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. > [!IMPORTANT] > **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](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/appsmarket-component.googleapis.com/googleapps_sdk) 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](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/appsmarket-component.googleapis.com/googleapps_sdk_publish) 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[unlisting](https://developers.google.com/workspace/classroom/add-ons/developer-guides/sunset-an-addon#unlist), an unpublished add-on can't be installed by visiting the Google Workspace Marketplace listing URL directly.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](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/appsmarket-component.googleapis.com/googleapps_sdk_publish) 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] > **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](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/appsmarket-component.googleapis.com/googleapps_sdk) page. Similar to [unpublishing](https://developers.google.com/workspace/classroom/add-ons/developer-guides/sunset-an-addon#unpublish), 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](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/appsmarket-component.googleapis.com/googleapps_sdk) 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](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/appsmarket-component.googleapis.com/googleapps_sdk_publish) 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](https://support.google.com/googleapi/answer/6251787)** the Google Cloud project. > [!WARNING] > **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](https://support.google.com/googleapi/answer/6251787) 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.