Wondering why on a device page, at the bottom , sometimes it lists apps "it is in" but it is not anymore.
Is there a way to sync that query up so that it drops apps off of the list?
Example:
What apps, specifically? If it's just the rules, this can happen sometimes, particularly if an action was removed without de-selecting the devices first. This does not happen as often as it used to, as many of these cases have been addressed over the years. If you can figure out the exact steps that lead to this, it can probably be addressed; otherwise, it's harmless if you truly aren't using the device anywhere in the rule (e.g., if you're looking because you're going to remove the device).
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Sounds like I should not rely totally on it.
It means there is a reference to the device somewhere in the app settings (generally set as a result of selections you have made in the app UI). It should be 100% reliable for that.
In complex apps, often RM rules, you may occasionally be able to hide something in the UI by changing an option in a way that prevents you from being able to see/remove this selection in the UI and in a way that the app doesn't "think" to remove internally (this is not as straightforward as it sounds, but not impossible). That is the only thing that would cause this discrepancy. Like I mentioned above, RM has been better about this in recent versions.
While you never answered my question, this is one reason I asked, and the above would still apply if you are interested in pursuing the issue further. But also as I mentioned, it is harmless to ignore if you know it's not truly "used" in a way that matters, i.e., in a way where it's visible anywhere. (Do note that it's easy to think you aren't using it but really do have it in a condition that is created, even if not used, and that is visible in the UI and thus "fixable" by you, among other possibilities -- but it could be the above, too.)
I am using it mostly to complete a switch from my old phone to new. The swap app caught most but not all. I noticed my old phone device was still being used by some apps that it was not and some the swap missed.
If it makes a difference, I was actually swapping my old phone for a notification proxy I setup to point at my new phone. To make it easier in the future I am pointing everything that notfies my phone to the proxy, the proxy notifies my phone. IKt was frustrating me to find out the swap missed some, and my old phone device lied and said it was being used by some it wasn't.
Sorry no time to write a book yesterday 
