App Store disappears when allowed via Screen Time

I have the same issue. You can try two things- both worked for me. You can turn off the Content and Privacy Restrictions, do what you need to do in the App Store then turn restrictions back on. Or, you can go into Content and Privacy Restrictions and allow apps for age 17+. Apple def needs to change the age for the App Store so you get kids can access it but this should help for the time being.

I found that I had to turn off app & website activity on my sons iPad to get the icon to return and stay put, but this lead me to it, thank you so much!!! 🙏 Apple, you really need to start trouble shooting your new updates PRIOR to sending them out to users! Especially when glitches like this can affect so many little ones out there! 😡

To fix go to -

settings >> screen time >> turn off app & website activity

I had this exact issue, tried switching the contents and privacy restrictions toggle off then on App Store only came back for about 5 secs then disappeared again.

I then reset the settings on iPad and once it restarted App Store was back. (General then scroll to the bottom to transfer or reset then go in and only press reset)

hope this helps 👍🏻

FOUND A FIX that doesn’t require you to disable content & privacy restrictions!

I disabled the “Share Across Devices” feature under screen time and this solved my issue! I had to redo the content & privacy restrictions, but now it’s working.

It s really unfortunate still the same problem in september

I had to unclick restriction to

be able to download apps, and today, all (4) banking apps have disapeared from my screen and phone finally got to app store, downloaded 1 successfully and the minute I kept it opened and got another page, the app simply disappeared, been in this for a good 3 hours, restrictions are off, should i re re download again 4 banks is it going to work ? and put back the restrictions This is really

bad for Apple. a big waste of time at trying to figure out what used to work. The problem is that many banks will require you to enter only with the bank app, and also

to get the app to be able to deposit a cheque- photo. So

you end up unable to do your banking. Apple should really address this problem seriously as the customers are not supposed to be forced to do the customer service.

Please!!!!

It looks like The APPLE don't care. One moth the same issue, no official answer.

• disable share across devices doesn't work
• restart after APP Store disapered ...doesn't work

I have that option turned off already

I do have the same problem too in my kid iPad

I tried it, unfortunately it didn’t work

+1 - me too. Happening on latest iPadOS 17.5.1 update!

I'm experiencing the same, but it's not only the AppStore app that disappers.

Pretty much all browsers, including Safari, are also gone. What's going on?

Same here!

It seems it’s realted to the ”don’t allow” on ”Account Settings” on mine. If I turn it off it works.

When force restarting before the App Store icon dissapear only makes it not applying the change.

Did you figure out a way to get all those websites back without doing it manually? I have the same exact issue as you.

This worked for me. Thank you.

I want the ability to manage apps on a kids iPad from my device, so we don't have to enable/disable the restrictions and deal with all that.