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Q: Delete iWatch App

How can I delete the iWatch app? I thought the latest iOS update was focused on "critical security updates" not bundled spam ad-ons.

 

My phone is full of BS apps that I can't delete, taking precious GB. My "useless apps" page is now two pages.

Posted on Mar 11, 2015 3:44 AM

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  • by lacarids,

    lacarids lacarids Apr 21, 2015 5:14 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Apr 21, 2015 5:14 AM in response to Lawrence Finch


    Why does it matter what Microsoft, Google, IBM, or Linux bundle? How is that relevant? Are you implying that Apple should lower its standards? Or that it should rename the iPhone?

     

    Please don't assume what is "suddenly a problem" for me, or what I've "complained" about before.

  • by Vegasrenie,

    Vegasrenie Vegasrenie Apr 21, 2015 9:51 AM in response to lacarids
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    Apr 21, 2015 9:51 AM in response to lacarids

    I'm an Apple user from way back (decades!), and the appearance of the Watch app was confusing to me. Why is it there? I'm not planning to purchase an Apple Watch (at least not in the foreseeable future), and if/when I do, I'd rather download any pertinent app at that time.  Randomly placing it on my phone is bewildering. I have a 64GB iPhone 6 Plus, so "room" is not a problem.  But like the OP, I'd like to be able to delete those apps that aren't critical to the operation of my phone. Reasonable request, no matter what the platform.

  • by ihelp77,

    ihelp77 ihelp77 Apr 21, 2015 9:54 AM in response to Vegasrenie
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    Apr 21, 2015 9:54 AM in response to Vegasrenie

    Unfortunately Apple seems to feel like they have to "install" apps whether you want them or use them.  Would be nice if they gave us a choice.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Apr 21, 2015 1:43 PM in response to lacarids
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    Apr 21, 2015 1:43 PM in response to lacarids

    .

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Apr 21, 2015 2:00 PM in response to ihelp77
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    Apr 21, 2015 2:00 PM in response to ihelp77

    Apple has generally not given users much choice, since the beginning. Apple provides what they think you need, rather than what you think you need. As a couple of examples:

    • When the original Mac was released Apple prepared by conducting extensive focus group studies on user interface controls. The one that virtually every focus session rejected as a really stupid idea was the mouse.
    • Apple was the first to ship a computer with no floppy disk drive. The industry pundits laughed and told Apple computers without floppy drives would never sell.
    • In 2007 virtually every industry "expert" predicted that the iphone would be a huge flop.

     

    The Apple Watch app is tiny; actually, when I installed 8.2 it freed up a small amount of memory, giving me more memory than I had before. It joins a long list of apps that come preinstalled (mail, contacts, calendar, maps, messages, facetime, weather, stocks, game center, podcasts, music, newsstand, clock, reminders, phone, itunes store, app store, voice memos, safari, and probably a few I missed). I simply move the ones I don't use to a junk folder and put it on the last page of my home screen. They really don't bother me there.

  • by lacarids,

    lacarids lacarids Apr 22, 2015 3:29 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Apr 22, 2015 3:29 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Lawrence Finch wrote: Apple has generally not given users much choice, since the beginning. Apple provides what they think you need, rather than what you think you need.

     

    Wrong. In the case of the Watch app, Apple clearly isn't doing it based on what they think we need. The device hasn't been released yet... how could anyone need the app? It's clearly strategic advertising, and it amounts to nothing less than spam.

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Apr 22, 2015 4:34 AM in response to lacarids
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    Apr 22, 2015 4:34 AM in response to lacarids

    Then take it up with Apple. If the feedback link is insufficient, write a letter to corporate headquarters.

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Apr 22, 2015 6:31 AM in response to lacarids
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    Apr 22, 2015 6:31 AM in response to lacarids

    You are upsetting the wrong people here. We can't do anything about so complaining to us id worthless. Instead complain to Apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

  • by Vegasrenie,

    Vegasrenie Vegasrenie Apr 22, 2015 11:40 AM in response to lacarids
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    Apr 22, 2015 11:40 AM in response to lacarids

    Of course, none of us has to buy anything that Apple has to offer if we don't like it. Period. There is certainly enough competition out there offering similar products. Whatever Apple puts on its items is there for a purpose - at least to them. No one put a gun to my head and made me purchase my Apple products; I did it because I like them and the apps, while a pain, is just one of those things I'm willing to tolerate. YMMV.

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