How to remove a build from itunes connect?
Solution 1:
UPDATE:
Time has changed, you can now remove (expire) TestFlight Builds as in this answer but you still cannot delete the build.
OLD:
I asked apple and here is their answer:
I understand you would like to remove a build from iTunes Connect as shown in your screenshot.
Please be advised this is expected behavior as you can remove a build from being the current build but you cannot delete it from iTunes Connect. For more information, please refer to the iTunes Connect Developer Guide: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/
So i just can't.
Solution 2:
Wait! You can expire a build actually! :)
After 2017 Solution:
Still same at 2021
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From the homepage, click My Apps, select your app.
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Click the TestFlight tab.
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In the sidebar, below Builds, click the platform (iOS or tvOS).
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In the table on the right, in the Build column, click the app icon or build string for the build that is missing compliance information.
5.Click Expire Build.
Ta-da! Build expired at the App Store Connect.
Means:
- Internal testers and external testers will no longer be able to install this build.
- You can remove a build from being the current build
- But, You cannot delete it from App Store Connect (iTunes Connect)
Required roles
- Account Holder
- Admin
- App Manager
See Role permissions.
For more information please visit.
Solution 3:
I had this problem. I'll share my ride on the learning curve.
First, I couldn't find how to reject the binary but remembered seeing it earlier today in the iTunesConnect App. So using the App I rejected the binary.
If you "mouse over" the rejected binary under the "Build" section you'll notice that a red circle icon with a - (i.e. a delete button) appears. Tap on this and then hit the save button at the top of the screen. Submitted binary is now gone.
You should now get all the notifications for the app being in state "Prepare for Upload" (email, App notification etc).
Xcode organiser was still giving me "Redundant Binary". After a bit of research I now understand the difference between "Version" & "Build". Version is what iTunes displays and the user sees. Build is just the internal tracking number. I had both at 2.3.0, I changed build to 2.3.0.1 and re-Archive. Now it validates and I can upload the new binary and re-submit. Hope that helps others!
Solution 4:
Choose the build
The answer is that you Mouse over the icon for your build and at the end of the line you'll see a little colored minus in a circle. This removes the build and you can now click on the + sign and choose a new build for submitting.
It is an unbelievably complicated web page with tricks and gizmos to do the thing you want. I'm sure Steve never saw this page or tried to use it.
Surely it's better practice to design the screen so that you can see the options all the time, not to have the screen change depending on whether you have an app in review or not!