How do I change the google play account for in-app purchases? I have a secondary account that's linked to play rewards and I want to use that money for in-app purchases but it automatically chooses my main account and there's no option to change. I usually buy apps with the secondary account, my only issue is for in-app purchases.
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To do so, you must install the app from the same google account from which you want to make the in-app purchase. Follow these steps,
- Uninstall the app on the phone.
- Go to the Play Store site in your web browser and find the app. Make sure you're logged into the website with the right account!
- Install the app through the Play Store by clicking on ‘Install’ button (and selecting your phone).
- Wait a minute until the app is installed on your device.
- Make the in-app purchase.
I was having the same problem, and all the other answers didn't solve the problem. However I figure a solution to solve the problem. Please note this works specifically for games, but I have a theory near the end that it will then allow you install apps with the right account.
The problem lies with what account the downloaded and installed application is associated with. To check which account it is, go to the play store, switch to the account you expect it to be in and then go to the "My Apps & Games". Then pick the secondary tab "All". If the game doesn't appear in this list, then this is the reason you are having a problem. Keep switching accounts and you will eventually find which account it is associated with.
Now let's fix which account it is associated with:
- First you need to uninstall the game.
- Then you need to remove the game from the account that it is associated with.
- You do this by doing the same steps as above for checking, then afterwards you need to press the cross ("x") button in the top-right corner to remove it.
- Open (or download, install then open) the Google Play Games app.
- Make sure you are logged into the correct account (on both
Google Play GamesandGoogle Play Store) you want the game to be associated with by using the hamburger menu on the top-left. - Find the game you want to play, and then click on the
storebutton (normally the button would readopenif it was already installed). - Install as normal.
- Open the game and you'll see you can now make in-app purchases to the right account. :D
The steps above seem to force the play store to make sure it associates the game with the right account. I have a theory that after you have done the steps above, you can then search for a regular application and install it and it should be associated with the same account... and will then allow you to do in-app purchases too. I haven't tested this however, since I only needed it to work for games - so feel free to leave comments if my theory is correct.
I have two accounts, and every time I want to buy some cod points, the game goes to my other account for payments and it kinda sucks because my progress is in the other account.
Is there a how to change that?
Once I logged out of that account, everything went well but I added it again and it switched back. Idk how to change that.
Basically how do I change the default account for payments?
You can now change this in the Google Play app under:
Menu > Account > Preferences > Country and profiles
If you have more than one profile - they should be here.
In case if you are stuck with a single business profile - signing up for YouTube premium creates an individual profile.
Go to payments.google.com and change your settings there. You are not allowed to have payment methods from multiple countries, so you'll have to remove your old info and keep only the new one. Make sure you clear data and cache of your playstore to force it to update new info after you make the changes.