Reusing Streamlit App URL After Transferring GitHub Repo to New Account

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Hi Streamlit Community,

I’m currently facing an issue after transferring ownership of a Streamlit app and its GitHub repository, and I’d really appreciate your help.

Originally, we deployed a Streamlit app using Account A (which had an associated GitHub repo). At a later stage, we needed to move everything to another user, so we transferred the GitHub repository to Account B.

Now, when we try to redeploy the same app from Account B using streamlit.io, we found that the previous URL is still reserved—even though Account A no longer shows the app in its dashboard, and we have no option to delete it from there.

Essentially:

  • The original app was published from Account A.
  • The GitHub repo has been transferred to Account B.
  • We want to reuse the same app URL on Account B, but it says the URL is already in use.
  • The original app no longer shows in Account A’s Streamlit dashboard, so we can’t delete it.

Is there any way to either:

  1. Free up the original app URL so we can reuse it, or
  2. Delete the ghost app reference that is locking the URL?

We’d love to keep the same URL for continuity, especially since it’s already been shared with users.

Thanks a lot in advance!
Zaid