Play Store not Downloading Apps - Download Pending

You can’t download an app from Google Play Store because it shows “Download Pending” or wouldn’t start downloading. It may be the case that app updates get stuck and won’t finish after trying many times. This tutorial will help you fix Play store not downloading apps or cannot download apps from Play Store and download pending errors on your Android phone.

Play Store Not Downloading Apps

Fixed: Play Store Not Downloading Apps

Try the following tips and solutions to fix play store not downloading apps on Android phones, and you can easily download all the pending app from the game store after trying each solution.

1. Restart phone:

Just restart your Android phone to solve many issues with your device.

2. Internal Storage:

Go to the internal storage of your Android device and free up some space by deleting videos, photos, music, or moving apps to SD card.

3. Download queue:

You cannot download multiple apps into the Play Store at the same time, this could be the reason for the “download pending” error.

Open the Play Store> Menu> My Apps & Games and here you will find the apps that are currently in the download queue. To cancel the downloading apps, select it and tap on the X circle icon.

4. Date and time:

Head to Settings> Date & Time, and turn on “Automatic Date & Time” and “Automatic Time Zone”.

5. Flight mode:

Turn on and off the airplane mode by clicking the airplane icon in the setting drawer.

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6. Clear Cache:

Go to Settings> Apps & notification> Google Play Store> Storage> Delete cache. Also, tap the “Clear Data” button and reopen the game store and try your download again. Also, press the Force Stop button on the above-mentioned screen.

7. Add Preference

Head to Settings> Application, click on three dots in the right corner of the screen and tap on “Reset App Preference”.

8. Disable VPN:

You should disable device VPN in Settings> More> More Network> VPN and turn it off.

9. Data to WiFi:

Many applications do not install if you use mobile data, switch from mobile data to WiFi and download the app using the WiFi network.

10. Update Google Play Store:

Open the Google Play Store app and tap on the menu button (three lines in the top-left corner). Go to Settings> General> Updates and click the “Auto Update Apps” checkbox. You should also ensure that the box auto-update apps over WiFi are checked.

If you are unable to update the game store, download the latest apk file from apkmirror.com in the internal storage.

11. Restrict background data:

Open Android Settings> Data Usage and click the three-dot menu present in the top-right corner. Now turn off the “Restrict background data/leave background data” by clicking it.

12. Google Account:

Open Play Store and go to Settings> Account> Google and remove the Google Account you are using. Now clear the Google Play Store cache and data as mentioned above. Restart your Android phone and re-open the game store using Google Account.

13. Disable apps:

Go to Settings> Apps or Application Manager and scroll down to find the disabled apps. Give all the apps you use on your Android phone.

Bottom Line:

If you know any other solution to fix play store not downloading apps or unable to download apps from Play Store and download pending error on your android phone. Let us know in the comment section below.