Play balance in another country but it can be used when you return to the country. Also, Google only users to change their country in the Google Play store once in 12 months.
Therefore, if you are on a vacation there won’t be a need to change your Google Play store country or region as you will not be able to change it back until it’s a year.
So, while we will discuss how to change country in Google Play in this guide, you want to keep those warnings.
How to Change Country in Google Play Store using VPN
You can use a VPN to trick Google that you are in another country when you want to change your country in the Google Play store. However, the limitation to this if your account might be subjected to a verification to find out whether you are the one carrying out the task and you also need to provide a payment method for the country IP address you want to change your Google Play to.
So, by following the steps below you will learn how to change country in Google Play store using VPN.
- Open the VPN app (we recommended ExpressVPN) on your phone.
- Connect to the country IP address you want to change your country to in Google play store.
- Go to your “Android Settings.”
- Click on “Apps >> Google Playstore.”
- Click on “Storage usage.”
- Click on “Clear Data.”
- Clear “Cache.”
- Launch the “Google Play Store” app on your phone.
- Tap on your “Profile” picture at the top right.
- Click on the “Settings.”
- Click on the “General” tab.
- Select “Account and Devices Preferences.”
- Select “Country and Profiles.“
- Select “Create a new Profile.”
- Click on the “Continue” button.
- Click on “Choose a Region” from the drop menu and click on the country you want to change your IP address to and click on the “Continue” button.
- Add your address, payment information and click on the “Submit” button.
It may take up to 48 hours for Google to confirm and change your country on the Google Play store account based on your IP address.
How to Change Country in Google Play Store
By following the steps below you will learn how to change country in Google Play store without using a VPN.
- Launch the “Google Play Store” app on your phone.
- Click on your “Profile Picture” at the top right.
- Select the “Settings” gear icon.
- Click on “General” and select “Account and device preferences.”
- Scroll down and click on “Country and Profile.”
- Select your “Current Country” from the list of countries that are available.
- Add a “Payment” method for the country.
- Follow the instruction on the screen to complete the country’s switch to the country or region you chose from the previous steps.
If all things work as expected, Google will change your Google Play country within 48 hours.
How to Change Google Play Country
For web users, you’d need to follow the steps below to learn how to change Google Play country without using a VPN service.
- Go to pay.google.com
- Sign in to the Google account whose country you want to change.
- Click on “Settings” in the navigation.
- Click on the “Pencil” icon in the Country /Region option.
- Click on “Create New Profile.”
- Choose the “Country” that you want to change to.
- Google will ask you to create a new profile for the new region by providing your information in the new country such as address, street, etc and click on the “Submit” button.
- You must provide a payment method that corresponds to the country’s currency.
Once it’s done Google will update your Google Play country to the selected region. However, this might take up to 48 hours and you can only change your country in the Google play store once in 12 months.