App Store and Ad Hoc disabled

Question

When i try to create a App Store and Ad Hoc distribution option, its disabled in my apple account, where sometimes iOS App Development option also disabled.How to create a distribution certificate .Can any one please help me?

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score 98 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 20 '15 at 18:55

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You have reached to the limit of maximum number of "Ad Hoc Distribution Certificates" which is 3. To create new one you must revoke an old one.

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answered Jul 04 '13 at 14:07

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There is a limit? Didn't know that. What is the limit? – dasdom Jul 04 '13 at 14:31
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It is 3. Don't know why apple keeping this as a surprise to developers. – Mohammad Faisal Jul 12 '13 at 09:27
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I only have 2 "Production" certificates shown in my certificate list but the option is still not available to me. Any other reasons why this can happen? – Chris Klingler Dec 31 '13 at 03:47
So I noticed. Thanks Aura – Mohammad Faisal Mar 24 '15 at 05:58
I'm on an enterprise account it it looks like its 2 for Inhouse & Ad-Hoc – Android Noob Jun 01 '15 at 20:08
So for any enterprise program only two people can build apps to distribute from their machine because they will have generated the necessary private key pair when creating the certificate. Can this private key be shared among machines then? – Md1079 Sep 17 '15 at 16:12
@Md1079 yes, you can export private keys from Keychain Access. Command-click on the private key and choose "export". You'll get a .p12 that can then be shared to other computers. – Ian MacDonald Sep 18 '15 at 15:04
Just to clarify: does revoking a certificate used to publish an app in PRD, affects this app anyway? – Cotta Mar 15 '16 at 14:24
@Ian MacDonald: Which private key is the relevant one to save ? – timday Apr 07 '16 at 00:18
Is this limit is applicable for any time period? Or will I have to create a new account. – JiteshW May 02 '16 at 13:22
Any official link from apple website for this? – Hussain Mansoor Jul 05 '16 at 03:49

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '16 at 13:35

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For Development certificate the limit is 2 and for Production certificate the limit is 3

answered May 31 '16 at 13:35

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Any official link? – Hussain Mansoor Jul 05 '16 at 03:48
Nothing from Apple yet – nix Jul 27 '16 at 12:07

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 26 '19 at 20:42

You don't need an individual Ad Hoc Distribution Certificate for each individual app you make. In other words, you can use the same Ad Hoc Distribution Certificate for multiple apps. The Ad Hoc Distribution Certificates, simply put, is a way for Apple to recognize and verify that your computer is a paid developer's computer.

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