How to remove an iOS app from the App Store

Question

I want to remove my app, which is currently marked \"Ready for sale\", from the App Store. I could not find any documentation on this, and there is no \"Remove from Sale\"

Answer 1

Minor change in iTunes Connect,

• Login to iTunes Connect
• Select your app from My Apps section
• Select App Store tab, Then select Pricing & Availability section
• Under Availability section you will see two options 1) Available in all territories 2) Remove from sale, Kindly refer below screenshot for the same.
• Select remove from sale if you would like to remove from all territories, if you would like to remove from specific territory then click on edit & remove from selected territory.

Answer 2

What you need to do is this.

1. Go to “Manage Your Applications” and select the app.
2. Click “Rights and Pricing” (blue button at the top right.
3. Below the availability date and price tier section, you should see a grid of checkboxes for the various countries your app is available in. Click the blue “Deselect All” button.
4. Click “Save Changes” at the bottom.

Your app's state will then be “Developer Removed From Sale”, and it will no longer be available on the App Store in any country.

Answer 3

Steps to Remove app from App Store

1. Click the My Apps section.
2. Select the app you'd like to remove.
3. Click the Pricing tab from the app listing page.
4. Click the "specific territories" link.
5. In the drop-down section that appears below, click "Deselect All' at the top right. This will uncheck every territory below.
6. A confirmation message will appear at the top of the screen.
7. Return to the My Apps section by clicking the navigation button at the top left.
8. The application status has changed to "Developer Removed From Sale."
9. Within 24 hours (though usually less) your app will no longer appear in the App Store.

Answer 4

You can "Deselect All" to remove the app (temporarily) from all App Stores, as Noah mentioned.

And you can "Select All" to get the App back to all App Stores.

You can find it in: iTunes Connect Link

Answer 5

I just changed availability date to a future date. After doing that, I received following message -

You have selected an Available Date in the future. This will remove your currently live version from the App Store until the new date. Changing Available Date affects all versions of the application, both Ready For Sale and In Review.

Which means that the app is removed and no longer available.

Answer 6

Since itunesconnect has been changed i am updating with the new steps here.

You have to follow through these steps

1. Login to itunesconnect
2. Choose your app in My Apps section
3. Under Appstore tab choose "Pricing and Availability"
4. Under Availability section click edit will open a popup listing the territories
5. Uncheck all the territories and click Done