How do I remove an existing built package from a PPA?

Question

Is it possible to drop built package from a PPA ? Without dropping the whole PPA ?

There's multiple package inside (not multiple version), I just want to remove one of them.

Drop how, remove from use, or just remove that individual version? You could always upload a fixed replacement version to overwrite the version already there... — Thomas Ward, Jul 10 '12 at 15:37
@LordofTime remove all existing version of that package from PPA — daisy, Jul 10 '12 at 15:44
with the intent to overwrite later with a newer version number? There's no way to purge a package in a PPA and then upload a lower-version number, if that's what you're asking. Note that any .deb's already installed on any machines using the PPA won't have that package removed. — Thomas Ward, Jul 10 '12 at 15:45
@LordofTime it's too bad if I couldn't upload a lower version..I did the silly thing to re-initialized the bzr reposiroty — daisy, Jul 10 '12 at 16:07
@LordofTime you're right about this, I can't have the package in people's computer removed, i'll just do some trick to increase the revision number — daisy, Jul 10 '12 at 16:29

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '12 at 15:56

You can delete packages individually from a PPA. Here, we will delete the mtr-0.82-3 package from my Sandbox1 PPA:

Click on the PPA from your Launchpad page:
Click on View package details on the top right:
Click on Delete packages on the top right:
Tick the package(s) you want to delete, and an optional comment. Then click the Request Deletion button:

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