Delete Apple Arcade save games
How do I do this? I want to start again on some of the games but there seems to be no way to delete the save game data.
If I delete and redownload the game, it recovers my data.
iPad mini, iOS 13
How do I do this? I want to start again on some of the games but there seems to be no way to delete the save game data.
If I delete and redownload the game, it recovers my data.
iPad mini, iOS 13
Thanks.
Having spoken to Apple support, it seems that there is a way for some games - on an iOS device, you can go into Settings > iCloud > Storage and delete the data to do with the games. However, most games don't show up here - it's a dev choice.
If it's not there, and there's no in-game mechanism to start a new game or delete an old save (like in Tint, for instance), then you're stuffed and can never restart the game no matter what you do.
Well, short of cancel Apple Arcade, delete the game, and wait an unspecified number of months or years before resubscribing.
A key feature of Apple Arcade is that you're able to pick up your progress across a number of devices. Game progress is stored in the cloud. Specific titles are likely to have their own method for resetting progress in their options menus somewhere. What titles in particular? Perhaps someone will know the specific steps for one or more of them.
tt2
I've only installed three of those:
The Bradwell Conspiracy - New Game rather than Continue.
Mini Motorways - Every game is a new game - your high scores shouldn't be an issue.
Overland - New Game rather than Continue.
tt2
There’s no central way to delete the data? That’s nuts. Every other current game platform (including those that do syncing between devices) lets you do that.
I need the data deleting on this games:
Lego Brawls
Tint
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Bradwell Conspiracy
Pilgrims
Dear Reader
Jenny LeClue
The Get Out Kids
Mini Motorway
Neo Cab
Rayman Mini
What the Golf
Cricket Through the Ages
Chu Chu Rocket
Overland
Painty Mob
Cat Quest II
Frogger
Hexaflip
Dodo Peak
Skate City
How can you really need to reset your progress in 21 different games? For at least three of them it is either already possible, or not relevant. Why would you need to do them all at once? You could send feedback to Apple suggesting they should require developers to include a reset option if you feel strongly about it, but not enough to contact the developers yourself.
tt2
Send feedback to the developers of the games that really cause a concern.
tt2
So that someone else can play them from the beginning.
I have sent feedback to Apple, not that it’ll make a difference.
That’s a lot of people to contact. It’d be easier to set up a new Apple ID.
Delete Apple Arcade save games