Sometimes you no longer want a specific app registered to a Firebase project (for example, you want to eliminate an obsolete app variant). However, before deleting an app, review this article so that you understand what happens when an app is deleted and what it means for your Firebase project.
When you remove an app from your Firebase project, the app is scheduled to be automatically permanently deleted after 30 days. During that 30 days, you can restore the removed app before it's permanently deleted. After the permanent deletion, though, you cannot restore the app.
Therefore, before removing an app from your Firebase project, make sure that permanent deletion of the app from your project is what you really intend.
What happens after removing, restoring, or permanently deleting an app from a Firebase project?
It's important to understand what happens when you remove an app from a Firebase project and then after it's subsequently permanently deleted (if it's not restored within 30 days of removal).
- Re-link any desired integrations, such as those with AdMob, BigQuery, or Google Analytics.
- Re-import all your previous conversions into Google Ads for conversion tracking. Note that your newly added app will have a different App ID, so you need to re-configure any products (like Ads) that key data to an App ID.
How to remove (and subsequently permanently delete) an app from a Firebase project
Use the following instructions to remove an app from a Firebase project. The app will be automatically permanently deleted after 30 days (if it's not restored within those 30 days).
- Sign into the Firebase console, and then open your project.
- Click
, and then select Project settings.
- In the Your apps card, select the app that you want to remove (and subsequently permanently delete).
- Under the Your apps card, click Remove this app.
- Confirm the changes that will occur with the removal (and subsequent deletion) of the app.
- Click Remove app.
Note that alternatively, you can remove an app from a Firebase project using the REST API endpoints for iOS, Android, and web apps.
How to restore an app to a Firebase project
If you need to restore an app that's been removed from a Firebase project, you can do so within 30 days of the app's removal.
- Sign into the Firebase console, and then open your project.
- Click
- In the Your apps card, click Apps pending deletion.
- In the row for the app that you want to restore, click RESTORE APP.
- Confirm the changes that will occur with the restoration of the app.
- Click Restore app.
Note that alternatively, you can restore a removed app to a Firebase project using the REST API endpoints for iOS, Android, and web apps.
How to immediately and permanently delete an app from a Firebase project
If you need to immediately delete an app from a Firebase project, you can do so anytime before Firebase automatically deletes it (which happens 30 days after it's been removed). If you immediately delete an app, the app will be permanently deleted and cannot be restored.
Note that you have to remove the app from your project first and then perform an additional set of actions to delete it immediately.
- Follow the instructions above to Remove an app.
- After removing the app, go back to the Your apps card, and then click Apps pending deletion.
- In the row for the app that you want to delete immediately, click DELETE NOW.
- Confirm the changes that will occur with the permanent deletion of the app.
- Click Delete app permanently.
Note that alternatively, you can immediately permanently delete an app from a Firebase project using the REST API endpoints for iOS, Android, and web apps.