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GOOGLE has some advice for Android users that can help avoid a costly app mistake.

The tech giant lets users set a budget for Google Play expenses.

Google : "You can check and track your Google Play expenses, and set and manage a budget."

And, adds: "Budgets allow you to monitor your expenses and receive alerts when you spend a certain amount.

"They don’t prohibit transactions when you exceed your budget."

You can only monitor a budget in the currency that matches the country you selected when setting up your Google Play profile.

To get started, open your Google Play Store app.

Then click Payments & subscriptions, and tap Budget & history.

Next, click Set budget and enter the amount that you'd like to limit yourself to.

Finally, all you need to do is click Save.

When making purchases in the Play Store, you'll now receive messages when you're close to the budget.

That means each time you buy an item you'll be reminded you're close to hitting your limit.

Google notes: " Your monthly budget history is stored in your Google Account, but it’s removed after 1 year."

You'll need to head out to the Budget & history section if you want to remove the limit.

This section also reveals how much of the budget you've spent so far.

Google says an error message may occur when you try to remove a budget.

If this happens, check your internet and mobile data connection and then try again.