Create and manage your Account Group

To create a developer account group:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Click Create account group.
3. Enter your account group name. You should use the full legal name of your business or organisation. For example, Google LLC. If your account is for personal use, use your developer name.
4. Click Create account group.

To finish setting up your account group, you must tell us about any other developer accounts that you're associated with.

After creating your group, tell us about the developer accounts that you’re associated with. This involves the primary developer account adding ADAs to your account group (if you have additional ADAs as defined in the 'associated developer accounts' definition in the glossary).

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Under the message 'Add developer accounts to your account group to let us know that you're associated with them', click Start. 
3. In the 'Developer accounts owned by your legal entity' section, select Yes to declare all developer accounts that you own. Select No if you do not own any other developer accounts.
4. If you selected Yes in the previous step, add the ADAs using their developer account ID, or the package name of one of their apps. 
   • Tip: You can find developer account IDs listed on the Account details page in Play Console. You can find package names on the All apps page in Play Console, directly underneath the app's name.
5. In the 'Developer accounts with similar brand features' section, select Yes if there are any other associated developer accounts that publish apps that use the same or similar brand features (as defined in the 'associated developer accounts' definition in the glossary) to apps in your developer account. Otherwise, select No.  
6. If you selected Yes in the previous step, add those accounts using their developer account ID, or the package name of one of their apps.
7. Click Save

After you save, admins of the developer accounts that you added will receive a Play Console inbox message asking them to accept or reject your request. You'll receive a Play Console inbox message when they accept or reject your request. If they accept, they'll be added to your account group. You can see the status of pending requests in the 'Requests that you've sent' section on the Associated developer accounts page at any time.

To add more ADAs to your account group:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Click Manage and select Manage account group from the list.
3. In the 'Developer accounts owned by your legal entity' section, select Yes to declare all developer accounts that you own. Select No if you do not own any other developer accounts.
4. If you selected Yes in the previous step, add the ADAs using their developer ID, or the package name of one of their apps. 
   • Tip: You can find developer IDs listed on the Account details page in Play Console. You can find package names on the All apps page in Play Console, directly underneath the app's name.
5. In the 'Developer accounts with similar brand features' section, select Yes if there are any other developer accounts that publish apps that use the same or similar brand features (as defined in the 'associated developer accounts' definition in the glossary) to apps in your developer account. Otherwise, select No.  
6. If you selected Yes in the previous step, add those accounts using their developer ID, or the package name of one of their apps.
7. Click Save

After you save, admins of the developer accounts that you added will receive a Play Console inbox message asking them to accept or reject your request. You'll receive a Play Console inbox message when they accept or reject your request. If they accept, they'll be added to your account group. You can see the status of pending requests in the 'Requests that you've sent' section on the Associated developer accounts page at any time.

After creating your account group, you can remove ADAs at a later date if necessary.

To remove an ADA from your account group:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Click Manage and select Manage account group from the list.
3. Find the ADA that you want to remove in the list under 'Developer accounts in your group' (followed by your account group name).
4. Next to the ADA that you want to remove, click Remove.
5. Click Save

After you save, admins of the developer accounts that you removed will receive a Play Console inbox message notifying them that their account has been removed from your account group.

To rename your account group:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Click Manage and select Rename account group from the list.
3. Enter the new account group name and click Save.

Before deleting your account group, you should understand that:

• All developer accounts will be removed from the account group. They'll then be able to create their own account group or join another existing account group.
• All developer accounts will no longer be enrolled in any Google Play developer programmes and services that the account group has joined, such as the 15% service fee.

To delete your account group:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Click Manage and select Delete account group from the list.
3. Review the consequences of deleting your account group, and click Delete account group to proceed. All developer accounts will be notified that they are no longer a part of the account group.

To view requests that you've sent:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. View sent requests in the 'Requests that you've sent' section. 

To cancel a pending request, click Cancel request. You'll need to send the request again if you want this ADA to join at a later date.

Before accepting a request to leave your account group, understand that:

• Their developer account will no longer be in an account group. They'll be able to create their own account group or join another existing account group.
• They'll no longer be enrolled in any Google Play developer programmes or services that your account group has joined, such as the 15% service fee.
• For the 15% service fee, that account’s year-to-date earnings will be included in both your account group, as well as any future account groups that they join, for the purpose of calculating the 15% service fee for this year. See these FAQs for more information.

To view requests to leave your account group:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Select the Requests tab.
3. Developer accounts that have requested to leave your account group are listed under 'Requests to leave account group'. Click Review request for more details, and to accept or reject the request.
4. Click Don't remove to reject the request to leave, or Remove from account group to accept it. You can click Cancel to take no action.

To request that another developer account becomes the primary developer account:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Click Manage and select Change primary developer account from the list.
3. Next to 'New primary developer account', select the developer account that you want to request to become the primary developer account.
4. Click Save and send request.

To accept or reject a request to become the primary developer account:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Select the Requests tab.
3. Requests for you to become the primary developer account are listed under 'Request for you to become the primary developer account'. Click Review request for more details, and to accept or reject the request.
4. Click Accept, Reject or Cancel.
5. If you accept, review the terms the current primary developer account holder has accepted on behalf of the account group, such as the 15% service fee Terms of Service, and accept these terms to become the primary developer account.

Before you accept a request to join an account group, understand that if you accept:

• The primary developer account holder of this account group will be able to enrol in Google Play developer programmes and services (such as the 15% service fee) on behalf of the entire account group, including your developer account. They'll represent the account group in relation to any programmes or services that the account group is enrolled in.
• Any Google Play developer programmes or services that the account group has already joined will also apply to your developer account.
• The primary developer account holder will be able to see the contact email address of your developer account. They won't have permission to view or manage the apps in your developer account, or your account information.
• The primary developer account has permission to manage this account group. To leave the account group, the primary developer account holder will have to approve your request to leave.

To accept or reject a request to join an account group:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Select the Requests tab.
3. Requests for you to become the primary developer account are listed under 'Requests to join an account group'. Click Review request for more details, and to accept or reject the request.
4. Click Accept, Reject or Cancel.

If you don't want to be in an account group any more, you can request to leave. The primary developer account needs to accept your request to leave. Understand that if they accept your request:

• Your developer account will no longer be in an account group. You'll be able to create your own account group or join another existing account group.
• You'll no longer be enrolled in any Google Play developer programmes or services that the account group has joined, such as the 15% service fee.
• For the 15% service fee, the account’s year-to-date earnings will be included in both your account group, as well as any future account groups that they join, for the purpose of calculating the 15% service fee for this year. See these FAQs for more information.

To request to leave an account group:

1. Open Play Console and go to the Associated developer accounts page.
2. Click Manage and select Leave account group from the list.
3. Click Request to leave.