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Do you have apps on your iPhone that you don't use often or never use? These software keep taking up storage space. Over time, they may affect the performance of your device. So, if your iPhone is getting so slow and laggy, then it's time to completely clean up the unnecessary programs. Here will be five ways on how to completely remove apps from your iPhone.
Deleting an app from iPhone is more than just removing its icon from the home screen, so how do you completely delete an App from my iPhone? Apple provides multiple ways to do this, next we will introduce these steps in detail, please read on.
Note: Some important apps are prohibited to be completely deleted from iPhone, you can only remove them from the Home screen, such as Phone, iMessage, Camera etc.
For devices running iOS 15 and newer, users can delete apps directly from the home screen. This is the easiest and fastest way to completely remove Apps from iPhone and it is also the most popular method.
Step 1: Long press any app icon on the iPhone home screen until the menu appears.
Step 2: Select "Remove App", in the next window, select "Delete App" > "Delete", and its data will be completely removed from the iPhone's storage.
In iOS 14 and later, you can find and organize apps in the "App Library" on your iPhone and delete unwanted apps completely.
Step 1: Unlock your iPhone and swipe left on the home screen until "App Library" appears.
Step 2: Here, you can find the apps you want to delete by searching in the search bar or browsing through the categories.
Step 3: Long press the icon of the app you want to delete and select "Delete App" from the menu. Click "Delete" at the confirmation prompt and the app will be completely removed from your iPhone.
Before uninstalling an app completely, you can view all the information related to the app, including the storage space it occupies, from the "Settings" of your iPhone. Then you can "Offload App" or "Delete App" according to your needs.
Step 1: Open "Settings" app on iPhone and click "General" option.
Step 2: Select "iPhone Storage" and wait for it to load and show all the installed apps.
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Step 3: Find the unwanted app and tap on it, tap "Delete App" at the bottom of the screen, which will delete all data related to that program from iPhone.
Tip: If you want to free up storage space temporarily, but don't want to completely delete app data and settings, you can choose "Offload App".
For apps downloaded or purchased from the App Store, after completely uninstalling them from your iPhone, you may also want to remove them from your purchase history. Here are the steps to hide apps from your purchase history.
Step 1: Go to the App Store on your iPhone and click on your avatar in the top right corner of the screen.
Step 2: Tap on "Purchase History" and in the list of downloaded apps, find the app you want to remove permanently.
Step 3: Swipe the app to the left and tap "Hide" to remove it from the Purchase list.
In addition to the official methods provided by Apple, the storage cleanup tool designed for iPhone and iPad - iSunshare iDevice Genius also provides the option to remove Apps on iPhone completely. It quickly scans and lists all the third-party Apps on iPhone, including the hidden and unused ones.
In addition, the tool is also capable of retrieving and cleaning crash logs, corrupted files, and large files on the device. With its help, you can effortlessly free up space on your iPhone or iPad.
Step 1: Download the software on your computer and run it. Don't forget to connect your device to the computer using a USB cable.
Step 2: Click "Uninstall" on the left column and then click "Scan" button on the right menu, the program will start scanning the apps on your iPhone.
Step 3: After scanning, you will see the unused apps listed on this page, including version, app size and document size. Tap "Uninstall" button to remove them to free up storage space on your iPhone.
Step 4: Soon, a prompt will appear on the screen to indicate that the uninstallation was successful, which means the app has been completely removed from your iPhone.
When your iPhone becomes laggy or even dies frequently due to lack of memory, removing infrequently used or redundant apps on your device completely is an effective way to free up storage space. This article summarized a few common options to remove apps on iPhone thoroughly, hope they are applicable to you.
