The research aimed to determine the effect of green grass jelly edible coating and vanilla essential oil to extend the shelf life and bacterial growth of water apple Citra varieties. This study was conducted on a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with a single factor design consisting of five treatments with three replications as follows green grass jelly 0.2% and vanilla 0.3%; green grass jelly 0.2% and vanilla 0.6%; green grass jelly 0.4% and vanilla 0.3%; green grass jelly 0.4% and vanilla 0.6%; without coating. The results showed that the administration of green grass jelly edible coating and vanilla essential oil were able to extend the shelf life of Citra variety guava fruit to 9 days. Application of green grass jelly edible coating 0.4% and vanilla essential oil 0.6% can inhibit the growth of bacteria in Citra variety in 12 days storage.