Apps deleted from the App Store

Every app removal we have confirmed since March 2019, newest first, where the app is still available in some other storefront. Filter by storefront, by kind of app, or by year.

How this record is built, and what it leaves out

One entry per app per day, from our record of every confirmed change in an app's availability. A removal is only counted once it has been confirmed by a second test, and most are confirmed many times over. Apps removed from several storefronts on the same day are shown as one entry naming each storefront, so the entries are fewer than the removals — both counts are given below.

Apps that can no longer be got in any storefront are left out, because an app its developer withdrew worldwide is not evidence of anything a country did, and those cases are nearly half of all removals we hold. The test is whether the app is available somewhere today, which is not quite the same as whether it was when it went: an app removed from one storefront in 2021 and retired everywhere in 2024 will not appear here, even though that first removal was real.

This page does not rank storefronts, and the counts beside each storefront in the filter are not a league table. Over the last twelve months the largest number of removals of widely-used apps was in the United States, which has by far the largest catalogue and so the most ordinary commercial churn. For a comparison between storefronts, see the ranking, which is built on what is missing rather than on what moved.

Which apps

Showing only what left China (Mainland) on Apr 11, 2021.

What went, and when

5 removals, newest first.

  1. Woody Block Puzzle Brain GameGames · 269K ratings CN5 years ago
  2. Fill one-line puzzle gameGames · 219K ratings CN5 years ago
  3. HakuokiGames · 114 ratings CN5 years ago
  4. Candy Runner - Race Gingerbread Man Else Crush into CandiesGames · 511 ratings CN5 years ago
  5. Tap Tap Fish - AbyssRiumGames · 108K ratings CN5 years ago