Hi everyone, I’ve been unable to delete apps on my iPhone.
What I’ve tried so far:
Nothing works and I can’t think of anything else to try.
Thanks for your help!
iPhone 12 mini
Thank you so much for your time and effort to help me!
I have tried to force restart but it didn't work.
In the meantime, I have finally discovered what was wrong: the problem came from an app I installed to block my apps and manage my screen time, that requires a VPN.
I disconnected it and reconnected it, and everything came back to normal.
Thank you again for your help and have a great day!
Thank you so much for your time and effort to help me!
I have tried to force restart but it didn't work.
In the meantime, I have finally discovered what was wrong: the problem came from an app I installed to block my apps and manage my screen time, that requires a VPN.
I disconnected it and reconnected it, and everything came back to normal.
Thank you again for your help and have a great day!
(1) Try and Force Restart your iPhone EXACTLY as shown below and see whether that resolves the issue:
(2) If that does not help, then contact 👉 Official Apple Support
Axel F.
What exactly do you mean by, “Unable to delete apps on my iPhone”? What happens when you attempt to delete an app on your iPhone? Some apps developed by Apple cannot be deleted. Which app(s) are you attempting to delete?
Double check the setting in Screen Time again by Opening Settings ➔ Screen Time ➔ Content & Privacy Restrictions ➔ iTunes & App Store Purchases ➔ Deleting Apps : Set this to ALLOW
Axel F.
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer!
What I mean by "I can't delete apps" is that all I can do is "remove from home screen". The option "delete app" does not appear at all, whether I click on the app on the homescreen, on the app library or in the iPhone storage.
I'm talking about any apps, not the apps developed by Apple.
I've already set ALLOW in the Settings ➔ Screen Time ➔ Content & Privacy Restrictions ➔ iTunes & App Store Purchases ➔ Deleting Apps.
Thank you again for your help!
bkk273 wrote:
• I restarted my iPhone in emergency mode
What is this that you are referring to? Never heard of any such thing before.
Sorry, I didn’t know how to say it 😅
I meant that I forced my iPhone to restart (maybe I should have said it like that actually)
Glad that you were able to resolve the issue.
Axel F.
Unable to delete apps, despite restrictions off
