Disable app store asking for password at every install

After fussing with this for a while, I found this is what worked for me:

Settings

Face ID & Passcode

Use face ID for:

iTunes & App Store - turn off and on

It asked for my Apple ID password

Once entered, Face recognition worked.

Hope it is this easy for you.

I’ve found a solution that’s worked for me.

1. Go into Face ID & Passcode
2. disable everything in ‘Use Face ID for’
3. Reset Face ID
4. re-enable all Face ID settings
5. Sign out of Apple ID and sign back in again.
6. in Apple ID, Media & Purchases select Always Require Password and require password for free downloads.

There are various threads on this with multiple users having the same problem (including me). I contacted Apple Support who said it was a known issue with other users experiencing the same thing. There have been a dozen different solutions offered - none of which appear to work for me, most of which you have appeared to try. Have you tried signing out/in of your account in your phone?

Well, it works for me now. I did nothing, just left the phone and went do my job on computer. I tried to install Google Earth now and it magically asked for Face ID and installed without any password. In Apple ID -> Media & Purchases I've selected require pass after 15 mins and disabled req pass for free downloads.

THIS 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 thank you thank you thank you! No where can I find under Apple ID/media purchases/password to change any settings. Because the password option does not exist under media purchases so that’s bad advice. But this worked effortlessly and like a charm thank you so much.

This worked for me! Thanks for posting.

I have the same issue, and unfortunately have updated from 16.6 to 17.2.1. However, I don't have any issues so far with new version so at least that's good. Only that is good, because issue is still there.

Go to accessibility and I think it’s under assistive touch scroll down to bottom and tap side button double tap to accept.. I’ve turned this setting on but it keeps getting turned off somehow with these stupid updates it drives me nuts

We have to enter the child's apple id multiple times before it will Ask to Buy will work. I spent hours trying to make this happen, just to download a few apps with my daughter so she can be up and running on her ipad and new apple id.

I've been an Mac apple user for over 20 years, and I am tech savvy. But the iPad and iPhone experience has been such a challenge. I always have apple id issues and endless verification loops, but if I log into icloud.com on a browser it works fine. There is a big issue, bug or something in the Apple ID server that trips things up within the apple devices. Macbooks too. I am seriously ready to ditch the ipads and go to the Google Pixel tablet. Android is so much more intuitive and settings/notifications works as it should. I love macs, but the apple universe is too cluncky and buggy.

These have taken a good product and ruined it. This logging in with password every time you download an app I don’t think they know how to fix this problem for the millions of users having this problem.

The last workaround I was offered by Apple Support before they handed me back to a chatbot was to reset all settings - that didn’t work either, so basically a waste of time.

Fix is simple but after I’ve fixed it , it still happened again in the future (maybe a month later)… Apple you’ve done something in the last year to make this happen , fix your ****

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