Create an email list of testers in the Play Console

An email list is the simplest way to tell Google Play who may join your closed test. You create it once and can reuse it.

What a list can hold

Per Google's help page: up to 200 lists, each with up to 2,000 users. One track can use up to 50 lists. You can reuse a list for future tests on any of your apps.

Steps

1. In the Play Console open Test and release > Testing > Closed testing, click "Manage track" and select the "Testers" tab.
2. Click "Create email list" and name the list, for example "Round 1 testers" (a naming example).
3. Add addresses separated by commas, or click "Upload CSV file".
4. Click "Save changes", then "Create". Check that the list is selected for the track before you send the link.

Format your addresses

Each tester needs the email of a Google account. Good practice:

• One address per entry, no names, no extra text.
• Lowercase, no trailing spaces.
• Remove duplicates and typos before you upload.

Example of a clean CSV (example data):

anna@example.com
ben@example.com
chris@example.com

Careful with CSV uploads

Google states: "Uploading a CSV file overwrites any email addresses you previously added." If you want to add people later, re-upload the full list, not only the new names. Google also states that Play Console does not accept CSV files in UTF-8 with BOM format; if an upload fails, save the file as plain UTF-8.

Common mistakes

• Using an address that is not tied to a Google account. See Do testers need a Google account?.
• Creating the list but not checking that it is selected for the track.
• Mixing up list and Google Group. Compare them in Google Group or email list?.

Source: Google Play Console Help, "Set up an open, closed, or internal test", retrieved 2026-10-24.

Related

• Hub: Google Play closed testing
• Add testers to a closed test
• Google Group or email list?
• The closed test opt-in link

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