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“Suddenly I can't uninstall apps from my iPhone because there is no Uninstall app button in the settings, application library, and app store. So terrible, there is no function to delete the application.” -- From discussions.apple.com.
Generally, it is easy to delete apps from iPhone. When you cannot delete apps on iPhone, this issue can be caused by the following factors: non-removable apps such as Photos, Safari on your iPhone; there are restrictions on your iPhone for deleting apps; your iPhone is stuck or frozen in downloading apps; the app is stuck on waiting process. According to these factors, you can fix cannot delete apps on iPhone with the following effective ways:
Sometimes, when you can't delete apps on iPhone, your apps may get stuck. Maybe a simple restart can help to solve the problem. You can restart the iPhone from the menu or force restart it. Here are two tutorials from Apple Official website:
For the iPhone users, if the restrictions are enabled and deleting apps are not allowed, you are unable to delete apps on iPhone no matter from settings, application library or app store. As this setting will prevent you from deleting the app, you can enable deleting apps on the iPhone restrictions.
Step 1: Tap on Settings and then choose Screen Time. After that, hit on Content & Privacy Restrictions.
Step 2: Select iTunes & App Store Purchases. If it pops out a prompt which asks you to enter the screen time passcode, just go to enter it to continue.
Step 3: After that, tap on Deleting Apps and then select Allow. Now, you can go to the home screen and try to delete the apps. It would work normally as usual now.
For the iPhone with older iOS version, they can access Settings > General > Restrictions and then make the Deleting Apps button on.
If the app is still in downloading, you can see the Waiting text under the app on the home screen. But when it gets stuck in this process, you can long-press the app icon and then select the Cancel Download option.
If you fail to get the app uninstalled with the above methods, you can try iSunshare iDevice Genius. This iPhone storage cleaning software can help to uninstall third-party apps safely and quickly, regardless of the deleting apps restrictions. Within simple clicks, iDevice Genius can detect all third-party apps on your iPhone and you can delete the app with one click.
Step 1: Download and install iDevice Genius on your PC, and connect the iPhone to your computer with the USB cable.
Step 2: Run the software. Choose the Uninstall option on the left and then click the Scan button on the main screen to scan the apps on your iPhone.
Step 3: Minutes later, you can get the scanning result with all apps version, application size and document size. Of course, there is the Uninstall button behind each app. You can simple click the Uninstall button to delete the app on iPhone. At the same tine, all of its data will be removed from the iPhone.
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