# Delete an app from the App Repository

Delete app from repository

## Endpoints

**DELETE** `/api/v1/mdm/apps/{app_id}`

## Request URL

```text
https://{server-hostname}:8383/api/v1/mdm/apps/{app_id}
```

## Scope

```text
MDMDeviceMgmt.DELETE
```

## Header

```text
Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
```

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` — **Mandatory**: `application/json`

### Path Parameters

- **app_id** `string` — **Mandatory**

  Unique identifier of the application. Obtain from the [Get App List](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/app-management-get-an-app.html) response

### Query Parameters

- **softdelete** `boolean` — Optional

  When true, performs a soft delete (move to trash) instead of permanent deletion. Default: true

### Request Body

`application/json`

- **app_ids** `array` — Optional

  Array of app IDs to refresh status for or dissociate from the device

## Sample Request

### Curl

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
  --url 'https://appdomain/api/v1/mdm/apps/{app_id}?softdelete=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{"app_ids":[0]}'
```

### Java

```java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.http.HttpTimeoutException;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
        .uri(URI.create("https://appdomain/api/v1/mdm/apps/{app_id}?softdelete=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE"))
        .header("content-type", "application/json")
        .header("Accept", "application/json")
        .header("Authorization", " d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
        .method("DELETE", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"app_ids\":[0]}"))
        .build();
    HttpResponse<string> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
    System.out.println(response.body());

  }
}
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("appdomain")

payload = "{\"app_ids\":[0]}"

headers = {
    'content-type': "application/json",
    'Accept': "application/json",
    'Authorization': " d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52"
    }

conn.request("DELETE", "/api/v1/mdm/apps/{app_id}?softdelete=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))
```

### Deluge

```javascript
parameters = "softdelete=value";

headersMap = Map();
headersMap.put("Accept", "application/json");
headersMap.put("Content-Type", "application/json");

data=Map();
data_app_ids=List();
data_app_ids.add("1");
data.put("app_ids",data_app_ids);

response = invokeUrl
[
    url: "https://appDomain/api/v1/mdm/apps/{app_id}" + "?" + parameters
    type: DELETE
    headers: headersMap
    body: data
    connection: connection_name
]

info response;
```

### PowerShell

```powershell
$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("content-type", "application/json")
$headers.Add("Accept", "application/json")
$headers.Add("Authorization", " d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://appdomain/api/v1/mdm/apps/{app_id}?softdelete=SOME_BOOLEAN_VALUE' -Method DELETE -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json' -Body '{"app_ids":[0]}'
```

## Sample Request Body

```json
{
  "app_ids": [
    0
  ]
}
```

## Possible Response Codes

- **204** `HTTP code`

## Sample Response: HTTP 204

```text
204 No Content
```

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**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 60 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.