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Write Accurate

ORIGINAL:
If needed, you can come back anytime and update your app’s name, logo, description, or category later.

BETTER:
If needed, you can come back anytime and update your app’s name, logo, description, or category.

EXPLANATION:
The word “later” used at the end of the sentence is inaccurate. A user would not return to the application to update the information “later”.
This is not logical. Moreover the phrase “you can come back anytime” is awkward and is language not typically used to describer a user’s interactions with an application. The sentence would be better written as “At anytime, you can update your app’s name, log, description, or category.” The phrase “If needed” is implied and therefore not necessary.

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