Can't delete App Id from a deleted App

Hello guys!


I was developing an app in my account and then I deleted the app from Itunes connect. Now I'm trying to delete the app id from indentifiers scetion but I can't. I got this error:


The App ID 'xxxxxxxxxx' appears to be in use by the App Store, so it can not be removed at this time.


But I deleted the app 5 minutes after I submitted to the store.


I need to use this ID in another account, what can I do?


Thank you!

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  • Same problem... Was testing putting an app on testflight and deleted 5 minutes after uploading

  • Did You find any answer for the same? facing same issue.

  • Same problem. For the trillion dollar company Apple is, they are WAY more useless when it comes to Android in regards to app development and publishing.

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Only validate an archive and now I have the same problem. I have not even upload this app...

Same problem

I was able to follow these steps and it does say to wait 24 hours for propagation and hopefully I'll go back to deleting the identifier again: https://help.apple.com/app-store-connect/#/dev7013b314c

  • Were you able to follow through with this? Doesn't work for apps not in the 'Ready for Sale' state--ie. apps that are in test and not yet published, however.

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Same issue. I have not released the app yet. I was just testing out stuff and now I have a dud ID that can't be removed. Please allow us to remove ID after removing the app from appstoreconnect.

Same here

Same issue. Apple is useless and I can't believe the world supports them. I accidentally registered the app under the wrong account. And now I can't delete the identifier because "it's being used by the app store" even though the app was never published. And I can't create an identical bundle identified in the other account. I will need to break company policy and change the way the bundle identifier is supposed to be to get around this.

Same issue here. Apple, there was someone is this thread who offered to be hired to implement this. I'll one up them: I'll do it for free.

This is ridiculous.

Facing the same issue. Why hasn't Apple fixed this yet?!

same problem. i think it cannot be deleted once used. its a bug. Apple is apple..

It's not an issue with App Store Connect but with XCode.

Go to ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles and remove the mobileprovisioning file that is linked to your Bundle ID.

This step has to be done actually by all the other team members who installed the profile on XCode.

  • I'd say the issue is still with App Store Connect, because it should not rely on team members removing particular files on their computers. This is absolutely ridiculous.

  • It doesn't work the problem is App Store Connect

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sample problem.

Same problem

Apple support helped me with a workaround:

  • Create a new throwaway bundle ID
  • Restore your deleted app and refresh the page, then change the bundle ID to the throwaway bundle ID
  • Delete the app again, and you should be able to remove the original identifier that you wanted to remove

NOTE: you should still revoke all the original provisioning profile.

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