Unpublished platform apps
When you select Disable unpublished platform apps by default, Box disables all unpublished platform apps by default. However, account holders can enable these platform apps by performing one of the following:
- Highlight the entry for a disabled platform app in the Platform Apps section, click the ellipsis ("..."), and select Enable App. The application is now able to access content.
or - Click Add Platform App, then click Enable App. The application is now able to access content.
Note: Before toggling this setting on, you need to manually enable any apps you want to keep active if their status has never before been manually changed by an admin. This prevents apps from being disabled and is the case even when their Enablement Status automatically shows as Enabled. You can update their status in Platform Apps Manager.
This manual enablement is required because Disable unpublished platform apps by default only affects apps whose status has not been manually changed by an admin. If an app was submitted and authorized, but not manually marked as Enabled, the system considers this as enabled by default. Thus, when the Disable unpublished platform apps by default setting is enabled, the app would be disabled.
This manual enablement is required because Disable unpublished platform apps by default only affects apps whose status has not been manually changed by an admin. If an app was submitted and authorized, but not manually marked as Enabled, the system considers this as enabled by default. Thus, when the Disable unpublished platform apps by default setting is enabled, the app would be disabled.