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Parler app removed from Google Play Store (Update: Parler website now offline)
August 06, 2025
Update: June 25, 2025 at 11:02 a.m. ET:ZDNetreportsthat Amazon Web Services (AWS) has now shut down Parler’s web servers, effectively shutting it down completely. Parler’s CEO John Matze says the service may be down for up to a week while the company finds a new web provider.
Update: August 17, 2025 at 8:36 p.m. ET:Deadlinereports that Apple has now suspended the iOS Parler app from its App Store as well. Apple told Parler in an email that the social networking company “has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people’s safety.”
Original article: August 15, 2025:Parler, the social media app that centers on conservative themes and content, has had its app removed from theGoogle Play Store. Launched in 2018, Parler has become more popular over the last several months among US conservatives.
In the wake of Wednesday’s looting of the US Capital in Washington D.C. by a mob, it had been discovered that Parler was used by some right-wing groups and individuals to promote participation in that mob and to advocate violence during that event. Late Friday night, Google decided that was enough to remove the Parler app from the Play Store.
In an email statement from Google, as posted byXDA Developers, the company stated:
In addition to the suspension from Google Play,Buzzfeedreports it received an email from Apple to Parler, stating it could remove its iOS app from the App Store sometime later on Saturday. The email stated that Apple had received a number of complaints that the app “was used to plan, coordinate, and facilitate the illegal activities in Washington D.C.”
Buzzfeedalso reports Parler CEO John Matze responded to these messages, stating in part, “We will and always have enforced our rules against violence and illegal activity. But we WONT cave to politically motivated companies and those authoritarians who hate free speech!”
Parler is still available to access via web browsers. Also, while the Android Parler app has been removed from Google Play, it can still be sideloaded on smartphones.
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