# How to Deprecate Old Mobile App Versions for Security

DevFeed: [How to Deprecate Old Mobile App Versions for Security](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-secure-old-app-versions-guardsquare-26309.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.guardsquare.com/blog/mobile-app-version-deprecation>)

Author: Anton Baranenko - Product manager

Published: 2026-09-08T12:25:47Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Guardsquare Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/guardsquare-blog.md>)

Topics: [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [app-attestation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-attestation.md>), [dexguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dexguard.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [ixguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ixguard.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This article examines how to deprecate old mobile app versions after a security vulnerability is fixed. It explains why removing vulnerable versions from official app stores is insufficient and evaluates update mechanisms, including platform-provided in-app updates, from a security perspective.

## Source excerpt

Here's a security incident scenario. You ship a mobile app with insufficient tampering protection, and someone finds it. Now the app can be modified and repackaged into a malicious version with almost no effort.