Stopping an Android App from Console

Stopping an Android app from console

Edit: Long after I wrote this post and it was accepted as the answer, the am force-stop command was implemented by the Android team, as mentioned in this answer.

Alternatively: Rather than just stopping the app, since you mention wanting a "clean slate" for each test run, you can use adb shell pm clear com.my.app.package, which will stop the app process and clear out all the stored data for that app.

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If you're on Linux:

adb shell ps | grep com.myapp | awk '{print $2}' | xargs adb shell kill

That will only work for devices/emulators where you have root immediately upon running a shell. That can probably be refined slightly to call su beforehand.

Otherwise, you can do (manually, or I suppose scripted):

pc $ adb -d shell
android $ su
android # ps
android # kill <process id from ps output>

Android ADB stop application command like force-stop for non rooted device

The first way
Requires root


Use kill:

adb shell ps => Will list all running processes on the device and their process ids

adb shell kill <PID> => Instead of <PID> use process id of your application

The second way
In Eclipse open DDMS perspective.

In Devices view you will find all running processes.

Choose the process and click on Stop.

![enter image description here][1]

The third way
It will kill only background process of an application.

adb shell am kill [options] <PACKAGE> => Kill all processes associated with (the app's package name). This command kills only processes that are safe to kill and that will not impact the user experience.

Options are:

--user <USER_ID> | all | current: Specify user whose processes to kill; all users if not specified.

The fourth way
Requires root


adb shell pm disable <PACKAGE> => Disable the given package or component (written as "package/class").

The fifth way
Note that run-as is only supported for apps that are signed with debug keys.


run-as <package-name> kill <pid>

The sixth way
Introduced in Honeycomb
adb shell am force-stop <PACKAGE> => Force stop everything associated with (the app's package name).

P.S.: I know that the sixth method didn't work for you, but I think that it's important to add this method to the list, so everyone will know it.
[1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/izRtJ.png

How to kill android app by Android Studio

You can simply kill your app by using adb.

adb shell am force-stop <YOUR_PACKAGE>

Android terminate app from terminal

You can use

adb shell pm clear com.my.app.package

which will stop the app process and clear out all the stored data for that app.
Also, you can close forcefully by using pid,

adb shell kill <PID>

How to unpublish an android app only from a single country?

If you are using Google Play Console Beta, Navigate to your app > launch > production. Then move to Countries/Regions tab. Now click on Remove countries/ regions to get pop having list of all available countries.

How to remove application from app listings on Android Developer Console

No, you can unpublish but once your application has been live on the market you cannot delete it. (Each package name is unique and Google remembers all package names anyway so you could use this a reminder)

The "Delete" button only works for unpublished version of your app. Once you published your app or a particular version of it, you cannot delete it from the Market. However, you can still "unpublish" it. The "Delete" button is only handy when you uploaded a new version, then you realized you goofed and want to remove that new version before publishing it.

A reference

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Update, 2016

you can now filter out unpublished or draft apps from your listing.

Unpublish option can be found in the header area, beside PUBLISHED text.

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UPDATE 2020

Due to changes in the new play console, the unpublish option was moved to a different location as follows.

Click All Apps in the left pane. Then click the app you want to remove.

Then under the Setup option in the left pane, Click Advanced Settings.

Then under App Availablity on the right, change the status to UnPublished and click Save Changes at the bottom.

Take a look at the image below:

Stop rollout android application update in new Console

AFAIK you cannot stop the update.

However, you could just roll out the latest non-buggy version with a changed version number.

Using the new publishing you can specify how many users (in percent) receive the update; It might be possible to stop the update then - but I might be wrong on that (and in the worst case only a fraction of your users receive the buggy version)

Edit to add:
Using staged rollouts (where you specify which % of users shold receive the update) the rollout can be cancelled. New installs or users which haven't update yet won't receive the stopped version, but users which have already updated won't be rolled back.

How to delete the published app from developer console android

You can't delete app from account. Just make them unpublish. It will be still visible in account ie main server but in playstore it will not be available.

How do I delete a release from Google Play Console?

You can't delete a release.
As your previous one is still at review stage, upload a new release. Once there's a new release avaiable for review, they won't review the older one.

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