A fitting assembly for conduits, comprising: a first fitting component (12, 208) and a second fitting component (14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) that can be assembled together, at least one conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504), said at least one conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) being retained with one of said first and second fitting components (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) as a subassembly prior to the first and second fitting components being assembled together (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502), wherein the fitting assembly comprises only metal parts, characterized in that: said at least one conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) comprises a main body and a flange (46, 162, 216, 316, 508) that engages an interior surface (44, 164, 210, 322, 512) of said one of said first and second fitting components (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) to hold said conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) and said fitting component (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) as a discontinuous subassembly, said flange (46, 162, 216, 316, 508) bends away during pull-up of the fitting to release the conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) from the fitting component (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502), allowing the fitting component (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) to be axially withdrawn away from the conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) during disassembly. a first fitting component (12, 208) and a second fitting component (14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) that can be assembled together, at least one conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504), said at least one conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) being retained with one of said first and second fitting components (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) as a subassembly prior to the first and second fitting components being assembled together (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502), wherein the fitting assembly comprises only metal parts, characterized in that: said at least one conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) comprises a main body and a flange (46, 162, 216, 316, 508) that engages an interior surface (44, 164, 210, 322, 512) of said one of said first and second fitting components (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) to hold said conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) and said fitting component (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) as a discontinuous subassembly, said flange (46, 162, 216, 316, 508) bends away during pull-up of the fitting to release the conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) from the fitting component (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502), allowing the fitting component (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) to be axially withdrawn away from the conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) during disassembly. said at least one conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) comprises a main body and a flange (46, 162, 216, 316, 508) that engages an interior surface (44, 164, 210, 322, 512) of said one of said first and second fitting components (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) to hold said conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) and said fitting component (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) as a discontinuous subassembly, said flange (46, 162, 216, 316, 508) bends away during pull-up of the fitting to release the conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) from the fitting component (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502), allowing the fitting component (12, 208, 14, 102, 152, 206, 304, 502) to be axially withdrawn away from the conduit gripping device (24, 204a, 306, 504) during disassembly.