Google takes down Indian app that removed Chinese ones

A Google spokesman confirmed that Remove China Apps had been removed due to violation of app store policies. — Reuters

NEW DELHI: Alphabet Inc's Google has taken down an Indian mobile application from its app store that allowed users to remove other Chinese apps from their phones as it violated certain company policies, a spokesman said on June 3.

The app,"Remove China Apps", had become top trending free app on Google's mobile app store in India with more than five million downloads since late May. Its popularity rose amid calls for a boycott of Chinese mobile apps in India during a Himalayan border dispute between the two nations.