Is Free Fire officially banned in India? Latest list of 54 banned apps revealed

After PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite, it is now Free Fire’s turn. Much to the utter surprise and dismay of the players, Garena’s offering has been banned in India.

The game and its enhanced version, Free Fire MAX, were first taken down from the Apple App Store on 12 February. Eventually, the game was removed from the Google Play Store as well.

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Indian government bans Free Fire along with 53 other mobile applications

Free Fire is not available on the Google Play Store (Image via Garena)

Yes, Free Fire has officially been banned in India. The rumors turned out to be true when it was revealed earlier today, 14 February, that Free Fire was banned in India. The Indian government has banned 53 other mobile applications, along with this battle royale game.

The exact cause of the ban has not been revealed by the Indian government. However, the barred apps were believed to be a threat to national security.

The complete list of banned apps is given below:

1. Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD
2. Beauty Camera - Selfie Camera
3. Equalizer- Bass Booster & Volume EQ & Virtualizer 4
4. Music Player- Music, Mp3 Player
5. Equalizer & Bass Booster - Music Volume EQ
6. Music Plus - MP3 Player
7. Equalizer Pro-Volume Booster & Bass Booster
8. Video Player Media All Format
9. Music Player - Equalizer & MP3
10. Volume Booster - Loud Speaker & Sound Booster
11. Music Player - MP3 Player
12. CamCard for SalesForce Ent
13. Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite
14. Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
15. APUS Security HD (Pad Version)
16. Parallel Space Lite 32 Support
17. Viva Video Editor Snack Video Maker with Music
18. Nice video baidu
19. Tencent Xriver
20. Onmyoji Chess
21. Onmyoji Arenal
22. AppLock
23. Dual Space Lite - Multiple Accounts & Clone App
24. Dual Space Pro - Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
25. DualSpace Lite-32Bit Support
26. Dual Space-32Bit Support
27. Dual Space-64Bit Support
28. Dual Space Pro-32Bit Support
29. Conquer Online - MMORPG Game
30. Conquer Online II
31. Live Weather & Radar Alerts
32. Notes-Color Notepad, Notebook
33. MP3 Cutter-Ringtone Maker & Audio Cutter
34. Voice Recorder & Voice Changer
35. Barcode Scanner -QR Code Scan
36. Lica Cam-selfie camera app
37. EVE Echoes
38. Astracraft
39. UU Game Booster-network solution for high ping 40
40. Extraordinary Ones
41. Badlanders
42. Stick Fight: The Game Mobile
43. Twilight Pioneers
44. CuteU: Match With The World
45. Small World-Enjoy groupchat and video chat
46. CuteU Pro
47. FancyU- Video Chat & Meetup
48. RealU: Go Live, Make Friends
49. MoonChat: Enjoy Video Chats
50. RealU Lite -video to live!
51. Wink: Connect Now
52. FunChat Meet People Around You
53. FancyU pro-Instant Meetup through Video chat!
54. Garena Free Fire

The above list mainly consists of Chinese apps and the clones of Chinese apps that were banned over one and a half years ago. In September 2020, 118 apps were suspended, along with PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite.

Rumors of the battle royale title getting banned first rose when it was taken down from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Matters got even more heated when the servers were inaccessible for some time yesterday.

Ironically, Free Fire MAX is still available for download on the Google Play Store. However, players must not need to get their hopes up as the chances are that it will be removed soon.