Google Play Music’s final update lets you hide the app on your phone

The Google Play Music app on Android is getting the latest update, which gives you a new option to hide the app from your phone’s app drawer. This update comes shortly after Google removed the option that allows users to download their Play Music Library using Google Take Out.

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As per a recent report from 9to5Google, the last Google Play Music update (v. 8.29.9112-1.W) has already started rolling out to users via the Play Store. Although you’ll still see a “Google Play Music is no longer available” screen following the update, the app now has a new “Free up space” section at the bottom. This section will help you “delete the Google Play Music local data from your device to free up space.”

The new free app space section in Google Play Music has three options – hide app, delete all local data and open app info. The Hide Application option brings up the “Application Info” page to hide from your phone’s home screen and in the app drawer, delete all local data options, delete saved data from your device, and open the app info option. The last nail in the coffin app option for Google Play Music is because it not only removes the app from your app drawer but also prevents it from opening.

The new Google Play Music update is of major concern to those who have devices with a pre-installed app. On such devices, the Google Play Music System is installed as an app, so it can only be disabled from the “App Info” page. Thanks to the update, users can now easily delete the app and all local data from their phones.

Updates are no different on devices that come with pre-installed YouTube music. This is because you can uninstall Google Play Music on devices that uninstall other apps that you have downloaded from the Play Store. If you have such a device, you will see an uninstall button in the app’s Play Store list.

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