Google play country is the key factor which determines the content like videos, apps, games, offers, etc that user get from Google. The content varies as per the region of Google account. Sometimes we need to have a different location of our Google play account in order to access, purchase or redeem offer. Most of us might not know how to change Google play country or location. This article will discuss how to change Google play country along with some extra useful Google account related tips.
You might have moved to a different country and because of that, you couldn’t access certain content due to the geographical limitation of Google. In some case, you might want to redeem codes or access apps, games or videos which aren’t available in your present country. These are the reasons today we are going to learn how to change Google play country or region. We will also learn how to choose preferred Gmail account to make in-app purchases and also learn how to create unlimited Google accounts or any location we want.
Note: The method in this article are only for educational purposes. We present this article to create awareness. We don’t intent to violate or harm anything. You are responsible for everything you perform and we won’t be held responsible.
Things to know before changing Google Play country
You might be eager to change the Google account region but there are certain changes which may appear in your Google account. Here are some of the things which you must know before changing Google account country.
You won’t be able to access the Google play balance of your Old Google account location after changing to a new country.
You won’t be able to change Google play country up-to 1 year once you change it. You need to wait a whole year to change back again.
You won’t be able to access the content limited to your old location after changing your country to a new region.
When you change your country you may lose access to your purchased items like books, apps, movies if they aren’t available in your new country.
How to change the country in Google play store?
We need to add a payment method to change the location of our Gmail account. There is a simple way to change location without adding any payment methods. This works if you haven’t added the payment method of your old country. If you have added payment method then you need to remove the payment method and delete the profile and create a new profile of a new country.
Use a reliable VPN app and connect to the location of the country you want.
Now go to setting and clear the data and cache of Playstore app.
Now open the Playstore app.
Your country in Google play store will be changed. You can see new contents and offer even through your old Google account.
Now redeem the code or do the task like downloading apps, games, etc which you had wanted.
Change the Google account country
You can add the payment method to change google play country. Here is the detailed process of changing Google account country.
On Google Play app on your android phone or tablet.
Then tap to the menu (3 horizontal lines) and then click on account.
Now you will see preferences option at top. From there find Country and profiles option where your name and country will be kept.
Now you can either connect to VPN before opening play store and after opening you can go to this menu and click on switch to ‘Your Country’ play store or you can just add payment info of new country to which you want to change your google account country.
This will create a new Google Payments profile with new country.
After that the Google Play Store will automatically changes to the new country and it can take up to 24 hours too for changes to appear.
How to make unlimited Google account without verification?
Google has limitation for Google account verification per a phone number. If you want to make unlimited Google account without verification then you can follow the following steps.
You will need an android device for this process. Open the setting of your phone and Account and Sync option. Then click on add account.
Now Select Google option.
Then click on create account option. Fill up the information which is asked.
Agree to the terms and conditions and skip when it asks for phone number. Doing this you can make unlimited Google accounts.
Remember to remove your previous Google account when it says limitation reached or if it asks for verification.
How to make google account of the USA or any other country?
You might want to grab the special offer provided by Google for a certain location. You might want to redeem the Google Play Giftcards of a different country than yours. How to do so? Here is the process for doing it.
Connect to the location of which you wanted to make Google account with a good VPN in your android device.
Now open setting and choose to add account from an account and sync option. Then click add account and next choose Google.
Now create your google account and complete the process. It will not ask you for phone number verification.
Now Go to Playstore. Choose the freshly made google account from the account section. You can see different contents in that account. Like this, you can create Google account of the USA or any country without phone number verification.
Choose preferred Gmail account for in-app purchase through play store
Suppose you have three Google account in your android device. You have a credit card with a balance in one Google account, empty credit card in another and Google play credit balance on another one. You wanted to use Google play credit balance to make an in-app payment but while doing payment your credit card with balance popups. How to choose a preferred Gmail account while making an in-app purchase? There is a trick to do so which worked for me but this trick might not work for everyone. Keep patient and try this trick to select the Google account you wanted while paying from play store.
At first, uninstall the app on which you wanted to do an in-app purchase.
Then go to setting and clear your Playstore data and click force stop.
Now open the Google Playstore and select the Gmail account from which you wanted to make payment in-app and sign in to Playstore with that Google account.
Now download the app in which you had wanted to make payment. Now try to make payment. Your preferred Google account with your preferred payment method will popup.
Note: You can also remove your rest google account and make an in-app payment from your preferred Google account.
Changing Google account country is beneficial as well as come up with certain limitations. Being able to make unlimited Google account and Google account of any location we prefer is also useful information. I hope this article provided you with what you were looking for. If you have any questions on your mind then feel free to leave a comment below.
Roshan kc is a cybersecurity journalist with a passion for covering latest happenings in cyber security and tech world. In addition to being the founder of this website, Roshan is also into gaming, reading and investigative journalism and additional to them he is also interested in movies, anime and web series.
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