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Unrecognized AppleIDs used to install apps on my phone.

I recently purchased a new Iphone and automatically transferred all contents from my old one. One of the things that called my attention was that it was unable to transfer some apps and showed me unrecognized emails as the appleIDs used. I do not install apps on my phone very often and the ones that are in the phone I did install. I do not find any missing app on the new phone. How did this happen? How can I find out which AppleID was used to install anything on my phone? Can I prevent or be advised when these elements will get into the phone?

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Dec 2, 2021 9:05 AM

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User profile for user: Limnos
Limnos
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Posted on Dec 2, 2021 9:54 AM

if you are seeing these on the phone itself then somebody must have had access to the phone and signed in with their ID. You can't remotely download apps to a device you do not have in-hand.


As I said before,I do not know of a way to find out which ID was used to do this but then I have never had this issue. I do not know if trying to update one of the apps will show the ID. I am not remembering seeing that displayed when I update my apps which I know have only been downloaded with my ID.


Your resolution to this will involve knowing how they go on there in the first place. Typically it happens when somebody is given a device that had a previous owner and did not erase the device fully first.


When you transfer content from an old phone to a new one, Apps don't actually transfer as such. They re-download and that requires the Apple ID used to download them originally.

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Limnos
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Dec 2, 2021 9:54 AM in response to Jap506

if you are seeing these on the phone itself then somebody must have had access to the phone and signed in with their ID. You can't remotely download apps to a device you do not have in-hand.


As I said before,I do not know of a way to find out which ID was used to do this but then I have never had this issue. I do not know if trying to update one of the apps will show the ID. I am not remembering seeing that displayed when I update my apps which I know have only been downloaded with my ID.


Your resolution to this will involve knowing how they go on there in the first place. Typically it happens when somebody is given a device that had a previous owner and did not erase the device fully first.


When you transfer content from an old phone to a new one, Apps don't actually transfer as such. They re-download and that requires the Apple ID used to download them originally.

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Dec 2, 2021 9:31 AM in response to Limnos

I did not lend my phone as far as I can remember (as a general rule I do not usually do that except for phone calls) but I may be missing something. The previous phone was brand new when I started using it.

I am quite curious about this and want to know how to find out which Apple ID was used to download Apps and how to prevent this from happening again. Please share the procedure to check.

Thanks

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Unrecognized AppleIDs used to install apps on my phone.

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