Recently deleted apps

Hey elissa158,

Thanks for clarifying. Let's get just a little more information to help narrow this down. It would not appear as a category at all in Battery unless something was deleted recently.

Are you looking in Last 24 Hours or Last 10 Days?

Does the category show a large usage time or percentage?

If you go to Settings > General > [Device] Storage, is Offload Unused Apps enabled? This frees up storage used by the app.

Keep us posted.

Hey elissa158,

It sounds like a random app that was very active was listed as Recently Deleted Apps for one day and then Recently Deleted Apps disappeared.

Do you still see Recently Deleted Apps in Settings > Battery?

If you tap on Recently Deleted Apps, it may show the Activity By App in minutes on screen and in the background. This may help to isolate which app it may have been referring to.

While Continuity would connect the iPhone and the Mac, it would not be sharing Recently Deleted Apps.

Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch

Keep us posted.

Hey elissa158,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Community. Updating apps would not cause apps to appear in Recently Deleted Apps. Due to the nature of your issue, you may find more information by contacting Apple Support directly using the link below.

Contact Apple Support

Take care.

Hi elissa158,

Thank you for contacting Apple Support Communities. Based on what you stated, it seems like you want to know if an app that was never deleted will appear in a category that says it was deleted.

Was the app deleted and then download again?

Are other apps in “recently deleted apps”?

Where are you seeing “recently deleted apps” in Settings > Battery?

About the battery usage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Delete apps on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

See your purchase history for the App Store, iTunes Store, and more

Please don't hesitate to let us know if you need additional assistance.

Cheers.