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# Associating and disassociating application resources
An application resource is an object within an AWS service that you can tag with [the `awsApplication` tag](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/latest/arguide/overview-appreg.html#ar-user-tags), which is an AWS user tag that AppRegistry vends on your behalf. The following procedures describe how to associate and disassociated application resources.
**Note**
For AppRegistry applications created before November 8th, 2023, AppRegistry creates the `awsApplication` tag after you perform your first resource association. This tag’s value is a unique identifier for the application. You can then apply the `awsApplication` tag to any other resources you want to add to the application. For AppRegistry applications created after November 8th, 2023, AppRegistry creates the `awsApplication` tag when you create the application.
**Topics**
+ [Associate application resources in a new application](#w2aac13b7c19c21b9)
+ [Associate application resources in an existing application](#w2aac13b7c19c21c11)
+ [Disassociate application resources from an application](#w2aac13b7c19c21c13)
## Associate application resources in a new application
The following procedure describes how to associate application resources in a new application.
**To associate application resources in a new application.**
1. Open the AWS Service Catalog console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/)
1. From the navigation pane, choose **AppRegistry**, and then choose **Applications**. You're directed to the **Applications** screen.
1. On **Applications**, choose **Create application**.
1. Under **Application name and description**, enter a name and optional description for your application.
1. Under **Resource collections**, choose one or more provisioned products or CloudFormation stacks to associate to your application.
1. Choose **Create application**.
## Associate application resources in an existing application
The following procedure describes how to associate application resources in an existing application.
**To associate application resources in an existing application**
1. Open the AWS Service Catalog console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/)
1. From the left navigation pane, choose **AppRegistry**, and then choose **Applications**. You're directed to the **Applications** screen.
1. On **Applications**, choose the name of the application that you want to associate resources to. Or select the name of application that you want to associate resources to, and choose **View**. You're directed to the **Application details** screen.
1. Choose **Resource collections**, and then choose **Associate resource collection**.
1. Under **Resource collections**, choose one or more provisioned products or CloudFormation stacks to associate to your application.
1. Choose **Save changes**.
**Note**
If you share an application with this account, and the application has read-only permissions, associate and disassociate actions are disabled for resource collections.
## Disassociate application resources from an application
The following procedure describes how to disassociate application resources from an existing application.
**To disassociate application resources from an existing application**
1. Open the AWS Service Catalog console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/)
1. From the navigation pane, choose **AppRegistry**, and then choose **Applications**. You're directed to the **Applications** screen.
1. On **Applications**, choose the name of the application that you want to disassociate resources from. Or select the name of the application that you want to disassociate resources from, and choose **View**. You're directed to the **Application details** screen.
1. Choose **Resource collections**, select the resource that you want to disassociate from the application, and then choose **Disassociate**.
1. Confirm your disassociation, and then choose **Ok**.
**Note**
If you share an application with this account, and the application has read-only permissions, associate and disassociate actions are disabled for resource collections.