I am an iOS application developer and I am facing a problem with the itunes connect, due to some problems I have rejected the binary of the application in itunes connect.Now that app is showing as "Developer Rejected" state, can I remove this application from itunes connect?
Answer is Yes.
Why you need to remove the app ? If you want to keep the app, you can upload a newer version.
If you don't want to keep that app permanently you can delete it. For deleting an app you need to follow these steps.
Open the App Details page for the app, as described in To open the App Details page for an app.
Make sure that the app status allows deletion.
You can delete your app if there is at least one approved version of the app and the latest version status is one of the following:
Prepare for Submission
Invalid Binary
Developer Rejected
Rejected
Metadata Rejected
Developer Removed From Sale
Removed from Sale
If your app has a different status, you can delete the app by first rejecting the binary or by removing the app from sale. See Viewing and Changing Your App’s Status and Availability.
Click the More menu and select Delete App.
If the Delete App button isn’t displayed, check that you’re the team agent and that the app is in one of the statuses that allow the app to be deleted.
A confirmation dialog appears. Click Delete.
Reference : Transferring And Deleting Apps
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I am new in iOS. A few days ago, I was try to create a new app on App Store Connect. Everything went smoothly and I created an app. I did not upload a build on it. The status is "Prepare for submission".
Because it is just an example for creating an app on App Store Connect, I remove my app.
I am able to remove the app by clicking on the "Remove App" button. However, the app keep staying in the App Store Connect with the status "Removed Apps".
Can someone tell me how can I remove the app permanently? The app keep my bundle ID and I cannot remove the App IDs in my Apple Developer Account too.
Thank you in advance!
Once you delete your app from the Apple App Store, you will not be able to reuse the app name or SKU, and you will not be able to restore your app.
An alternative to deleting your app is simply removing it from sale on the Apple App Store. Once it is removed from sale, your app can no longer be downloaded from the Apple App Store. However, your app will remain in your iTunes connect account and you have the option in the future to update your app or restore it to the app store for sale. To remove your app from the Apple App Store, without deleting it, follow only steps 1-6 below.
To delete your app from the Apple App Store:
1) Log in to your iTunes Connect account.
2) Click My Apps.
3) Select the app you want to delete.
4) Click Pricing.
5) If all territories were previously selected, click specific territories to display the list of all territories.
6) To remove your app from all App Store territories, click Deselect All and then click Save.
7) Your app status is changed to ../Art/status_red_2x.png Developer Removed From Sale.
8) To delete your app, click More and then click Delete App.
9) To confirm, click Delete.
Reference: https://help.swiftic.com/hc/en-us/articles/201709211-Delete-Your-App-from-the-Apple-App-Store
How to iTunes connect app remove
Without uploaded app in app store remove
Without any submit for review
only One time build uploaded
You can delete the app easily
If the Delete App button isn’t displayed, check that you’re the team agent and that the app is in one of the statuses that allow the app to be deleted.
Check Details from Here
App can be deleted from iTunesConnect only after app is submitted for review.
Here's the answer to my question I got back from Apple support.
You can only delete an app from the App Store if it was previously approved (meaning has one approved version).
From iTunes Connect Developer Guide - Transferring and Deleting Apps:
How can I delete a application from "My Apps"?
When I press the app, the then press "More", all I see is: "About This App", View on App Store" and "Transfer App". There is no "Delete App".
The game status is "1.0 Prepare for Submission".
From the iOS Developer Library:
Deleting an App
If you’ve created an app in iTunes Connect that you no longer need to manage, you can delete it from iTunes Connect.
Apps can’t be deleted if they are part of a Game Center group, in an app bundle, or currently displayed on a store. You’ll want to remove the app from sale or from the group if you want to delete it. See Removing an App from Sale or Removing an App from a Group in Game Center Configuration Guide for iTunes Connect. Apps that have not been approved yet can’t be deleted; instead, reject the app. See Removing a Build from Review.
Important: If you delete your app, you can’t restore it. The SKU or app name can’t be reused in the same organization. If you’ve uploaded a binary or set up this app for the iAd App Network, your bundle ID can’t be reused.
Here's how to delete your app:
To delete an app from the store and iTunes Connect:
Open the App Details page for the app, as described in Creating an iTunes Connect Record for an App.
Make sure that the app status allows deletion. You can delete your app if there is at least one approved version of the app and the latest version status is one of the following:
Prepare for Submission
Invalid Binary
Developer Rejected
Rejected
Metadata Rejected
Developer Removed From Sale
Removed from Sale
If your app has a different status, you can delete the app by first rejecting the binary or by removing the app from sale. See Viewing and Changing Your App’s Status and Availability.
Click the More menu and select Delete App.
If the Delete App button isn’t displayed, check that you’re the team agent and that the app is in one of the statuses that allow the app to be deleted.
A confirmation dialog appears. Click Delete.
Although Apple talks about "Deleting an app from iTunes Connect", I'm pretty sure deletion as explained here will not make your app disappear from iTunes Connect, simply from the AppStore. I don't believe there's a way to make your app disappear from iTunes Connect.
I submitted a brand new app to AppStore and it got rejected by the Lords ... (nothing new there). What I want to do is delete that app completely from my itunesconnect account. I don't know what apple recently changed but in the past once the app was rejected I use to see a "delete" button on the summary page. Now I don't see one anymore.
I even checked Apple official documentation HERE and that too says that I should be able to delete it from appstore using delete button as long as the app is in reject state but the delete button is no where to be found.
I already tried removing it from all territories under "rights & pricing" and availability date is in the past Jan 22nd, 2014 ... still no delete button is visible.
