{"id":125409,"date":"2021-12-07T01:58:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T01:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=125409"},"modified":"2021-12-07T01:59:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T01:59:32","slug":"how-to-delete-apps-on-iphone-not-on-home-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-apps-on-iphone-not-on-home-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete Apps on iPhone not on Home Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI downloaded the software and then I could not find it on the home screen.\u00a0 How can I find such apps and then delete them on my iPhone? Do you have any good ideas to help me? \u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most common way to delete an app is to tap and hold the app icon until you get the option to remove the app.\u00a0 After that, you can select the Delete App action to delete it from your iPhone. But if you cannot find the app on the home screen, how can you delete it? In this article, you can learn 4 ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-apps-on-iphone-not-on-home-screen\/\"><strong>delete apps on iPhone not on the home screen<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#way1\">Way 1\u2014Delete an app on iPhone not on home screen from Settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#way2\">Way 2\u2014Delete an app on iPhone not on home screen from App Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#way3\">Way 3\u2014Delete an app on iPhone not on home screen from Search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#way4\">Way 4\u2014Delete an app on iPhone via iDevice Genius<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125411 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/how-to-delete-apps-on-iphone-not-on-home-screen.png\" alt=\"how to delete apps on iPhone not on home screen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/how-to-delete-apps-on-iphone-not-on-home-screen.png 680w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/how-to-delete-apps-on-iphone-not-on-home-screen-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"way1\">Way 1\u2014Delete an app on iPhone not on home screen from Settings<\/h2>\n<p>It is convenient for you to delete an app or offload it from iPhone on iPhone settings. You can also check the size of the app and the last time you used it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Access Settings &gt; General&gt; iPhone Storage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/access-iphone-storage.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"358\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125412 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/access-iphone-storage.webp\" alt=\"access iPhone storage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/access-iphone-storage.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/access-iphone-storage-300x179.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> You can check all apps on your iPhone here. Just go to tap the app you want to delete and then choose Delete App option.\u00a0 After that, you need to confirm the action by hitting Delete App action.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125413 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-settings.png\" alt=\"delete app on iPhone from settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-settings.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-settings-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong> The Delete App action will wipe all of its documents and data and the action cannot be canceled.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"way2\">Way 2\u2014Delete an app on iPhone not on home screen from App Library<\/h2>\n<p>App Library gathers all your apps and classifies them into several categories, such as Entertainment and social. You can find and delete the apps on iPhone that are not on Home Screen. \u00a0But this method can only work for iOS 14 and later iPhone users.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Swipe left on the home screen until you see the App Library screen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> If you do not know which category the app is put in, you can search the app on the top search bar and then hold pressing the app icon and you will get three options.\u00a0 In the end, tap the Delete App option and this app will be removed from your iPhone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-app-library-by-searching.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125416 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-app-library-by-searching.webp\" alt=\"delete app from App Library by searching\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-app-library-by-searching.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-app-library-by-searching-300x178.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you know which category the app lies in, you can directly tap the apps group, and then long-tap the app icon to get the Delete App option. Finally, the app will be uninstalled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-app-library-via-group.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125417 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-app-library-via-group.webp\" alt=\"delete app from App Library by group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-app-library-via-group.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-app-library-via-group-300x178.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"way3\">Way 3\u2014Delete an app on iPhone not on home screen from Search<\/h2>\n<p>If you cannot find the app on the home screen, there is a fast way to find it\u2014using the Search tool.\u00a0 You can quickly find anything on your iPhone by searching, including the apps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Open the iPhone and access the home screen. Then Swipe down the screen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> You can get the suggestion from Siri here. After that, type in the app name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> You can find the app under the search box and you can long-tap the app icon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Tap the Delete App option and there will be a prompt to ask for your confirmation. Just tap Delete to delete it from your iPhone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-search.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125418 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-search.webp\" alt=\"delete app on iPhone from search\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-search.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-app-on-iphone-from-search-300x178.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"way4\">Way 4\u2014Delete an app on iPhone\u00a0 via iDevice Genius<\/h2>\n<p>You can also use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/idevice-genius\/\">iSunshare iDevice Genius<\/a> to delete the hidden apps from your iPhone. This software will scan your iPhone and find all apps on your iPhone. From the result, you can know the app version, application size, and document size. It is super easy for you to uninstall them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Launch the software on your Windows computer and then connect the iPhone to your computer. You should install iTunes on the computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Choose the Uninstall option from the left panel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125419 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/select-uninstall-option.png\" alt=\"select uninstall option\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/select-uninstall-option.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/select-uninstall-option-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Click on the Scan button to scan apps on iPhone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125420 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/click-scan-to-scan-apps-on-iphone.png\" alt=\"click the Scan button\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/click-scan-to-scan-apps-on-iphone.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/click-scan-to-scan-apps-on-iphone-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> From the scanning result, go to find the app you want to delete and click on the Uninstall button. In no time, the app is uninstalled and you can get the successful prompt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125421 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-apps-successfully.png\" alt=\"delete app successfully\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-apps-successfully.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/delete-apps-successfully-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then you can go to delete the next app you want to remove from your iPhone to free up iPhone storage.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/iphone-ipad\/how-to-completely-delete-apps-on-iphone.html\">How to Completely Delete Apps on iPhone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/iphone-ipad\/how-to-transfer-photos-from-iphone-to-laptop-on-windows-10.html\">How to Transfer Photos from iPhone to Windows 10 Laptop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-free-up-storage-on-iphone-or-ipad\/\">Ways\u00a0 to Free Up Storage on iPhone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/iphone-ipad\/how-to-speed-up-an-old-iphone-11-quick-and-simple-tips.html\">11 Tips to Speed up an Old iPhone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI downloaded the software and then I could not find it on the home screen.\u00a0 How can I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ios-devices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125423,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125409\/revisions\/125423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}