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Cannot update all apps with ios 14

When I try to update all apps, it keeps asking for my Apple ID password over and over again and nothing gets updated. I have to update each individual one separately and put my password in every time! Please help.

iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 14

Posted on Sep 28, 2020 6:06 PM

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Posted on Oct 4, 2020 11:09 AM

Possible solution for you.

I had this same issue and it drove me insane entering my password every... single... time I updated an app. I’m uncertain if you need both of these changed but this is what eventually fixed it for me.

First of all the standard thing to do looks a little different in iOS 14 (they hid it a bit) but go to settings, click Apple ID at the top, click media and purchases, then click on the little person at the very top of the pop up next to where it says account settings, now click password settings in the new pop up and make sure require password for free downloads is turned off. This alone did not solve the problem for me. Maybe it will for you but if not try the next step as well.

So here is where I think the issue is 😂... on to the 2nd random buried setting in iOS 14. This did solve it for me oddly enough. Now go to settings, click on Screen Time (yep), then click content & privacy restrictions, after that click iTunes & App Store purchases, now go down to Require Password and click Don’t Require. 😓 This fixed it for me after signing in again. I would say make sure your device is secure after changing this to avoid accidental purchases.

I’m unsure if you need to do the first settings change since I already tried that before the screen time hide and seek setting but I would assume so. I talked to apple support first and they went through the iOS 13 steps and obviously that won’t work because they hid the don’t require password button in a different spot and then with the updated security features (which I’m thankful for) hid a second setting (in a place we generally wouldn’t look) 😅😅.


Please let me know if this worked for you guys also. I’ll try to start a thread for the other people googling until their eyes bleed to make the password prompt stop. Thank Eric Root for responding to my desperate search for an answer phase and suggesting I post the solution I finally found.



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Oct 4, 2020 11:09 AM in response to acfromcmaine

Possible solution for you.

I had this same issue and it drove me insane entering my password every... single... time I updated an app. I’m uncertain if you need both of these changed but this is what eventually fixed it for me.

First of all the standard thing to do looks a little different in iOS 14 (they hid it a bit) but go to settings, click Apple ID at the top, click media and purchases, then click on the little person at the very top of the pop up next to where it says account settings, now click password settings in the new pop up and make sure require password for free downloads is turned off. This alone did not solve the problem for me. Maybe it will for you but if not try the next step as well.

So here is where I think the issue is 😂... on to the 2nd random buried setting in iOS 14. This did solve it for me oddly enough. Now go to settings, click on Screen Time (yep), then click content & privacy restrictions, after that click iTunes & App Store purchases, now go down to Require Password and click Don’t Require. 😓 This fixed it for me after signing in again. I would say make sure your device is secure after changing this to avoid accidental purchases.

I’m unsure if you need to do the first settings change since I already tried that before the screen time hide and seek setting but I would assume so. I talked to apple support first and they went through the iOS 13 steps and obviously that won’t work because they hid the don’t require password button in a different spot and then with the updated security features (which I’m thankful for) hid a second setting (in a place we generally wouldn’t look) 😅😅.


Please let me know if this worked for you guys also. I’ll try to start a thread for the other people googling until their eyes bleed to make the password prompt stop. Thank Eric Root for responding to my desperate search for an answer phase and suggesting I post the solution I finally found.



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Sep 28, 2020 6:10 PM in response to acfromcmaine

Based on several posts I have read, this appears to be a bug in IOS 14.


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Nov 19, 2020 3:53 AM in response to Whyuneedmyname

I can’t Thank You Enough for your Reply/Help!

I also followed your directions, having to use Both Steps to fix the problem. I closed down the devices for a few minutes afterwards and when I logged back on to check if the App Store Update page was indeed fixed, I was actually Relieved your Solution fixed the Update’s problem, of continually asking for my password, Completely on Both of my devices! Thanks Again!

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Dec 15, 2020 6:01 AM in response to ZappedC64

Ugh, yes, since iOS14 this has been a PLAGUE! The UPDATE ALL button always only required a single password entry to, well, duh - UPDATE ALL! That is, until this horrible update broke it out of the blue. What is MOST bizarre is that we have 2@ iPads setup IDENTICALLY (and confirmed by triple-checking EVERY SINGLE (sub)setting), and ONLY the iPad 6 does this, while the other one (iPad 5) still works the way it always has, and NEITHER has had ANY settings changed?!?!

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Dec 15, 2020 6:17 AM in response to MattKinNJ

The other thing that is bizarre is the iPad 6 no longer shows how many apps need updating (in the App Store itself, on the profile icon after launch), not a badge on the App Store app icon), but the iPad 5 still does. What the heck, Apple?! The worst part of all is that, unlike macOS (even there I get a mystery unspoken 3-release/year guess timeline - even MS gives EOL dates well ahead!), I cannot simply AVOID their new release beta bug trash without forgoing security patches. Shame on Apple.

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Dec 26, 2020 2:53 AM in response to acfromcmaine

Having the same issue here with the new family iPad 8. But no issues with my own devices (iPhone 7 and iPad Pro 10,5").


The iCloud/Account password settings for 'Media & Purchases' are inactive. I can't change or set anything. Re-Registering, Rebooting, setting Touch-ID and PIN, Display Time, nothing helped. Please provide a fix, Apple!


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Jan 20, 2021 8:27 PM in response to SORAR900

Same issue here for me, the settings under "Media & Purchases" are inactive, there's no ticks, no way to actually select or change anything. Bizarre. "Update All" in App Store is showing 31 apps need updating, and it's requesting my password for EVERY BLOODY APP UPDATE.

Richest company in the world and they can't fix this. Wow.

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