36 apps Google has removed from Play Store so far this year that you need to delete

Between July and October so far, 36 apps have been pulled off from the Google Play Store. You need to uninstall these apps right away in case you still have not.

36 apps you need to delete from your devices right now - Google has already pulled them off the Play Store.  (Pixabay)

Google has been pulling off apps from the Play Store that have either been violating the Play Store policies or have been infected by malware, particularly the Joker malware. 

Joker first infected 11 apps on the Play Store in July, followed by 6 more apps in the first half of September. Then 17 more apps were been infected and were pulled off the app store in early October. 

We just told you about Google removing three apps for kids from the Play Store, however, these have not been removed due to any malware issues. 

Princess Salon, Number Coloring and Cats & Cosplay, that had more than 20 million downloads between them, have been pulled off by Google for violating Google's data collection policies and potentially accessing users' Android ID and AAID (Android Advertising ID) numbers, with the data leakage potentially connected to the apps being built using SDKs from Unity, Umeng and Appodeal.

In all, so far 36 apps have been pulled off the Play Store for malware issues and other policy violations and you need to delete them right away in case you still have them on your phones. 

Here are the 36 apps: 

1. Princess Salon
2. Number Coloring
3. Cats & Cosplay
4.  All Good PDF Scanner
5. Mint Leaf Message-Your Private Message
6. Unique Keyboard – Fancy Fonts & Free Emoticons
7. Tangram App Lock
8. Direct Messenger
9. Private SMS
10. One Sentence Translator – Multifunctional Translator
11. Style Photo Collage
12. Meticulous Scanner
13. Desire Translate
14. Talent Photo Editor – Blur focus
15. Care Message
16. Part Message
17. Paper Doc Scanner
18. Blue Scanner
19. Hummingbird PDF Converter – Photo to PDF
20. All Good PDF Scanner
21. com.imagecompress.android
22. com.relax.relaxation.androidsms
23. com.file.recovefiles
24. com.training.memorygame
25. Push Message- Texting & SMS
26. Fingertip GameBox
27. com.contact.withme.texts
28. com.cheery.message.sendsms (two different instances)
29. com.LPlocker.lockapps
30. Safety AppLock
31. Emoji Wallpaper
32. com.hmvoice.friendsms
33. com.peason.lovinglovemessage
34. com.remindme.alram
35. Convenient Scanner 2
36. Separate Doc Scanner 

While you can still download these apps from APK stores, we strongly recommend you don't do it.