How can I remove it?
Note: there were no in-app purchases or game center.
Here's the answer to my question I got back from Apple support.
Hi XXX,
I am following up with you about the deletion of your app, “XXX”. Recent changes have been made to the App Delete feature. In order to delete your app from iTunes Connect, you must now have one approved version before the delete button becomes available. For more information on the recent changes, please see the "Deleting an App" section of the iTunes Connect Guide (page 96-97):
You can only delete an app from the App Store if it was previously approved (meaning has one approved version).
From iTunes Connect Developer Guide - Transferring and Deleting Apps:
Apps that have not been approved yet can’t be deleted; instead, reject the app.
As of 2016, new changes have been made to iTunes Connect. Here are the screenshots of deleting an approved app from your account.
Edit December 2018: Apple seem to have finally added a button for removing the app in certain situations, including apps that never went on sale (thanks to #iwill for pointing that out), basically making the below answer irrelevant.
Edit: turns out the deleted apps still appear in Xcode -> Organizer -> Archives and there is no way to delete them from there even if there are no archives! So more looks like a fake delete of sorts.
Currently (Edit: as of July 2016) there is no way of deleting your app if it never went on sale.
However, all information except for SKU can be edited and thus reused for a new app, including the app name, Bundle ID, icon, etc etc. Because SKU can be anything (some people say they use numbers 1, 2, 3 for example) then it shouldn't be a big deal to use something unrelated for your new app.
(Honestly though I'm hoping Apple will fix this soon. I almost hear some Apple devs finding excuses for not implementing it (you know, it will break the database and will kill innocent pandas) and some managers telling the devs to just frigging do it regardless.)
You Can Now Delete App.
On October 4, 2018, Apple released a new update of the appstoreconnect (previously iTunesConnect).
It's now easier to manage apps you no longer need in App Store Connect by removing them from your main view in My Apps, even if they haven't been submitted for approval. You must have the Legal or Admin role to remove apps.
From the homepage, click My Apps, then choose the app you want to
remove. Scroll to the Additional Information section, then click
Remove App. In the dialog that appears, click Remove. You can restore
a removed app at any time, as long as the app name is not currently in
use by another developer.
From the homepage, click My Apps. In the upper right-hand corner,
click the arrow next to All Statuses. From the drop-down menu, choose
Removed Apps. Choose the app you want to restore. Scroll to the
Additional Information section, then click Restore App.
You can show the removed app by clicking on all Statuses on the top right of the screen and then select Removed Apps. Thank you #Daniel for the tips.
Please note:
you can only remove apps if all versions of that app are in one of the following states: Prepare for Submission, Invalid Binary, Developer Rejected, Rejected, Metadata Rejected, Developer, Removed from Sale.
As per 2018 in App Store Connect. We can delete/remove application with following stats.
App Store Connect details for Remove an app
So, from now onwards we can delete our test applications too from app store connect.
Easy.
(as of 2021)
Click your app, click App Information in the left side menu, scroll all the way down to the Additional Information section, click Remove App.
Boom. done.
As the instructions state on the iTuneconnect Developer Guidelines you need to ensure that you are the "team agent" to delete apps. This is stated in the quote below from the developer guidelines.
If the Delete App button isn’t displayed, check that you’re the team agent and that the app is in one of the statuses that allow the app to be deleted.
I have just checked on my account by logging in as the main account holder and the delete button is there for an app that I have previously removed from sale but when I have looked in as another user they don't have this permission, only the main account holder seems to have it.
I had the same problem with a dummy app that happened to have the same name as my final app and couldn't publish because the App Name is already in use
To fix it, instead of deleting it(which you can't) I just changed the name of the dummy app to something random and hit SAVE. Then I was able to add the new app with the proper name
Apps can’t be deleted if they are part of a Game Center group, in an app bundle, or currently displayed on a store. You’ll want to remove the app from sale or from the group if you want to delete it.
Source: iTunes Connect Developer Guide - Transferring and Deleting Apps
currently, I have an app ready for sale in the app store. I want to remove it and re-submit a new but identical app using a different account.
I understand that I need to remove the app from the store and I found the steps here
How to remove an iOS app from the App Store
However, can I check if it is necessary to delete the app from the old developer's account before resubmitting it via the new account?
To remove an app from the App Store, deselect all territories in your app's Rights and Pricing section on the App Summary page accessible from the Manage Your Applications module. Your app status will change to Developer Removed from Sale and will be removed from the App Store until you make it available again using the Rights and Pricing section.
Hope This Helps.
You'll likely need to assign a new Bundle Identifier to your app ... you cannot have an identical bundle identifier on the app store under different accounts. I believe you'll find that this is the case even if you've removed the app from the initial account, since users may have already installed your app.
See Removing an App from Sale in the iTunes Connect Developer Guide which says:
To remove your app from sale on the store
Open the App Details page for the app, as described in Creating an iTunes Connect Record for an App.
Click Pricing.
Open the list of store territories.
If the app is only available in some territories, the list of territories is displayed.
If the app is available in all territories, open the list of territories by clicking the “specific territories” link.
Click Deselect All.
Click Save.
The status changes to Developer Removed From Sale. Within 24 hours, your app won’t be seen on the store.
To sell an app you previously removed from sale, you must put it back on sale in the territories you want it to be sold in.
Note: If you remove a version from sale and then add a new version, the new version will remain Removed from Sale as well, even after it is approved by App Review. To release the new version, you need to clear the app for sale again.
I think that if you want the app to have the same name then you will have to remove the other one first.