How can I fix App Store access issue?

That's the only place to restrict it and the only place to re-enable it.

If you have set Installing Apps back to allow, it should be available again on one of your Home Screens, though it may not return to the one it was on before if there is no space for it there. It may end up on a different home screen.

Try swiping left and right on your home screens, or using the App Library to try to find it.

click here ➜ Organize the Home Screen and App Library on your iPhone - Apple Support

If all else fails, try restarting your iPhone. click here ➜ Restart your iPhone - Apple Support

Riverwombat wrote:

I have the same problem—-searched everywhere on the phone, cannot download or update apps. Restarted, enabled….watched a bunch of you tube videos on it….to no avail. It seems like it is truly gone.

• Have you updated to iOS 17.6?
• Have you checked the Screen Time setting at Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > App Store & iTunes Purchases > Installing Apps?
• Have you checked your App Library by swiping all the way to the left and entering "App Store" in the search field?

willywhitty wrote:

If I restart my phone will I lose everything on it?

No. It will merely reboot it. It will not erase anything.

Make sure the Installing Apps option in Screen Time is set to Allow. And give it a few moments to actually update.

Use the search in App Library if it does not appear in a Home Screen.

What App store website? Apple's App Store does not have an actual website, and you cannot download or re-download the App Store App at all. Its built into an iPhone and cannot be removed, only hidden or restricted through Screen Time Settings.

If you did something to block or restrict it, you will need to explain what that was, before anyone can offer any guidance.

What did you do to block it exactly?

Why can't you undo what you did?

What exactly have you tried to get it back?

Hi, I have this problem with my daughter’s phone, and have been scouring these threads for a solution. I really appreciate your clear and concise replies on these threads with instructions that actually make sense. That being said, I have tried ALL of them. Completely removed all restrictions on her phone, (allowed downloading apps) etc, not in App Library or spotlight search. Not blocked in Siri search settings, restarted, updated. Reset Home Screen. . . Everything short of full factory reset.

Now what?

Factory reset?

The only place on her phone that I can even find a reference to the App Store app, is in

“Settings”,

there is an App Store tab right above

“wallet and Apple Pay

This has a tab for

“Siri and search”

which has options for both

“Show app in search”

and

”Show on Home Screen”

both of these are enabled.

It still does not show up in search results, and is not on the Home Screen or in the App Library.

I have the same problem—-searched everywhere on the phone, cannot download or update apps. Restarted, enabled….watched a bunch of you tube videos on it….to no avail. It seems like it is truly gone.

When I ask Siri to open App Store, it comes up with a notice for “unsupported URL”

When I go to the App Store website, ad tap the “open the app” tab it comes up with “invalid address”