Change your Play Console email & phone number

Updated 19 July 2026 · ConsoleMint Team

Open Account details → Contact details in Google Play Console and your email and phone appear twice. It looks like a duplicate. It isn't — one set is private, the other is published on your Play Store listing. Here is how to tell them apart, in about two minutes.

The short answer: change only the two fields under “Details shown as part of your developer profile”. Everything under “How Google contacts you” is private — leave it alone.

First, find the page

Both sets of fields live on one screen, two clicks from anywhere in Play Console. The screenshots below are numbered wherever you have to click — follow 1 to 6. Unnumbered screenshots are just there to show you what you should be seeing.

Google Play Console left menu with Developer account highlighted and marked as step 1 — **1 — Click “Developer account”** in the left-hand menu.

Developer account page with the Contact details card and its arrow button highlighted as step 2 — **2 — Find the “Contact details” card and click the → arrow** on its right to open the editable page. The card is a read-only summary; the arrow is what lets you change anything.

That lands you on Account details → Contact details, where both blocks of fields sit one above the other.

Skip this section entirely

Google says it right under the heading: “This information is only used by Google to contact you, and isn’t shown on Google Play.”

Google Play Console Contact details tab showing the How Google contacts you section — contact name, contact email, preferred language and contact phone number — **Nothing to click here.** Contact name, contact email, language and contact phone are private to Google. Nothing in this block reaches your Play Store listing, so leave it exactly as it is.

Don’t touch: Contact name · Contact email address · Preferred language · Contact phone number. Changing these triggers a fresh verification cycle for zero public benefit.

Change these two instead

Scroll down the same page to “Details shown as part of your developer profile”. These two fields are public on Google Play.

3 and 4 — these are the two to change: developer email address and developer phone number — both published on your Play Store listing.

Change these: Developer email address · Developer phone number. Use a business address and a number you’re happy to publish — they get scraped.

The steps

Six clicks, matching the six numbered screenshots.

In the left menu, click Developer account.
On the Contact details card, click the → arrow to open the editable page.
Enter your new developer email address.
Enter your new developer phone number — include the + and country code, e.g. +919876543210.
Click Verify and enter the code Google sends. Do the same for the phone number.
Click Save changes, bottom right.

Seeing a domain warning? Ignore it

On organisation accounts only, Google shows a blue notice when your developer email doesn’t use your organisation’s website domain.

Google Play Console notice: The email address you have entered doesn't match the domain of your organization's website — **5 — click “Verify email address”.** Ignore the blue notice below it: that appears on **organisation accounts only** and is informational — not an error, and not a blocker.

What to do: nothing. It doesn’t stop verification or saving. A matching domain simply means fewer future verifications. Carry on and click Verify email address.

The email verifies normally — the notice just stays on screen.

Google Play Console showing Email address verified with a green tick while the domain mismatch notice is still displayed — **Verified anyway.** The green tick appears while the blue notice stays on screen — nothing to click, this is just what you should be seeing.

Save and you’re done

With both fields showing a green verified tick, hit Save changes at the bottom right.

Google Play Console Account details with developer email and phone both verified and the Save changes button at the bottom right — **6 — both fields verified, so click “Save changes”** at the bottom right.

Google Play Console confirmation reading Your changes have been saved — **All set.** “Your changes have been saved” — your listing updates within a few hours.

Private vs public, side by side

Section	Public on Google Play?	Action
How Google contacts you	No — private to Google	Leave as is
Details shown as part of your developer profile	Yes — on your listing	Change these

This does not change ownership

Worth being blunt about, because it is the most common worry: updating these contact details does not transfer your account.

Ownership is fixed for life. Google Play Console has no option to transfer ownership of a developer account, and the console can never be unlinked from the original Google account email it was created with — that link stays for the entire lifetime of the account. Changing the developer email or phone only updates the contact information displayed on your listing; the owning Google account stays exactly as it was.

So the developer email you publish and the Google account that owns the console are two separate things. You can change the first as often as you like — the second is permanent, for the life of the console.

If you rent out your console

Your contact details stay yours. ConsoleMint gets access through Play Console’s Users and permissions system — never your password — so you remain owner and manage these fields exactly as above. See how it works and why it’s safe.

Frequently asked questions

Which Play Console email is shown publicly on Google Play?

Only the Developer email address under "Details shown as part of your developer profile". The contact email under "How Google contacts you" is private and never shown on Google Play.

Do I need to change the details under "How Google contacts you"?

No. That section is used only by Google to reach you about your account. You can leave it unchanged.

What does "the email address doesn't match the domain of your organization's website" mean?

It is an informational notice shown on organisation accounts when your developer email uses a different domain than your organisation website. It does not block verification or saving. Using a matching domain simply reduces how many verifications you need later. You can ignore it and continue.

How do I change my developer phone number on Google Play Console?

Go to Settings, Developer account, Account details, Contact details tab. Under "Details shown as part of your developer profile", edit the Developer phone number including the + symbol and country code, verify the SMS code, then click Save changes.

Does changing the developer email or phone transfer ownership of my console?

No. Google Play Console has no option to transfer ownership of a developer account, and the console cannot be unlinked from the original Google account email it was created with. Changing the developer email or phone number only updates the contact details shown on your listing. The owning Google account stays linked to the original email for the lifetime of the account.

Is my Google Account login email the same as my developer email?

No, they are separate. Google asks that your developer contact email differ from your Google Account email and match your organisation domain.

How long until the new details appear on Google Play?

Once both fields are verified and you have saved, store listings typically show the updated developer contact details within a few hours.