Remove App

Before removing an app make sure your wish to continue as this process is not reversible. When removing an app it set into a permanent state of "Removed". While the app is not physically removed entirely it can not be restored. We keep the app in a state of Removed instead of entirely deleting to keep track of app identities. These identities are reverse domain ID of an app that should not be reused.

What Gets Deleted Automatically

Deployment History Tracks and deployment tasks that the app has processed or queued.

Deployment Logs Logs from build machine related to deployments.

Signing Keys Any signing keys created for app signing. This is for android apps.

Cached Assets and Project on Build Machine Project files, Assets and configurations.

App Design The configuration of the app design. This does not remove the theme created from the app design which could be used in content.

Secondary Domain If applicable the secondary domain will be removed. This is usually a subdomain created for the web app.

Test Bundles Any test bundles uploaded to the platform such as .ipa (iOS App) or .aab (Android Bundle) files.

Firebase Hosting The web app hosted on firebase will be removed.

Manual Deletion Process

While the process of deleting an app does most of the heavy lifting, there will still be some manual deletions you will need to carry out. This is due to the limitations that Firebase, Google Play and Apple App Store APIs.

App Store You will need to manually remove the app from the App Store by following this guide https://help.apple.com/app-store-connect/#/dev28d17ed35

Unpublish an app on Google Play Store You will need to manually remove the app from the Google Play store by following this guide https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9859350?hl=en

Firebase Apps You will need to remove all app variants (iOS, PWA and Android) by following this guide https://support.google.com/firebase/answer/7047853?hl=en

How to Remove an Apple App

Apple App Store

  1. Pricing and availability - Remove from Sale

  2. Expire any builds in Test Flight

  3. App Information - Remove App

Google Play Console

  1. Test and Release

  2. Setup / Advanced Settings

  3. Set to Unpublished

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