Can't disable example app on Web2Py
An easy way is to change the last element in the path name to something that isn't a valid Python identifier.  Web2py internally represents views, models, apps and other constructs using python objects, and if you give something a name that isn't a valid identifier, web2py will pas over it.
For example, change beautify to beautify.IGNORE and see what happens.
I can't recall which objects have this effect immediately and which require the web2py server process to restart.  I think (not sure) app name changes require a restart while views, controller etc. do not.
I've set up an instance of Web2Py on a hosted server and in the administrative interface, I've disabled the example app but it's still accessible. For example, (see what I did there?) if I type the address myserver.com/examples/template_examples/beautify then Web2Py happily dumps all sorts of nasty bits about my server onto the page for God and everybody to look at.
How do I make a Web2Py installed application inactive without deleting it?