Glitched app icon can’t be deleted or removed from Home Screen and isn’t in storage or library

iOS 17.5.1 Downloaded a game from App Store and it wouldn’t load properly so I clicked uninstall and the picture for the app icon changed but was not removed from the Home Screen. The apps icon is stuck even though it seems it was uninstalled because it’s only on my springboard not in my App Library, nor in app list in storage and nothing happens if I tap on it to try and open it. I’ve tried restarting the device, placing it in recovery mode, and there are no restrictions on stopping me from uninstalling apps. I uploaded a YouTube short of the screen recording of me attempting to open the app, uninstall it, remove it, and showing it’s not present anywhere other than the Home Screen. https://youtube.com/shorts/ifef2pwf-uE?si=Kmz98G0xKoOfO_BG

Posted on Jul 4, 2024 12:38 PM

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Jul 4, 2024 5:52 PM in response to Traku

Since the app icon is already on an empty page, you only need to delete the page that contains it:


  1. Touch and hold an empty area on your Home Screen.
  2. Tap the dots near the bottom of your screen.
  3. Tap the circle under the page that you want to remove.
  4. Tap the Remove button “-“, then tap Remove.

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