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title: Before You Submit
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# Before You Submit

To help your app approval go as smoothly as possible, review the common missteps listed below that can slow down the review process or trigger a rejection.

## Overview

### Before You Submit

To help your app approval go as smoothly as possible, review the common missteps listed below that can slow down the review process or trigger a rejection. This doesn’t replace the guidelines or guarantee approval, but making sure you can check every item on the list is a good start. If your app no longer functions as intended or you’re no longer actively supporting it, it will be removed from the App Store. [Learn more about App Store Improvements](https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store-improvements/).

Make sure you:

- Test your app for crashes and bugs

- Ensure that all app information and metadata is complete and accurate

- Update your contact information in case App Review needs to reach you

- Provide App Review with full access to your app. If your app includes account-based features, provide either an active demo account or fully-featured demo mode, plus any other hardware or resources that might be needed to review your app (e.g. login credentials or a sample QR code)

- Enable backend services so that they’re live and accessible during review

- Include detailed explanations of non-obvious features and in-app purchases in the App Review notes, including supporting documentation where appropriate

- Check whether your app follows guidance in other documentation, such as:

Guidelines that include apply to [Notarization for iOS and iPadOS apps](https://developer.apple.com/support/dma-and-apps-in-the-eu/#notarization-for-ios-apps).