When you offload an app to free up storage on an iPad, what changes? The newspaper app I get uses up the most space - if I offload it, will I still be able to access the app with no significant changes?
iPad Pro (3rd generation)
Offloading Apps removes just the Apps themselves - but preserves the associated App data and settings. Apps are typically only offloaded to provide additional temporary storage space - so as to perform a system software update where available storage in insufficient. Subsequent access will cause the offloaded App to automatically reinstall.
By contrast, deleting an App from the iPad removes both the App and the associated user-data. Unless this data has been backed-up elsewhere, the associated data will be lost.
Offloading Apps removes just the Apps themselves - but preserves the associated App data and settings. Apps are typically only offloaded to provide additional temporary storage space - so as to perform a system software update where available storage in insufficient. Subsequent access will cause the offloaded App to automatically reinstall.
By contrast, deleting an App from the iPad removes both the App and the associated user-data. Unless this data has been backed-up elsewhere, the associated data will be lost.
When you offload an app to free up storage space, what changes? Is the app still on your iPad/ phone to use?
