This is just a copy paste from https://github.com/microsoft/appcenter/issues/2465 since it was just closed without action, but it is something that is needed for larger organizations. We can't be expected to chase down each user to get them to clean up their device list?:
Background
Currently only a user may delete their own test devices. To remove the device,
You could delete the device by call this API: https://openapi.appcenter.ms/#/distribute/devices_removeUserDevice with the device's UDID.
The device owners can delete the device on their side: Account Settings->My devices->Click the device which need to be deleted->click on the 3 dots to delete
There is no way for an organization to remove user test devices.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add ability for organization admins to delete user test devices:
Describe alternatives you've considered
We considered asking all of our users to remove their old devices, but this is impractical because:
We're a large enterprise organization and there are too many users
There is no enforcement mechanism, so if a user doesn't complete the action we have no means to make them comply
Additional context
At the end of the year, we disable and then remove any old test devices from our Apple developer account in order to stay below their allowed device limits. Often testers in our distribution groups lose or upgrade their old devices and get new ones. However, even after we remove the devices from our Apple developer account and associated profiles, they still show up in MS App Center as un-provisioned devices.
So the problem there is that if users don't remove their old devices once a year, then after the Apple Developer account refresh- even if the devices are removed from Apple, they remain in App Center. The old devices appear as unprovisioned.
And it's problematic for us, because we can no longer use the functionality to automatically register devices. If we were to do that, App Center would attempt to re-register the deleted devices.
Considering that our account is corporate and therefore all users are managed, we should have the ability to remove test devices.
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9 months ago
This is just a copy paste from https://github.com/microsoft/appcenter/issues/2465 since it was just closed without action, but it is something that is needed for larger organizations. We can't be expected to chase down each user to get them to clean up their device list?:
Background Currently only a user may delete their own test devices. To remove the device,
You could delete the device by call this API: https://openapi.appcenter.ms/#/distribute/devices_removeUserDevice with the device's UDID. The device owners can delete the device on their side: Account Settings->My devices->Click the device which need to be deleted->click on the 3 dots to delete There is no way for an organization to remove user test devices.
Describe the solution you'd like Add ability for organization admins to delete user test devices:
Via the API with a call like: DELETE /v0.1/users/{user_id}/devices/{device_id} Through the UI: https://appcenter.ms/orgs/{org_name}/apps/{app_name}/distribute/distribution-groups/{group_name}/devices and Click the device which need to be deleted->click on the 3 dots to delete NOTE: the user would have to be authenticated as an organization admin
Describe alternatives you've considered We considered asking all of our users to remove their old devices, but this is impractical because:
We're a large enterprise organization and there are too many users There is no enforcement mechanism, so if a user doesn't complete the action we have no means to make them comply Additional context At the end of the year, we disable and then remove any old test devices from our Apple developer account in order to stay below their allowed device limits. Often testers in our distribution groups lose or upgrade their old devices and get new ones. However, even after we remove the devices from our Apple developer account and associated profiles, they still show up in MS App Center as un-provisioned devices.
So the problem there is that if users don't remove their old devices once a year, then after the Apple Developer account refresh- even if the devices are removed from Apple, they remain in App Center. The old devices appear as unprovisioned.
And it's problematic for us, because we can no longer use the functionality to automatically register devices. If we were to do that, App Center would attempt to re-register the deleted devices.
Considering that our account is corporate and therefore all users are managed, we should have the ability to remove test devices.