app "Installed" but it isn't?

[hstroph]

Some time ago I installed "★ Signal Booster for Android ★" to investigate a weak signal. I then uninstalled it, yet the Play Store still reports it as "Installed", even though I can't find it on the Nexus 4 anywhere in the apps drawer.

Do the stars in the app title cause this behavior? I don't want this app on my phone and wish to dismiss the Play Store indication of it being installed.

How to fix the discrepancy, please?

 

[Harry2]

Tried you to unstall the app in Play Store?
Wouldn't do any harm

Harry

 

[hstroph]

Tried you to unstall the app in Play Store?

Thanks, that doesn't work from the desktop Play Store, but did on the phone's Play Store app when looking at "All" apps and deleting with the "X" in the upper right corner.

The app is no longer showing in the desktop, thanks again.

 

[mikedt]

It's Google. Every app I've uninstalled in the last three years has suddenly reappeared in my Play list. This is something that Google needs to fix. There's being quite a lot of issues with Play recently.

For more information have a look at the "New Google Play" thread in Android Lounge.

 

[funkylogik]

The problem i have is that i can update an app and then a few days later be prompted to update it again but its the same version number with the same "whats new" list

 

[vosg]

It's Google. They enabled "Auto update apps" in Google Play.
To correct this, open Google Play, then press Menu, then Settings. Under the General tab, click Auto-Update Apps and change it back to "Do not auto-update apps".

 

[funkylogik]

They still nag me to auto-update lol

 

[hstroph]

It's Google. They enabled "Auto update apps" in Google Play.
To correct this, open Google Play, then press Menu, then Settings. Under the General tab, click Auto-Update Apps and change it back to "Do not auto-update apps".

Mine has consistently stated "Do not auto-update apps" during the problem, but at your suggestion I reset it anyway.

 

[Pinmac1]

This post got me checking and I have found loads of apps that I have uninstalled showing as installed in Google Play. It's annoying as it just clutters up the list.

 

[vosg]

They still nag me to auto-update lol

Yeah but if you keep clicking "Not now", eventually the nagging will stop.

 

[vosg]

This post got me checking and I have found loads of apps that I have uninstalled showing as installed in Google Play. It's annoying as it just clutters up the list.

If they appear under the "Installed" tab, then they are still installed. Make sure you're not looking at the "All" tab.

To remove "old" apps from the "All" tab:

1. Long-press the first old app you want to get rid of
2. Display changes and says "1 selected"
3. Click (short) all the old apps you want to remove (installed apps are greyed out at this point)
4. Hit the X on the top right.

 

[Harry2]

Yeah but if you keep clicking "Not now", eventually the nagging will stop.

Yes, it does ... at least for a while.

Harry

 

[Mr. Lucky]

I have found loads of apps that I have uninstalled showing as installed in Google Play. It's annoying as it just clutters up the list.

Yes, but the reason I think it's this way is as a convenience for users with multiple devices. That is, to flag the fact you do not have it installed on that device, and give you the option of doing so. This would be especially important for paid apps. That said, I do think it should be a configuration option as to whether you want this "forever" history of apps installed via the Play store.

 

[funkylogik]

Yeah its showin you apps that havent been uninstalled from old, dead, lost phones :thumbup: