Possible to Delete CodePush Release?

[DovahBrownies]

Yes, I know this may come off as a very trivial question, but I can't seem to find any documentation explaining how to delete a CodePush release, especially from the AppCenter.

Any help?

[NickToropov]

Hi @DovahBrownies

according to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/distribution/codepush/cli#a-namerolling-back-updates-rolling-back-updates it’s not possible.
You should use
appcenter codepush rollback -a <owner-name>/<app-name> Staging if you want to rollback broken release or
appcenter codepush patch -a <owner-name>/<app-name> --disabled to disable it.
Also you can disable release from AppCenter UI by toggling Enabled option:

Please, let me know if it was helpful or there are any questions.

[DovahBrownies]

I'm not sure why they'd leave out a feature like this. Perhaps to encourage devs to push out rollback updates to ensure users who already downloaded the flawed update aren't left stranded; Which I understand, but still a rollback and deleting should be readily available. Thank you.

[cdunkel]

@NickToropov do you know if there is any way to hide old CodePush releases that are no longer necessary? My team and I have been testing our app and using CodePush to distribute React Native updates to the team. Now we have 20+ bundles that will not be necessary once we release the production app...I'll just end up disabling them, but they will just sit there forever taking up space.

Any way to hide or remove them would be fantastic.

Thanks!

[putuyoga]

It would be great if we can remove old code push releases

[yuri-kulikov]

Hi @cdunkel and @putuyoga!
There's a way to delete all the releases from a deployment by this command:

code-push deployment clear <appName> <deploymentName>

But the command is irreversible, so you should use it carefully.

[cdunkel]

Thanks @yuri-kulikov. This could be useful at least for cleaning up our testing deployment from time to time. Not sure I'd ever want to use it on production.

[thakichowdhury]

For those coming to this thread more recently, the command is now

appcenter codepush deployment clear -a <ownerName>/<appName> <deploymentName>

and the link to it in the docs is:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/distribution/codepush/cli#clearing-release-history

[leotm]

Just a question, will this ever be possible via https://appcenter.ms/users/username/apps/app-name/distribute/code-push - the screenshot @NickToropov mentions? #571 (comment)