---
title: "Delete app"
method: DELETE
path: "/apps/{name}"
---

# Delete app

`DELETE /apps/{name}`

Delete one of your apps, the associated code, and all the runs as well.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required — The name of the app to delete.

## Response `200`

OK

- DeleteAppResponse
  - `$schema` string, uri — A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.
  - `app` App, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — The date and time this app was created.
    - `health_status` 'healthy' | 'warning', required — This property is deprecated. It will always be 'healthy'.
    - `is_example` boolean, required — Whether this app was deployed from the Tower examples catalog.
    - `is_externally_accessible` boolean, required
    - `last_run` Run
      - `$link` string, required — $link is deprecated. Individual responses include links.
      - `app_name` string, required
      - `app_slug` string — This property is deprecated. Use app_name instead.
      - `app_version` string, required
      - `attempts` RunAttempt[] — Previous attempt details. Populated on describe, omitted on list.
        - `ended_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — When this attempt ended.
        - `exit_code` integer, nullable, required — Exit code for this attempt.
        - `seq` integer, required — 1-based attempt number.
        - `started_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — When the run started executing your code.
        - `starting_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — When the runner environment started to get setup.
        - `status` string, required — Terminal status of this attempt.
      - `cancelled_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
      - `created_at` string, date-time, required
      - `created_by` RunCreator
        - `name` string, required — The creator's name: a user's full name (or email) or a service account's name.
        - `type` 'user' | 'service_account', required — The kind of principal that created the run.
      - `ended_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
      - `environment` string, required
      - `exit_code` integer, nullable, required — Exit code of the run, if the run is completed. Null if there is no exit code
      - `hostname` string — hostname is deprecated, use subdomain
      - `initiator` RunInitiator, required
        - `details` union, required — Additional information about the initiator of a run.
          - object
            - `schedule_name` string — The name of the schedule that initiated this run, if type is 'tower_schedule'
          - object
            - `run_app_name` string — The name of the app that initiated this run, if type is 'tower_run'
            - `run_number` integer — The number of the run that initaited this run, if type is 'tower_run'
        - `type` string, nullable, required — The type of initiator for this run. Null if none or unknown.
      - `is_scheduled` boolean, required — Whether this run was triggered by a schedule (true) or on-demand (false). Historical records default to false.
      - `num_attempts` integer, required — Number of attempts for this run (1 = original, 2+ = retries).
      - `number` integer, required
      - `parameters` RunParameter[], required — Parameters used to invoke this run.
        - `hidden` boolean — Whether this parameter is hidden/secret. Defaults to false.
        - `is_override` boolean, nullable — Whether this parameter's value was supplied as an override at run/schedule creation time (true) or comes from the app version's default (false).
        - `name` string, required
        - `value` string, required
      - `retry_policy` RunRetryPolicy
        - `max_retries` integer, required
        - `retry_delay_seconds` integer, required
        - `use_exponential_backoff` boolean, required
      - `run_id` string, required
      - `scheduled_at` string, date-time, required
      - `started_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — When the run started executing your code.
      - `starting_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — When the runner environment started to get setup.
      - `status` 'scheduled' | 'retrying' | 'pending' | 'starting' | 'running' | 'crashed' | 'errored' | 'exited' | 'cancelled', required
      - `status_group` 'successful' | 'failed' | '', required
      - `subdomain` string, nullable — If app is externally accessible, then you can access this run with this hostname.
    - `name` string, required — The name of the app.
    - `next_run_at` string, date-time, nullable, required — The next time this app will run as part of it's schedule, null if none.
    - `owner` string, required — The account slug that owns this app.
    - `pending_timeout` integer, required — The maximum time in seconds that a run can stay in the pending state before being marked as cancelled.
    - `retry_policy` RunRetryPolicy
      - `max_retries` integer, required
      - `retry_delay_seconds` integer, required
      - `use_exponential_backoff` boolean, required
    - `run_results` RunResults
      - `cancelled` integer, required
      - `crashed` integer, required
      - `errored` integer, required
      - `exited` integer, required
      - `pending` integer, required
      - `retrying` integer, required
      - `running` integer, required
      - `starting` integer, required
    - `running_timeout` integer, required — The number of seconds that a run can stay running before it gets cancelled. Value of 0 (default) means no timeout.
    - `schedule` string, nullable, required — The schedule associated with this app, null if none.
    - `short_description` string, required — A short description of the app. Can be empty.
    - `slug` string — This property is deprecated. Use name instead.
    - `status` 'active' | 'disabled' — The status of the app.
    - `subdomain` string — The subdomain that this app is accessible via. Must be externally accessible first.
    - `tags` AppTag[] — The tags applied to the app.
      - `name` string, required
      - `value` string, required
    - `version` string, nullable, required — The current version of this app, null if none.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error

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