App downloads but doesnt install

Learn more. Play store apps download but don't install Ask Question. Asked 4 years, 5 months ago. Active 2 months ago.

Viewed 17k times. Anyone know of a way to fix the issue permanently? Improve this question. Get Off My Lawn. Instead of restarting phone restart playstore app.

I have already that and that, and it doesn't fix the issue — Get Off My Lawn. Did you interfere with playstore apk in your phone like rooting, custom rom and other stuff? Can you tell what message you are getting when apps does not install? Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped.

Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Here are some solutions to this problem in this post. You can feel free to have a try. You can refer to the steps below. Remember to press Enter to execute the command and re-register the Microsoft Store for all users. If all the solutions above failed to solve Microsoft Store not downloading, you might need to uninstall Microsoft Store and reinstall it. Microsoft Store provides many Windows apps for you. However, you may encounter the Microsoft Store not working issue.

Besides many other things that can cause this error, lack of storage space is probably not at the top of the list. So, make sure that you have enough storage space. If you do, feel free to move to the next step. You can find additional tips in this article. Previous iterations of Android had one option that toggles Installation from Unknow sources for all apps. However, a few recent Android iterations changed the approach to an app-to-app basis.

Make sure to grant the permission and tap Install after that. As we already mentioned in this article about installation from unknown sources, roaming around and looking for an APK can sometimes get you in trouble. It means you should know your Google Account username and password. If you do not have these details, then you will not be able to add the account back to your device again. The Google account will be removed entirely from your device, and it will be added all over again.

If you have more than one Google accounts on your device, then make sure you remove all the Google account. After deleting the accounts, you will have to start entering the accounts once again into your device.

Go back to the Settings menu of your device and tap on Accounts once again. Now you will find the option to Add Account. Tap on Add Account and complete the process of adding the account to your device. You must follow these steps to add all your Google accounts, and once this is done, return to the Play Store and find out if this has resolved your problem.

Sometimes, your Play Store updates may be the cause of the problem. So, uninstall the update and allow the app to update once again. It can help in solving the problem. Once the updates are re-installed, try to download the apps repeatedly to check if it is working as expected. Once the app has been updated, head into the Play Store and check if the apps are now being downloaded or not.

For users who cannot fix the problem with any of the above solutions, our last resort, which happens to resolve many Android issues effectively, reset your device to factory settings.

All data will be deleted from your device, and all third-party apps will be removed. You will also lose personalized settings because the phone will go back to the default settings.

It is why you must create a backup for the data that you consider essential. You can back up the data on a computer or use your Google account to back up the data. Your phone will give you the option to back up the data on the Google account before you reset the device.

Once the reset is complete, your device will automatically restart. Go to the Play Store and check if the problem you were facing has been fixed.

Sometimes you may not be able to download the apps to your device because of insufficient space. You will have to delete a few things from your device to make space at times like these.