Turn off or shut down a Classroom add-on

This page explains how to turn off or shut down a Google Classroom add-on. Your choices of action depend on whether you want to reactivate the add-on in the future.

Limitations

Note the following considerations before changing your add-on's status:

• Google doesn't remove already created add-on attachments in Classroom, even after you perform one of the actions described in this guide. If you no longer intend for users to access your content through add-on attachments, ensure that users are not presented with unrecoverable errors.
• Disabling the Google Workspace Marketplace SDK in a Google Cloud project has no effect on the listing or app behavior. Doing so only prevents you from changing the configuration.
• You cannot temporarily block users that have installed your add-on from using it.

Actions

The following are the actions you can take that affect the availability of a Classroom add-on. These are performed in either the Google Workspace Marketplace SDK or the add-on's Google Cloud project itself. Each addresses a particular use case.

Key Point: Read this section carefully before taking any action that affects your Classroom add-on. An action might have consequences that can't be reversed.

Unlist

Choose this option if you want to reduce new installations of an add-on by making its Google Workspace Marketplace listing undiscoverable.

Unlist an add-on by checking the Unlisted box in the App Visibility section of the Marketplace SDK App Configuration page.

Effect

• Your add-on listing no longer appears in the Google Workspace Marketplace. It also doesn't appear in search results or the "Works with Classroom" filter.
• The add-on continues to function normally for all installed users.

Considerations

• Users can still install your add-on by visiting the App URL directly. The App URL is shown on the Marketplace SDK Store Listing page.
• You can restore the listing visibility at any time by unchecking the Unlisted box.

Unpublish

Choose this option if you want to prevent all new installations of an add-on. Unlike unlisting, an unpublished add-on can't be installed by visiting the Google Workspace Marketplace listing URL directly. You can republish the add-on to allow new installations at some time in the future.

To unpublish, click the UNPUBLISH button in the Marketplace SDK Store Listing page.

Effect

• All app listings associated with this Google Cloud project are immediately removed from Google Workspace Marketplace.

Considerations

• Users that have already installed the add-on can still use it normally.
• If you have multiple integrations checked in the Marketplace SDK, consider disabling only the Classroom integration instead.
• To allow new installations, republish the app. It must be rereviewed by the Marketplace team before it is available to users again. Users that had previously installed the add-on regain access to it after the app has been reapproved.

Turn off the Classroom integration

Note: You can only perform this action for a bundled add-on. A bundled add-on is a Cloud project where more than one Google Workspace integrations are selected in the Google Workspace Marketplace SDK's App Configuration page.

Similar to unpublishing, this action prevents all new installations of a Classroom add-on with the possibility to republish in the future. If your application is bundled with other Marketplace integrations, choose this option to only affect your Classroom add-on.

To turn off only the Classroom integration, clear the Classroom integration box in the Marketplace SDK App Configuration page.

Effect

• The add-on no longer appears in the Classroom UI when creating a new assignment, material, or announcement.
• The add-on listing is removed from Google Workspace Marketplace.

Considerations

• To allow new installations, recheck the Classroom integration box and click Publish again in the Marketplace SDK Store Listing page. It must be re-reviewed by the Marketplace team before it is available to users again. Users that had previously installed the add-on regain access to it after the app has been reapproved.

Delete the add-on

Choose this option to immediately and permanently remove an add-on. The add-on no longer appears for any users in Google Workspace Marketplace or Google Classroom.

To permanently delete an add-on, shut down the Google Cloud project.

Warning: Don't shut down a Cloud project that must continue to exist for another reason; choose one of the other actions instead. For example, you might want to avoid shutting down a Cloud project that you also use for sign-in, other integrations, or API calls.

Effect

• The app listing is immediately removed from Google Workspace Marketplace.
• The add-on is forcibly uninstalled for all Google Workspace users.

Considerations

• If the project is later restored and the app republished and approved, the add-on is not restored to users that had previously installed it. Users must reinstall the add-on through Google Workspace Marketplace.