What's the correct way to rename a heroku app?

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Doesn't seem to be a way to do it from the command line, and when I do this from the site, I run into this issue when I try to git push heroku master:

 !  No such app as [previous app name].

Is this as simple as changing how I point to the app in git?

score 68 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '13 at 17:09

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Did you try heroku apps:rename NEWNAME?

answered Jan 04 '13 at 17:09

mipadi

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If you already changed it via the web interface, you just need to update the heroku remote's URL, which you can do with `git remote set-url heroku `. You can get the new URL from the web interface. – mipadi Jan 04 '13 at 17:36
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@un5t0ppab13: Not required, just wanted to make it more clear that it was a variable piece of data. – mipadi Nov 10 '14 at 18:44

jasonleonhard · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-11T15:55:29.000

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Why use all caps?

heroku apps:rename my_new_app_name

Here is a great place to find out more:

How to rename your Heroku application

In case anyone is curious this method does not require any further configuration, your modifications should be immediate. At the time of this writing I was able to change the name of my app in seconds, and then do so again if I wished. Hope this helps.

edited Nov 11 '14 at 15:55

answered Nov 10 '14 at 16:25

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This is a better answer with more complete information and a link backing it up – BigRon Sep 02 '15 at 22:31

score 14 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '16 at 04:15

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heroku apps:rename new_name --app old-app-name

^ worked for me

answered Mar 18 '16 at 04:15

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important for those of us who have more than one heroku deployment linked to a repo – David Jun 18 '16 at 18:55

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 13 '19 at 12:03

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If you are changing the name of the app on the webpage you should Updating Git remotes

git remote rm heroku heroku git:remote -a newname

https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/renaming-apps

answered Feb 13 '19 at 12:03

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`heroku git:remote -a newname` will overwrite the existing `heroku` remote, therefore, `git remote rm heroku` is not needed. – bmdelacruz May 11 '19 at 13:09

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 27 '18 at 19:03

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Use this:

heroku apps:rename --app old_name new_name

edited Aug 27 '18 at 19:03

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answered Aug 27 '18 at 17:35

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This is the updated Heroku command to rename the name of the app. – Arun AK Dec 29 '18 at 01:45

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited May 21 '14 at 15:03

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Try this command:

heroku rename new_app_name

edited May 21 '14 at 15:03

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answered Sep 10 '13 at 17:34

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered May 09 '16 at 21:53

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heroku rename new-name-app

always works for me but for additional information on rules, follow this page.

answered May 09 '16 at 21:53

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered May 02 '22 at 16:27

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to rename app use:

heroku apps:rename --app <old_name> <new_name>

then, remove remote heroku:

git remote rm heroku

and add new one:

heroku git:remote -a <new_name>

and push changes:

git push heroku <branch_name>:main

answered May 02 '22 at 16:27

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score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Sep 18 '20 at 11:07

If you want to rename your heroku app use: heroku apps:rename new_name

Please replace "new_name" with the name you want to give your app. make sure you do not include any "https://" because this will give you an issue. simply replace new_name with your app name

e.g heroku apps:rename grapefruitblog

After doing this, heroku requires that you update git remotes for all other local checkouts of the app. you can do this by running this command: heroku git:remote -a new_name

Again, replace new_name with the name you previously put in

e.g heroku git:remote -a grapefruitblog

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