# Google Play console alert **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [April 26, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-play-console-alert/1247098 "2021-04-26T21:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oreeldadln](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/oreeldadln/32/89185_2.png) [@oreeldadln](https://community.thunkable.com/u/oreeldadln)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-play-console-alert/1247098/1 "2021-04-26T21:04:51Z")
Hello, Did anyone receive this message in google play console? > Blockquote Starting 5 May, you must let us know why your app requires broad storage access 14 Apr 2021 20:26 We’ve detected that your app contains the `requestLegacyExternalStorage` flag in the manifest file of one or more of your app bundles or APKs. Developers with apps on devices running Android 11+ must use scoped storage to give users better access control over their device storage. To release your app on Android 11 or newer after 5 May, you must either: - Update your app to use more privacy-friendly best practices, such as the storage access framework or Media Store API - Update your app to declare the All files access (`MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`) permission in the manifest file, and complete the All files access permission declaration in Play Console from 5 May - Remove the All files access permission from your app entirely For apps targeting Android 11, the `requestLegacyExternalStorage` flag will be ignored. You must use the All files access permission to retain broad access. Apps requesting access to the All files access permission without a permitted use will be removed from Google Play, and you won’t be able to publish updates. > Blockquote ---
**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-play-console-alert/1247098/2 "2021-04-27T10:55:40Z")
3 posts were merged into an existing topic: [[Solved] “You must let us know why your app requires broad storage access”](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-you-must-let-us-know-why-your-app-requires-broad-storage-access/1224487) ---
**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-play-console-alert/1247098/3 "2021-04-27T10:55:40Z")