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IOS:TransferApp

lastmod 2018-08-17created 2014-04-0912 edits

This page summarizes the procedure and method for transferring ownership of an iOS app.

Transfer app

If the following message appears when transferring app ownership, the app cannot be transferred. 

You cannot transfer this app because of the following reasons:
Passbook ID, Certificates, and Notifications
You can only transfer apps that are not using Passbook IDs, certificates, or notifications.

To learn more about the app transfer process, see our FAQs(login required).

Also, to transfer app ownership, the following two pieces of information about the user user receiving the transfer are needed.

  • Recipient's Team Agent Apple ID.
  • Team ID.

App Transfer Procedure

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iTunes connect main page.

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Manage your apps.

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On the App Information screen, click the "Transfer app" button.

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Check whether the transfer is possible.
The important point is that both the transferring account and the receiving account must have active developer registration.

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Enter the Apple ID and Team ID of the person receiving the app.

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After logging in with the Apple ID of the person receiving the app,
they must agree to the terms of use in "Contracts, Tax, and Banking".

Once the transfer procedure is finished, the change of app ownership is completed within about 3 hours.

Why am I not able to transfer my app?

You cannot transfer apps that contain or use:

  • iCloud entitlements in any version of the app
  • Passbook
  • A SKU that matches the SKU of one of the recipient's apps, including SKUs that have been removed
  • In-App Purchase product IDs that match the In-App Purchase product ID of one of the recipient's apps, including In-App Purchase IDs that have been removed
  • Approved auto-renewable, non-renewing, or free subscription In-App Purchases, including previously approved In-App Purchases subscriptions that have been removed
  • Sandboxed Mac apps that share the Application Group Container Directory with other Mac apps cannot be transferred either.

To transfer these apps, the recipient must create the app as a new app. Current customers, ratings, and reviews cannot be transferred to the new app.

Translation: When an App Cannot Be Transferred

You will not be able to transfer an App if any of the following apply.

  • When it integrates with iCloud
  • Passbook
  • When the SKU, including removed ones, matches the recipient's SKU
  • When the In-App purchase ID, including removed ones, matches the recipient's In-App purchase ID
  • When there are auto-renewing, non-renewing, or free Subscription In-App purchases, including removed ones
  • A Sandboxed (secured) Mac App that shares the same group directory with other Mac Apps

To transfer Apps in the situations above, the user must create the App anew. Current customers, star ratings, reviews, etc. are not moved to the new App.

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