can a deleted app show back up on my phone a year later

Hi, I deleted an App about a year ago ( actually a dating app my husband downloaded) but yesterday it just randomly showed back up on my phone. We have a shared Apple ID. My question is if the app was removed on both of our phones could it just randomly appear a year later? Without either one of us reloading?

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 24, 2023 4:29 PM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2023 7:16 AM

Amber0815 wrote:

Hi, I deleted an App about a year ago ( actually a dating app my husband downloaded) but yesterday it just randomly showed back up on my phone. We have a shared Apple ID. My question is if the app was removed on both of our phones could it just randomly appear a year later? Without either one of us reloading?

One of you had to have downloaded it. And, then, if your phone was set so that apps downloaded on any device with that Apple ID are downloaded on to all, it would appears. Perhaps it was downloaed by accident but no, apps don't just appear.


Sharing an Apple ID is going to cause all sorts of problems.

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Oct 25, 2023 7:16 AM in response to Amber0815

Amber0815 wrote:

Hi, I deleted an App about a year ago ( actually a dating app my husband downloaded) but yesterday it just randomly showed back up on my phone. We have a shared Apple ID. My question is if the app was removed on both of our phones could it just randomly appear a year later? Without either one of us reloading?

One of you had to have downloaded it. And, then, if your phone was set so that apps downloaded on any device with that Apple ID are downloaded on to all, it would appears. Perhaps it was downloaed by accident but no, apps don't just appear.


Sharing an Apple ID is going to cause all sorts of problems.

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