# Can't remove android permissions on UE 5.3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Mobile\ **Tags:** permission, unreal-engine, question\ **Created:** [December 18, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-remove-android-permissions-on-ue-5-3/1536701 "2023-12-18T22:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xSpeedy](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@xSpeedy](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/xSpeedy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-remove-android-permissions-on-ue-5-3/1536701/1 "2023-12-18T22:08:36Z")
I have updated my project to UE 5.3 cause there was an update to swappy which made my game crash sometimes when switching levels. And now this version added 3 permissions that I can’t get rid of with no method, UPL or RequirementsManifestOverride. Before this version I used UPL and it got me rid of every permission I wanted out. This is the code that gets added now in the AndroidManifest.XML ---
**Author:** ![xSpeedy](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@xSpeedy](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/xSpeedy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-remove-android-permissions-on-ue-5-3/1536701/2 "2023-12-18T22:17:38Z")
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**Author:** ![xSpeedy](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@xSpeedy](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/xSpeedy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-remove-android-permissions-on-ue-5-3/1536701/3 "2023-12-21T11:00:37Z")
In case anyone is in the same situation here’s what I did: I’m using admob goodies plugin and the plugin’s UPL was asking for these permissions, even though in my UPL I asked for the permissions to be removed they were still added from the plugin’s UPL. I had to delete the permissions from the plugin’s UPL and rebuild the plugin. The developer of admob goodies added these permissions in 5.3 version. I have talked with him and he said he might delete the permissions on future updates. But for now the only way is to rebuild the plugin. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cant-remove-android-permissions-on-ue-5-3/1536701/4 "2024-01-20T11:01:04Z")
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