# Firebase: “Cloud Firestore API has not been used in project … before or it is disabled”
> Firestore fails with Cloud Firestore API has not been used in project before or it is disabled. Create the database, enable the API, and check the project ID.
Canonical: https://app369.com/fix/firestore-api-not-used-or-disabled/
Last updated: 2026-11-09
This Firestore error means the Google Cloud project your app called has the Firestore API off, or has no Firestore database yet. It can name a project you don’t expect. That points to the wrong config or service account, not a broken database.
**Short answer**
Check the project ID in the error against the projectId in your Firebase config or service account. If it is the right project, create the Firestore database in the Firebase console, which also turns the API on. If the API was turned off, enable it with gcloud services enable firestore.googleapis.com; enabling the API alone doesn’t create a database. Wait a few minutes, then retry.
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## **Why the API is off, and the fix**
1. 01 ### **The project has no Firestore database yet**
> “In the left panel, go to Databases & Storage > Firestore. Click Create database. Select a location for your database.” [**Firebase, Get started with Cloud Firestore**](https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/quickstart) A new Firebase project doesn’t create Firestore until you do. Create the database in the console, pick its location carefully, then run the app again.
2. 02 ### **The app points at another project** A firebaseConfig, google-services.json or service account key copied from another project sends requests there. Compare the project number or ID in the error with the one in your config, and use the files from the right project.
3. 03 ### **The API was turned off in Google Cloud**
> “The gcloud services enable command enables a service with the name specified for the current project.” [**Google Cloud, Enable and disable services**](https://cloud.google.com/service-usage/docs/enable-disable) Someone may have disabled the Firestore API in this project. Turn it back on in the API Library or from the command line. Enabling it needs a role that can manage services, such as Owner or Editor.```
gcloud services enable firestore.googleapis.com --project YOUR_PROJECT_ID
```
4. 04 ### **It was just enabled** The error text itself asks you to wait a few minutes after enabling the API. Retry after that before changing anything else.
Checked against the vendor’s docs on November 9, 2026: [Firebase docs: Get started with Cloud Firestore](https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/quickstart); [Google Cloud docs: Enable and disable services](https://cloud.google.com/service-usage/docs/enable-disable).
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Questions
## **More on this error**
**Can I enable it from the Google Cloud console? **+
Yes. Open APIs & Services, select the project, search for Cloud Firestore API and click Enable.
**Why does a Cloud Function get this error? **+
The function runs with its project’s service account. If it reads Firestore in another project, that project needs the API on and the service account needs access there.
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