Setting subscription to inactive in google playstore

Question

While developing an android app I added two test subscriptions in the google play console with some fictional prices. Now the app is productive and the test subscription prices are displayed to the users inside the playstore:

I tried to deactivate the test subscription in the play console but the button for this is inactive:

*(the text says that an active subscription could not be deactivated at any time.)

Can anybody help me to get rid of the not needed subscriptions?

-Thanks in advance, Dirk

Answer 1

After contacting google support I got the following response:

Thanks for contacting Google Play Developer Support.

As you've noticed, no subscription can be deactivated once created. You can hide your current subscriptions by removing reference to them in the code, but the Play Store Listing for your app will always include the prices of such subscriptions because they exist in the Play Console. This is working as intended. It is recommended that you never use 'fictional' (as you put it) prices when testing your app's functionality.

The only way around this would be to start over with a new app and package name, taking care not to create any fictional subscription items.

Not the answer I was hoping for.