How to Disable In-App Purchases on Your Android Device

While the In-app purchases feature makes it easy to buy apps, you may want to disable or limit in-app purchases on your Android Phone to prevent the possibility of accidental or unwanted purchases.

Disable In-App purchases On Android

The In-app purchases feature in Android allows you to make purchases on Google Play Store without the need to authorize the purchase by entering password.

While this can be useful for buying game credits during game play, keeping this feature enabled on your device can potentially expose you to the risk your children making running up a large bill, while playing games on your device.

Hence, we are providing below the steps to disable In-App purchases on your Android Phone or Tablet.

Turn OFF In-App Purchases on Android Phone

1. Open Google Play Store > tap on 3-line menu icon and select Settings in the drop-down menu that appears.

2. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on Require Authentication for Purchases option.

On the next screen, you will find the following options.

Never: Authentication is not required for purchases
Every 30 minutes: Every time you authenticate for a purchase, you can continue to buy all forms of digital content from Google Play for the next 30 minutes without authenticating again.
For all purchases made through Google Play on this device: Authentication is required for every digital content purchase through Google Play

The default option on most Android devices is to allow purchases up to 30 minutes after the first purchase, which exposes you to the possibility of your children unknowingly making purchases within the 30 minute window.

You can prevent this, by selecting For all purchases made through Google Play on this device option, which makes it mandatory to use password, everytime a purchase is made on Google Play Store.

This adds a layer of security to your device and totally prevents the possibility of unintentional or accidental purchases.