How do I know if a Shopify app was removed from the App Store?

Check one app yourself

1. In your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Apps. That's the list of apps installed on your store right now.
2. Find the app on the Shopify App Store. Search by name, or use the listing link from the developer's website or help docs.
3. Read the listing. A live one shows the app's pricing, reviews and an install button. A delisted one says "This app is not currently available on the Shopify App Store."
4. If the listing page won't load at all, the listing has been taken down.

Missing from search doesn't mean removed

App Store search is a bad test. Shopify has two kinds of public apps, listed and unlisted, and unlisted apps never appear in search results or categories. You can still install them from a direct link to their listing (Shopify Help Center, About apps). So when an app doesn't come up in search, open its listing page before you assume the worst.

Check every storefront app at once

If you run a lot of apps, checking them one by one gets old fast. Our free delisted app checker does it for the apps on your storefront. You enter your store address and it loads your homepage and one product page the way a shopper would. It picks out the apps that are switched on there (theme app blocks and embeds, app extension files, scripts an app added, tracking pixels an app set up), opens each app's App Store page and reports what the listing says today. No signup, and nothing is saved.

It only sees what loads on your storefront. Apps that run only in your admin, checkout or billing won't show up, so check those by hand.

For apps the checker can't see, start from your bill

App subscriptions and usage fees billed through Shopify land on your Shopify bill. In your admin, go to Settings > Billing, click View current charges for what's pending, and look through Past bills for what you've paid. One-time app purchases come on separate invoices, and some apps bill you outside Shopify, so those never show up on the Shopify bill at all (Shopify Help Center, App charges on your Shopify bills).

AppTrim reads your Shopify billing invoice, lists every app charge, and flags apps that do the same job. Use it to spot tools you no longer need and apps still billing after you uninstalled them. With that list in front of you, open each app's listing and check it the same way. The walkthrough for the bill itself is in how to read your Shopify billing invoice, and the apps that bill you directly are covered in what your Shopify bill does not show.

Found one? What it means for your store

Delisting blocks new installs and leaves the app on your store. Even when Shopify removes an app for breaking its rules, merchants who have it installed can keep using it until the removal date (Shopify Help Center, Enforcement of Shopify's Partner Program Policies). A Shopify-billed app keeps billing while it's installed, because uninstalling is what cancels future recurring charges (Shopify Help Center, Uninstalling apps).

Thinking about removing it? Read can I keep using a Shopify app after it's delisted first. If it's the charge that bothers you, removed from the App Store but still charging you has the steps. Security worries are covered in our calm app check for Shopify merchants.