Set a budget for your Google Play expenses

You can check and track your Google Play expenses, and set and manage a budget.

Set a budget

You can only set a budget in the currency of your current Google Play country profile. Learn how to change your Google Play country.

Important: Budgets allow you to monitor your expenses and receive alerts when you spend a certain amount. They don’t prohibit transactions when you exceed your budget.

To set a budget:

On your Android device, open the Google Play Store app .
At the top right, tap your Profile picture.
Tap Payments & subscriptions Budget & history.
Tap Set budget.
Enter an amount.
Tap Save.

If you're close to or over your budget, you get a message every time you buy an item from your account.

Tip: Your monthly budget history is stored in your Google Account, but it’s removed after 1 year.

Change your budget

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store app .
At the top right, tap your Profile picture.
Tap Payments & subscriptions Budget & history.
Tap Edit budget.
Choose the amount for your budget, then tap Save.

Remove your budget

On your phone, open the Google Play Store app .
At the top right, tap your Profile picture.
Tap Payments & subscriptions Budget & history.
Tap Remove budget.

Find how much you've spent

On your phone, open the Google Play Store app .
At the top right, tap your Profile picture.
Tap Payments & subscriptions Budget & history.
At the top, you can find how much you spent so far this month.

Fix problems when you set or remove a budget

If you get an error when you try to set or remove a budget:

Check your internet or mobile data connection.
Try again.