Removing App ID from Developer Connection

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How do I remove an App ID from the developer program portal area? I mistakenly added a couple of app id's under the wrong login and would like to remove them, but I am not seeing a way to do so.

My problem is that I made a mistake with my App bundle name and so I created another one... Now they have the same name and I don't know which one to choose when creating a profile! — jowie, Jan 13 '12 at 16:40
Apparently you can now delete App ids, a very welcome change! — Alex Nolasco, Apr 08 '13 at 03:52
@jowie You can simply rename the App IDs. The "Name" field is merely descriptive and can be edited any time. Change the unwanted ones from "Whatever" to "IGNORE Whatever". — Basil Bourque, Aug 01 '13 at 02:49
Can we delete multiple APPID at once I know its not possible from the portal but any other way, i have 400+ and its pain when need to manually create a profile to keep self organised and search one — codelover, Dec 19 '17 at 15:26

Massimo Cafaro · Answer 1 · 2013-04-30T05:50:15.490

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Update: You can now remove an App ID (as noted by @Guru in the comments).

In the past, this was not possible: I had the same problem, and the folks at Apple replied that they will leave all of the App ID you create associated to your login, to keep track of a sort of history related to your login.

It seems that they finally changed idea about.

edited Apr 30 '13 at 05:50

answered Jun 15 '09 at 19:43

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okay, they don't want them to be deleted. But why don't they let us RENAME them or DISABLE them, or stop us creating two with the same name? – SteveCav May 31 '12 at 00:56
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agreed!!! here I am about to submit to the app store and I have to take a 50/50 chance on which to use. Hah! – Brad G Aug 27 '12 at 21:43
@BradGoss : Actually, you do not have to take a 50/50 chance. As long as you assign the Bundle Identifier using reverse domain strings, theres no reason why there should ever be a ID that gets rejected. For example you can use com.mycompany.legalEntity.country.appName Since it is highly unlikely that the same company name produces the exact same app in the same country, you'll never be rejected. – SashaZd Mar 25 '13 at 17:21
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Now its possible to delete app ID :) – Guru Apr 29 '13 at 18:08
@SteveCav Apple does indeed let you change the "Name" field of your App ID. As of today 2013-07-31, I did so myself. Click the App ID row to see a detail panel, click the "Edit" button found at bottom. – Basil Bourque Aug 01 '13 at 02:52
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I cannot delete a certain app id as of today. – Jonny Aug 15 '13 at 10:01
how do you delete it? – locoboy Oct 08 '13 at 06:16
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The ability to delete app IDs seems to have been removed again (sadly). By the sounds of it, if you create an app ID and NEVER use it, you can delete it, but if you use it at all, you are no longer allowed to do so. This is a useful link as well, as Xcode 5 does a lot of things for you now. https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/MaintainingProfiles/MaintainingProfiles.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012582-CH30-SW1 – Baza207 Oct 09 '13 at 17:07
And the ability is back. Just click "Edit" button, scroll down to the bottom, then hit "Delete". – Allan Spreys Apr 20 '14 at 10:35
This comment is not about how. i don't know why it is recommended – LKM May 28 '15 at 13:27

score 78 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 28 '10 at 17:46

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App IDs cannot be removed because once allocated they need to stay alive so that another App ID doesn't accidentally collide with a previously existing App ID.

Apple should however support hiding unwanted App IDs (instead of completely deleting them) to reduce clutter.

answered Jun 28 '10 at 17:46

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I think we should all email Apple at once letting them know how stupid and annoying it is that we cant hide these yet! – Louie Jul 08 '11 at 04:10
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i believe apple knows how frustrated we are long time ago. they just don't give a gosh darnit. – OMGPOP Dec 26 '11 at 14:53
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@OMGPOP +1 for the double euphemism – Julian Aug 18 '12 at 21:16
Please check this stack link. we CAN delete the app by . go to AppId Edit > Delete. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/a/24008521/2098690 – Esha Nov 26 '14 at 04:24
The app may be removed from itunesConnest, and then its associated budle identifier, once it is at least one time approved by apple. The app never approved, but submitted to itunesconnect cannot be removed at all. So, since then it becomes a trash. – Bartłomiej Semańczyk Dec 03 '15 at 10:10

score 61 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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In the iOS Dev Center developer navigate to "Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles > iOS Apps > Identifiers > App IDs"

Find the app id you wish to delete, highlight it and select "Settings". At the bottom of the resulting screen there is a "Delete" button.

Previously the only way to do this was to use a Safari & Chrome extension written by Simon Whitaker

app-id-sanity downloads

It gives you an "Active" checkbox next to all your App IDs and allows you to relabel them to alter how they appear in the App ID drop-down when creating new provisioning profiles.

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answered Nov 06 '11 at 11:29

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Great Add-on - brings some sanity:-) – jwknz Dec 21 '11 at 01:35
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For Chrome, just install from the [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dleofkjfblmgcedmhdankbcmhonjndne) – Ryall Oct 19 '12 at 16:24
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Delete button is grayed out – jjxtra Jul 26 '13 at 21:59
I found my delete button is grayed out as well. I am wondering if some one had experience to delete App IDs – user454083 Aug 27 '13 at 12:02
your account must be agent account. If you isn't it, even you are admin, you cannot see the delete button – biolinh Nov 12 '14 at 04:38
Works in November 2017! – galactikuh Nov 22 '17 at 16:55

Trung · Answer 4 · 2014-09-17T15:17:49.660

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As of Apr 2013, it is possible to delete App IDs.
As of Sep 2013, it is impossible to delete App IDs again after the big outage. I hope Apple will put it back.
As of mid 2014, it is possible to delete App IDs again. However, you can't delete id of apps existing in the App Store.

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answered Sep 16 '13 at 03:29

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score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 19 '13 at 13:52

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Delete application IDs is allowed. Make sure you deleted all certificates, APNS certs and provisioning profiles associated with your application. Then go to Identitifies --> App IDs, select the application ID, Edit and Delete button should be enabled.

answered Nov 19 '13 at 13:52

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How to multi-select the junk AppId created due to Automatic Provisioning checkbox , doing one by one in pain – codelover Dec 19 '17 at 16:04

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 09:30

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As @AlexanderN pointed out, you can now delete App IDs.

In your Member Center go to the Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles section.
Go to Identifiers folder.
Select the App ID you want to delete and click Settings
Scroll down and click Delete.

answered Apr 09 '13 at 09:30

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there is no 'setting' and 'delete' option – Gajendra K Chauhan Nov 14 '13 at 05:37
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yes, you are able to press delete button, but then appears a warning: 'app id cannot be removed, because it is used by app store':) – Bartłomiej Semańczyk Dec 03 '15 at 10:15

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 02 '18 at 19:06

When I do what explains some answers:

The result is:

So, anybody can explain really really how to delete an old App ID?

My opinion is: Apple does not let you remove them. I suppose it is a way to maintain the traceability or the historical of the published.

And of course: application is no longer available in the App Store. It was available (in the past), yes.

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