Removing Facebook application through API

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I have a web app that adds an application to a users profile, and requests extended permissions.

I can't seem to find if there is a way to use a script to remove the application from the users profile when they request to do so from my web app. I know they can remove the app when logged into Facebook, but I want to know if I can remove the app with an API call. Thanks for any help.

score 16 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 06:27

You can use a HTTP DELETE request with:

From http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/user/#permissions:

You can de-authorize an application or revoke a specific extended permissions on behalf of a user by issuing an HTTP DELETE request to PROFILE_ID/permissions with a user access_token for that app.

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

The accepted answer is over 3 years old and is now outdated.

From: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user/permissions/#Deleting

You can revoke a specific permission by making a call to a Graph API endpoint:

DELETE /{user-id}/permissions/{permission-name}

This request must be made with a user access token or an app access token for the current app. If the request is successful, you will receive a response of true.

Note that excluding {permission-name} will revoke all permissions.

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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This is the javascript way (Fb js sdk api call) to remove the application from the user profile: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7741978/246435

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Feb 01 '12 at 14:44

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Nate Totten · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-03T18:32:35.510

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UPDATED: As others have mentioned, Facebook now has this API. I don't think there is a way to change the accepted answer to give credit unfortunately.

From: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user/permissions/#Deleting

You can revoke a specific permission by making a call to a Graph API endpoint:

DELETE /{user-id}/permissions/{permission-name}

This request must be made with a user access token or an app access token for the current app. If the request is successful, you will receive a response of true.

Note that excluding {permission-name} will revoke all permissions.

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answered Oct 28 '10 at 00:06

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Great, that's what I needed. I couldn't find anything on it, so I guess I needed another confirmation. – Thom Allen Oct 28 '10 at 02:43
This is no longer true. See newer answers below, using the DELETE method on the /{user-id}/permissions path. – Mark McClelland Jun 11 '15 at 19:56
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It's in the API at: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/permissions/v2.4#revokelogin – Doug S Aug 20 '15 at 03:30

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 15 '17 at 08:59

I have a PHP example if anyone is interested (with Graph v5 in 2017):

# v5 with default access token fallback
$fb = new Facebook\Facebook([/* . . . */]);

$fb->setDefaultAccessToken('{access-token}');

# These will fall back to the default access token
$response = $fb->get('/me');
$response = $fb->post('/me/feed', $data);
$response = $fb->delete('/123', $data);

So you would have to use:

$response = $fb->delete('/123', $data);

Instead of using the FacebookRequest class in v4.

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