Renaming an approved iPhone app

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I'm looking for the best procedure to rename my app in the App Store. I have a free iPhone app that I released last year. I'm a hobbyist programmer. When I went to update it for 2012, I wanted to use the storyboard feature in 4.2, so I rewrote it. It has been approved and I have removed the original App. However, I unfortunately renamed the app differently than my original one and now I'm not getting as many downloads. I would like to correct this.

What is my best option to re-release it with the name I want? Re-submit a new app?

Perhaps this answers your question - "renaming your app only when you submit a new version". http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3413085/how-to-rename-your-app-in-itunesconnect — Dmitry Sadakov, Feb 21 '12 at 03:29

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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In general, if you want to change the name of an app that is on the app store, you can do that when submitting a new binary.

However, you can't reuse the name of the app that was deleted from iTunes Connect, see here, and here for more information.

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Thank you all, I'll explore those suggestions.:) – TCunningham Feb 22 '12 at 05:29
Is it still the case that you can't reuse an app name? – AlxVallejo Jul 05 '16 at 14:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '12 at 10:29

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You could reuse the App Name of the app you have deleted if you change the Default Language of the application information.

Full details here: http://hesh.am/2012/01/recovering-a-deleted-app-name-in-itunes-connect/

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 13 '16 at 00:02

Just tried it today and it works. Make sure your app is in editable state on itunes connect. See the table here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Chapters/ChangingAppStatus.html

Once it's their a lot of the store listing information that would have been uneditable would be editable like the name. You would have to submit a new binary at the end.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 21 '12 at 03:32

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Just submit a new version of the app and change the name in iTunes connect for the new version. Also remember to change the bundle display name in the -info.plist when building the new version.

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 21 '12 at 03:33

As you said, you can rename the app when submitting a new binary which may be the easiest option.

Alternatively, you can also mail devprograms@apple.com and ask them to change the name for you. This might actually take longer though as dev support usually takes 3-4 days to reply.

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