diff --git a/qa-core/src/config/internal-api/TestConfiguration/applications.ts b/qa-core/src/config/internal-api/TestConfiguration/applications.ts
index c5e81f3718..dd98936d3c 100644
--- a/qa-core/src/config/internal-api/TestConfiguration/applications.ts
+++ b/qa-core/src/config/internal-api/TestConfiguration/applications.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { RouteConfig } from "../fixtures/types/routing"
 import { AppPackageResponse } from "../fixtures/types/appPackage"
 import { DeployConfig } from "../fixtures/types/deploy"
 import { responseMessage } from "../fixtures/types/responseMessage"
+import { UnpublishAppResponse } from "../fixtures/types/unpublishAppResponse"
 
 export default class AppApi {
   api: InternalAPIClient
@@ -100,4 +101,14 @@ export default class AppApi {
     const json = await response.json()
     return [response, json]
   }
+
+  async unpublish(appId: string): Promise<[Response, UnpublishAppResponse]> {
+    const response = await this.api.del(`/applications/${appId}?unpublish=1`)
+    expect(response).toHaveStatusCode(200)
+    const json = await response.json()
+    expect(json.data.ok).toBe(true)
+    expect(json.ok).toBe(true)
+    expect(json.status).toBe(200)
+    return [response, json]
+  }
 }
diff --git a/qa-core/src/config/internal-api/fixtures/types/unpublishAppResponse.ts b/qa-core/src/config/internal-api/fixtures/types/unpublishAppResponse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83b0c50352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa-core/src/config/internal-api/fixtures/types/unpublishAppResponse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export interface UnpublishAppResponse {
+    data: {
+        ok: boolean
+    },
+    ok: boolean,
+    status: number
+}
diff --git a/qa-core/src/tests/internal-api/applications/create.spec.ts b/qa-core/src/tests/internal-api/applications/create.spec.ts
index ee46bebf8f..59815923cf 100644
--- a/qa-core/src/tests/internal-api/applications/create.spec.ts
+++ b/qa-core/src/tests/internal-api/applications/create.spec.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe("Internal API - /applications endpoints", () => {
     })
   })
 
-  it("POST - Create an application from a template, publish and check it renders", async () => {
+  it("Publish app flow", async () => {
     // create the app
     const appName = generator.word()
     const app = await createAppFromTemplate()
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ describe("Internal API - /applications endpoints", () => {
     const [publishedAppResponse, publishedAppRenders] =
       await config.applications.canRender()
     expect(publishedAppRenders).toBe(true)
+
+    // unpublish app
+    await config.applications.unpublish(<string>app.appId)
+
   })
 
   it("POST - Sync application before deployment", async () => {