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I am trying to publish a test add-on with the option Private, because there is nothing new in this add-on, and would not be accepted by Google if I published it with Public.

The add-on contains a sidebar, a custom menu and a custom function. It works well on its Google Sheet.

In Chrome Web Store, I have added 2 gmails to Edit your tester accounts: under Your developer account. I also created a google group with these 2 gmails.

By following this thread, I did Publish ==> Deploy as Sheets web add-on..., then uploaded different icon and images in Chrome Web Store, paid 5 dollars, left most of boxes blank, then published it with the option Private and chose the created google group.

However, when I open a new Google Sheet with either of these two mails, I cannot find the add-on in Add-ons. By Add-ons ==> Get add-ons..., I cannot find the add-on either.

So does anyone know where this add-on is supposed to appear? Is it because this add-on is under review by Google that it is not available yet.

I am quite surprised to see such a basic publishing is not unclear. Is it because few people publish an add-on with Private?

Rubén
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  • did you search your add-on under "Get add-ons"? – Ritesh Nair Aug 25 '17 at 22:42
  • I just searched `Get add-ons`, the add-on I just published is not there. – SoftTimur Aug 25 '17 at 22:44
  • As stated in this related [SO post](https://stackoverflow.com/a/22715940/5995040) for you have to publish the add-on, and only publish it to a specific google group. This will let you use the add-on as long as you are part of the google group. Hope this helps. – Mr.Rebot Aug 27 '17 at 13:59
  • @Mr.Rebot does this add-on need to be approved by Google, if it is just for a google group? – SoftTimur Aug 27 '17 at 14:50
  • watch this space, but for now private add-ons seem not to be caught up in the approval process – JSDBroughton Aug 30 '17 at 15:22

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In your web store dashboard, you should see the link to the add-on. Get the URL for this link and give the URL to the accounts you have created that should have permission. Those accounts need to install the add-on, and then should be able to use it.

I think you can also list your add-on as unlisted and not be required to go through the entire approval process. This makes it a little easier to share your add-ons with specific users.

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    1) In the Chrome Web Store Dashboard, clicking on the TITLE of each add-on leads to its URL 2) give the URL to other people, if the add-on is unlisted or private for those people (better to make a specific google group), they will be able to click on `install` on the page opened by that URL, then they will see the add-on installed in any opened google sheet. 3) there is no review for unlisted or private add-on, though sometimes it takes 10-20 minutes to be available. – SoftTimur Sep 04 '17 at 09:58
  • Just can't thank you enough for your useful comment @SoftTimur – Sohail Malik Mar 14 '19 at 08:14