How may I now unhide iPad apps?

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How may I now unhide iPad apps?

I’m with iOS 13.3 and MacOS 10.5.2. iTunes is of course gone. Under iTunes I used to be able to go see iOS apps that had been hidden in the past, unhide them, and thus make them visible again in my iOS devices’ inventory. Now I find no way to do so.

Yes, I may go to the App Store app and refetch the app (and if it has a price, eventually receive a message about its being free due to a previous purchase). Yet when I do so, the app does not become visible in my iOS App Store inventory. It remains hidden. How may I unhide it?

iPad mini 4, iOS 13

Posted on Dec 22, 2019 11:09 AM

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F J Poblam Author

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Dec 22, 2019 3:13 PM in response to picas

Thanks for the link, picas. I see Apple says “you can’t unhide”. Thus I deduce Apple has removed this ability. (It used to be possible in iTunes, which, of course, died a quick and painful death. I used the ability several times before.) I guess, once again, Apple has decided what’s good for me rather than what “just works”. Sad.

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F J Poblam Author

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Dec 22, 2019 1:33 PM in response to QuickPost

Yes, as I said, I know I can re-download them (my second paragraph). But after having done so, when I later return to the App Store app, and select “Purchased” for a list of my apps, they *still* do not appear in the list of my purchased apps—even though they have now been downloaded. They remain hidden.

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