Deleting an Application

You can remove an application using the CLI tool, REST API or the PPaaS Console as shown below:

Deleting an application via the CLI

Overview

CLI command	`remove-application`
Description	Delete an application.
Command format	remove-application <APPLICATION_ID>

Parameter definition

Short option	Long option	Description	Required	Example value
N/A	N/A	Unique ID of the application	Yes	`wso2am-190-application`

Example

Delete an application named wso2am-190-application.

remove-application wso2am-190-application

Sample output

Application deleted successfully: [application] wso2am-190-application

Deleting an application via the REST API

Overview

Description	Delete an application.
Resource Path	`/applications/{applicationId}`
HTTP Method	`DELETE`
Request/Response Format	`application/json`
Command format	curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type: application/json" -k -v -u <USERNAME>:<PASSWORD> https://<PRIVATE_PAAS_HOST>:<PRIVATE_PAAS_HTTPS_PORT>/api/applications/{applicationId} By default, `<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>` is `admin:admin.` By default, `<PRIVATE_PAAS_HOST>` is `localhost.` However, if you are using a public IP, the respective IP address or domain needs to be specified. By default, `<PRIVATE_PAAS_HTTPS_PORT>` has been set to 9443. However, if the port offset has been incremented by `n`, the default port value needs to be incremented by `n`.

Example

Delete an application named wso2am-190-application.

curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type: application/json" -k -v -u admin:admin https://localhost:9443/api/applications/wso2am-190-application

Sample output

> DELETE /api/applications/wso2am-190-application HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:9443
> Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
> User-Agent: curl/7.43.0
> Accept: */*
> Content-Type: application/json
> 
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 04:35:53 GMT
< Content-Type: application/json
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
< Server: WSO2 Carbon Server
< 
{"status":"success","message":"Application deleted successfully: [application]

You will come across the following HTTP status codes while deleting an application:

HTTP status code

200, 500

See the descriptions of the HTTP status codes here.

Deleting an application via the PPaaS Console

Follow the instructions below to delete an application:

Click Applications on the home page.
Hover the mouse pointer over the application you wish to delete for the Delete button to appear and click Delete.
Click Yes to delete the application.