Removing App ID from Developer Connection

Asked 15/6, 2009 at 14:38 Answered 2/8, 2018 at 19:6

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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.

Vetiver answered 15/6, 2009 at 14:38 Comment(6)

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! – Particularity 13/1, 2012 at 16:40

Apparently you can now delete App ids, a very welcome change! – Extragalactic 8/4, 2013 at 3:52

UPDATE: Now its possible to delete app id. – Witenagemot 29/4, 2013 at 18:8

@Particularity 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". – Beeswing 1/8, 2013 at 2:49

How can I change app id on developer.apple.com ? – Rustcolored 6/12, 2013 at 7:35

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 – Hyperon 19/12, 2017 at 15:26

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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.

Orchardist answered 15/6, 2009 at 19:43 Comment(10)

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? – Sarette 31/5, 2012 at 0:56

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! – Trichosis 27/8, 2012 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. – Hudson 25/3, 2013 at 17:21

Now its possible to delete app ID :) – Witenagemot 29/4, 2013 at 18:8

@Sarette 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. – Beeswing 1/8, 2013 at 2:52

I cannot delete a certain app id as of today. – Joashus 15/8, 2013 at 10:1

how do you delete it? – Greaten 8/10, 2013 at 6:16

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. developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/… – Plio 9/10, 2013 at 17:7

And the ability is back. Just click "Edit" button, scroll down to the bottom, then hit "Delete". – Disabled 20/4, 2014 at 10:35

This comment is not about how. i don't know why it is recommended – Arioso 28/5, 2015 at 13:27

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.

Efface answered 28/6, 2010 at 17:46 Comment(5)

I think we should all email Apple at once letting them know how stupid and annoying it is that we cant hide these yet! – Mainland 8/7, 2011 at 4:10

i believe apple knows how frustrated we are long time ago. they just don't give a gosh darnit. – Hygrograph 26/12, 2011 at 14:53

@Hygrograph +1 for the double euphemism – Kinata 18/8, 2012 at 21:16

Please check this stack link. we CAN delete the app by . go to AppId Edit > Delete. [1]: https://mcmap.net/q/137546/-can-39-t-delete-app-id-from-apple-developer-center – Inconsistency 26/11, 2014 at 4:24

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. – Checkerboard 3/12, 2015 at 10:10

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.

Rouge answered 6/11, 2011 at 11:29 Comment(6)

Great Add-on - brings some sanity:-) – Googolplex 21/12, 2011 at 1:35

For Chrome, just install from the Chrome Web Store – Toein 19/10, 2012 at 16:24

Delete button is grayed out – Stillmann 26/7, 2013 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 – Bang 27/8, 2013 at 12:2

your account must be agent account. If you isn't it, even you are admin, you cannot see the delete button – Meredi 12/11, 2014 at 4:38

Works in November 2017! – Moneyed 22/11, 2017 at 16:55

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.

Rhodic answered 16/9, 2013 at 3:29 Comment(0)

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.

Marrow answered 19/11, 2013 at 13:52 Comment(1)

How to multi-select the junk AppId created due to Automatic Provisioning checkbox , doing one by one in pain – Hyperon 19/12, 2017 at 16:4

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.

Casemaker answered 9/4, 2013 at 9:30 Comment(2)

there is no 'setting' and 'delete' option – Piragua 14/11, 2013 at 5:37

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':) – Checkerboard 3/12, 2015 at 10:15

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.

Regeneracy answered 2/8, 2018 at 19:6 Comment(0)

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