How to Allow or Prevent Google Workspace Users From Installing Marketplace Apps

Quick and easy-to-follow guide for Google Workspace administrators

You can allow or prevent users from installing apps from the Google Workspace Marketplace at https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/, or only allow specific apps and block all others.

What are Marketplace apps

  • Marketplace apps are additional paid services you can connect to Google Workspace, usually created by third-party developers, not Google.
  • Users may need to enable access to Less secure apps to use some of these apps, as shown here.

When to control marketplace app installation

  • This is a setting you shouldn’t skip if you have any users in your Google Workspace account

Effects of disabling installation on already installed apps

  • Note that disabling users’ ability to install Marketplace apps does not disable any already installed apps.

How to allow or block Google Workspace marketplace apps installation step-by-step with images

Step 1

How To Allow Or Prevent Google Workspace Users From Installing Marketplace Apps - Step 1

In the Admin console at https://admin.google.com click the Apps icon.

Step 2

How To Allow Or Prevent Google Workspace Users From Installing Marketplace Apps - Step 2

Click MANAGE under Google Workspace Marketplace apps.

Step 3

How To Allow Or Prevent Google Workspace Users From Installing Marketplace Apps - Step 3

Update the Allow install setting and click SAVE.

Note that the changes may take up to 24 hours to take effect for all users.

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