diff --git a/dashboard/public/views/app.html b/dashboard/public/views/app.html
index 669d52ce3..8c0d1b9c3 100644
--- a/dashboard/public/views/app.html
+++ b/dashboard/public/views/app.html
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@
           </div>
         </div>
         <hr/>
-        <div class="row">
+        <div class="row" ng-if="app.type !== APP_TYPES.PROXIED">
           <div class="col-md-12">
             <label class="control-label">{{ 'app.archive.title' | tr }}</label>
             <p>{{ 'app.archive.description' | tr }}</p>
diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index 399071f2c..6946f4777 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -2491,6 +2491,8 @@ async function archive(app, backupId, auditSource) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof backupId, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof auditSource, 'object');
 
+    if (app.manifest.id === constants.PROXY_APP_APPSTORE_ID) throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, 'cannot archive proxy app');
+
     const result = await backups.getByIdentifierAndStatePaged(app.id, backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, 1, 1);
     if (result.length === 0) throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_STATE, 'No recent backup to archive');
     if (result[0].id !== backupId) throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_STATE, 'Latest backup id has changed');