# Best practices for updating live app

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/best-practices-for-updating-live-app/8704>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/best-practices-for-updating-live-app/8704 "2020-05-08T01:22:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ray\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@ray\_d](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ray_d)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/best-practices-for-updating-live-app/8704/1 "2020-05-08T01:22:30Z")

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After you launch your app, what’s the best way to make upgrades and test functionality without risking breaking the live app or having users see your changes/testing live?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/best-practices-for-updating-live-app/8704/2 "2020-05-08T03:17:19Z")

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Hi Ray,

I would like to refer to the discussions about the same topic here.

> [@How is managed the App versions and link to Gsheets?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-is-managed-the-app-versions-and-link-to-gsheets/6874/):
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> How is managed the App versions and link to Gsheets ? I didn’t find any information on that. Let’s say I build and share an App named “BeMyApp” with corresponding Gsheet named “Matrix”. in the Glide editor (Settings), if I change the App name by “BeMyApp\_TEST”, the named is well changed on My Apps list ([https://go.glideapps.com/](https://go.glideapps.com/)) and not on the Gsheet (“Matrix”) that is normal, but why is the App still public, means accessible and shared ? By the way, is there a possibility not to share an A…