App Store Manager Documentation
  • Documents
    • First steps
      • Overview
      • How to work with the App Store Manager?
      • Common Obstacles
    • Access
      • App Store Connect access
      • Google Play Console access
      • Manage credentials
      • Team Management
        • Permissions
        • Locking/unlocking
    • Edit, translate and upload
      • Supported languages
      • Upload metadata
      • Screenshot and asset upload
      • Automatic translation
    • Import and export
      • Import from store
      • Import from file
      • File import and export
      • Export to file
    • Release Notes Creation
      • Android Release Notes creation
    • Phrase and Lokalise
      • Typical use cases
      • Export Phrase translations to the Stores
      • Import App Store Metadata to Phrase
      • Import App Store Metadata to Lokalise
    • Account and Subscriptions
      • User account
      • Subscriptions
  • Video tutorials
    • How to create API access to Google Play Console
    • How to grant API key access to Apple App Store Connect
    • How to upload my app descriptions
    • How to create Android Release Notes
    • Team Management
  • FAQ
    • Android
      • How to create API access to Google Play Console
      • What if my app is not in a production state?
      • But the Google Play Console offers a translation!
    • iOS
      • How to grant API key access to Apple App Store Connect
      • Are updates working if my app is in a ready “READY FOR SALE” state?
      • Are multiple teams for my Apple account supported?
      • Is two-factor-authentication supported?
      • Updating promotion texts
    • General
      • App Store Manager questions
        • Which stores are supported?
        • What do you mean by “managing” app descriptions?
        • How to use the App Store Manager?
        • Who uses the App Store Manager?
        • Parallel usage of the App Store Manager
      • Translations & languages
        • What is the difference between Google Translate?
        • How good are your translations?
        • What is the source language?
      • Store handling and upload
        • What about the store policies?
        • How to upload my app descriptions?
        • How long should my texts be?
        • Is my store metadata overwritten when I hit save?
        • Ampersand “&” within the automatic translation
        • What if an error occurs?
        • How to set up my store credentials/ login?
        • Which app information do I have to provide?
  • App Store Manager
    • Changelog
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App Store Connect access

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Last updated 1 year ago

Currently, Apple no longer allows the use of accounts without 2-factor authentication. Therefore, the previous login procedure is no longer valid.

To continue uploading metadata or screenshots, an App Store Connect API key is required immediately. This can be provided in the App Manager for the upload duration. After the upload has been completed (successfully and in the event of an error), the key is deleted from the App Store Manager without leaving any residue. Optionally, it can also be encrypted for later use.

Since uploading metadata and screenshots is asynchronous (the start of the upload can take a while), using 2-factor authentication is not supported.

Creation of an App Store Connect API key

Log in to and navigate to . There, click on the plus and create a new API key. Do not reuse an existing one, but create a new one. You can also delete it after the upload is done.

Generate API key

Create the API key. Please give it a name (< 30 characters). Choose a name you can use in the future: E.g., App Store Manager key.

Note: the role entitles all possibly maintained apps. Therefore, the key can also transfer additional metadata using the App Store Manager.

Now, the new key appears in the overview. Via download, you can download the key file once. Important: this is only possible once.

Note: keep the key file safe, or delete it after use.

You will need the following information from this page for App Store Connect signup within the App Store Manager’s “Import from store” or “Upload to App Store” steps:

  1. Issuer ID – Identifies the issuer who created the authentication token.

  2. Key ID – of the previously generated key

  3. Key file – the App Store Manager requires the file’s content.

Open the key file (ending with .p8) with a text editor and copy the entire content to the clipboard.

Copy the key ID, the Issuer ID, and the full content of the key file to the App Store Manager’s App Store Connect login fields, and you are good to go.

Note: After the successful transfer, you can revoke (delete) the key within App Store Connect or keep it for further usage.

Then select the role “App Manager” under Access. Important, for the App Store Manager, only this one role is needed. Therefore, do not assign any further permissions. To check the detailed user rights, read the App Store .

Connect docs
App Store Connect
https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/access/api
Users and access – App Store Connect API
Provide a name for the key
Select the correct access right
Download the key file
Example key file content
App Store Connect credentials