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# Application Settings

The Application Settings tab of the Administration Console allows you to see, and in some cases, configure several important aspects of your application:

- Application basics, such as the application title, timeframe for cookie expiration, and authentication options.
- Configured services that you've installed, such as XMPP
- Host domains for your application
- Datastore writability
- Disable or delete your application

## View and Configure Application Basics

The Basics section of the Application Settings screen allows you to:

- Set the title of your application. If users authenticate to use your application, this title appears in the authentication screen.
- Set the lifespan of cookies. You can set cookies to expire in one day, one week, or two weeks.
- Change the authentication options for your application. If you have chosen not to authenticate against a Google Apps domain, you can switch the auth between the Google Accounts API or Federated Login. For more information about authentication in App Engine, please visit Configuring Your App's Authentication.

## View Configured Services

In addition to receiving and responding to HTTP requests, App Engine applications can also receive requests via other protocols. To receive requests via a non-HTTP protocol, you must enable it in your application's configuration file.

App Engine currently supports receiving inbound mail and XMPP requests. The following links provide information about how to configure these services.

- Receiving XMPP Messages: Python
- Receiving XMPP Messages: Java
- Mail: Python
- Mail: Java

## Set a New Host Domain

App Engine uses Google Apps to manage domains. To change the domain where your app is hosted, click Add Domain and enter the new domain. For more information, see Deploying Your Application on Your Google Apps URL.

## Disable Datastore Writes

If you wish to make your datastore read-only, click Disable Writes. This setting causes all attempts to write to your datastore to fail. Once you've disabled writes, any attempts to write to that datastore throw a capability disabled error. You can re-enable writes by clicking the Re-Enable Writes link.

## Disable or Delete Your Application

As a safety measure to prevent inadvertent deletion, App Engine requires you to first disable your application before deleting it. Only after you have first disabled your app are you allowed to delete it permanently.

You don't have to delete a disabled app; you can simply leave it disabled if you wish. In the disabled state, your application stops serving requests but retains its data and state; you can continue to manage the app in the Administration Console and you can re-enable it. After you request permanent deletion, App Engine imposes a waiting period of approximately 72 hours before actually deleting the application. During this waiting period, you can cancel the deletion request. Once your application is actually deleted, however, you cannot recover its state or data. Only its application ID remains (and this can never be re-used).

Warning: Disabling your application does not automatically disable billing. If you disable your app but do not disable billing, your app can continue to incur billing costs even though it is disabled.

Each developer account starts with a 10-app limit. If an app is deleted, the developer who requested deletion (doesn't have to be the app's creator) receives the "credit" for the deleted app and can then create one additional app. Anyone marked as a Developer for the app in the Permissions tab of the Administration Console can request deletion of the app, but all developers are notified by email and any developer can revert the request for deletion.

To disable or delete your application,

1. In the Administration Console, click your application to make it the active application.
2. Click Application Settings on the left side under Administration.
3. Click Disable Application.
4. Click Disable Application Now.
5. If you want to delete your app,
   1. If billing is enabled for your app, disable billing. You aren't allowed to delete before you do this.
   2. Click Request Permanent Deletion. The application will be deleted in approximately 72 hours.

To re-enable your disabled application, click Re-Enable Application.