App keeps coming back with a weird Icon

Help, I tried to delete Yahoo Messenger to free some storage but it got stuck. I can’t seem to remove it. It has a weird icon now too. I tried everything from deleting it on the setting, remove iCloud back up. Re-start my phone a 100 times. Log off my Apple ID. It is still there. When I delete it, it just comes back. When I go to App Store I only have an option to Open it. And when you click it nothing happens.



iPhone 6s, iOS 11

Posted on Jul 9, 2020 6:02 PM

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Jul 14, 2020 11:47 AM in response to nice195

Hello nice195,


Thanks for using Apple Support Communities! So you're having issues with removing an app; let's look into this more.


Just to verify, you're using the steps found in this article:


How to delete apps on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support


If you're using these steps and still cant delete this app, let's have you go into Settings > General > iPhone Storage > tap the app in the list > Delete App.


Hope this helps.


Best Regards.


Jul 14, 2020 11:55 AM in response to Joseph_S.

Hi Joseph, thank you for your answer. I did both, I actually have a video of what is happening but I can only post picture here. So when I go to settings and go to iPhone storage and delete it from there, the app will disppear for 1 second and come back again. I deleted it over and over again and restarted my phone, it is still there. Actually when I restarted the phone it will go back to the homepage.

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