Update or unpublish an app
Shipping a new version, changing the listing, and taking an app down
Updating an app
To ship a new version, resubmit the app from your dashboard. You must own it.
Two things to expect:
- Every field is overwritten from the new submission — title, description, price, tags, and the source. Anything you leave blank is blanked, not preserved. Treat it as republishing, not patching.
- The app returns to pending review. An update is not live immediately. It goes through the same security scan and review as a first submission.
The currently live version stays up while the update is in review. Your buyers keep using the old version until the new one is approved, so a rejected update doesn't take your app offline.
Updates count against your 3 submissions per 24 hours limit, same as new apps.
Changing just the price
Changing the price is a resubmission like any other change. Existing buyers are unaffected — a purchase is complete at the price it was made at. See Set a price.
Unpublishing
You can take an app off the marketplace. When you do:
- The listing disappears and no one new can buy it.
- People who already bought it keep their access. Unpublishing removes the listing, not their purchase. Their copy stays reachable from their library.
- It stops counting against your published-app cap, freeing a slot.
Unpublishing is not a way to undo sales. Money already earned stays earned, and refund requests already inside the 48-hour window still apply.
Deleting
Removing an app entirely — including for people who bought it — isn't something you can do yourself, because it takes away something buyers paid for. If an app has to come down completely (a licensing problem, a security issue you found), contact support: Get help.
If your app is taken down
Panoply can remove an app that fails review after the fact or violates the rules. You'll be told why and you can appeal. See Report an app or appeal a decision.