I can no longer find my app store app on my iPad 2

Settings/General/Restrictions

Hi Chrysalie,

You can't delete the App Store app from your iPad, so it's there somewhere. Check all of your home screens by swiping to the left to make sure you didn't move it to another screen. Also, if you have any apps with multiple apps within them (like Game Center), check to make sure it didn't get moved into there.

You can also do a spotlight search to access it, but that won't show you where it has gotten off to....

But if you want to do a spotlight search, from the first home screen swipe to the right, and then type App in the search bar. It should list the App store app below the search bar, and you can access it from there.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,

GB

If nothing work, try this:

Settings>General>Reset>Reset Home Screen Layout

Hi Paul,

Since there is no Utiilities folder that comes with the iPad, it sounds like you may have created one? When you say it "shows up" in Utilities, are you talking about a folder/app called Utilities, and when you click on it, it shows your App Store app along with others?

If so, then all you need to do it to press and hold the Utilities icon until it wiggles, then touch the small icons lightly - a bar will appear below that folder showing all the apps wiggling. Touch the App icon and move it out of the folder back onto your home screen.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,

GB

And when you did a spotlight search, what happened?

GB

Are you sure that you do not have the app restricted, as suggested?

Settings>General>Restrictions>Off. You will have to enter your restrictions pass code to turn restrictions off.

Thanks for the hint.

BUT it must be the current apple update, as it did not behave that way. I just realized it today and it is always available even I have always having that Restriction ON since I bought My original iPad last Jan.

So on order to be able to see updates, install, apps, etc you need to sacrifice the rest of restriction options? On top of that when you turn off the restriction in order to update your current apps, you need to re-do all your other settings, like the rating for movies, apps, tv shows, etc

So let me scream so the Apple developers might take notice: THAT IS THE STUPIDEST THING THAT I HAVE KNOWN!!!!!

Just what I needed, thanks!

I can't figure out my restrictions pass code

what do you do when you never even put in a passcode for restrictions or just can't remember it ?

Hi patrice,

You cannot even turn on Restrictions without setting a passcode....

Did you try your lock passcode?

GB