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Why this is core

Launch uses Better Auth for sessions and user identity. This layer is woven into routing, device tracking, and data access. Removing it would require a full re-architecture, so it is not supported as a feature deletion.

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Prerequisites

  • You want to keep core sessions
  • You only need to disable providers

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Steps

  1. Remove provider UI entry points
  2. Remove provider env vars
  3. Restart the API

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What you can disable

You can still remove providers and entry points:
  • Apple Sign-In
  • Google Sign-In
  • Email OTP flows

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Disable Apple / Google

  1. Remove provider UI buttons:
    • apps/mobile/app/auth/*
  2. Remove env vars from the API:
    • APPLE_* and GOOGLE_*
  3. Restart the API server to pick up env changes.
Better Auth only registers providers when the env vars are present, so removing them disables the provider.

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Disable Email OTP

  1. Remove Email Sign-In entry points and screens:
    • apps/mobile/app/auth/email-signin.tsx
  2. Remove email-specific UI hooks if unused.
  3. Remove RESEND_API_KEY from the API.

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What not to remove

  • Session cookies and auth middleware
  • Auth-related tRPC procedures used by the app
If you need a fully unauthenticated product, treat it as a new product baseline and plan a custom refactor instead of “removing auth.”

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Troubleshooting

  • Provider still shows: check auth screen entry points
  • Sign‑in still enabled: verify env vars are removed

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Next Steps