Bulk deleting apps is too time-consuming. Any better options than deleting each app individually?

The iPhone nowadays can come with 1TB of storage and after a few years, you end up with a lot of junk. I have around 20 apps that I want to remove. I do not just want to offload unused apps. How do I do this fast? Are there power-tools I am unaware of?


As I see it, app deletion can be optimized in iOS. I know three ways and I'll list them from super-duper slow to slow.


  1. Super-duper slow: As far as I know, if the app is not on your home screen, you have to remember the app category and then find the app in the App Library without search and long-tap to get the delete option.
  2. Super-slow: Alternatively you can add it to the home screen after using search and then long-tap & delete.
  3. Slow: You can use 'iPhone Storage' in Settings to get an alphabetical list of all apps and swipe to delete. This is the fastest slow way to remove a bunch of apps. This option has to be easier to find by the way. I think more people should be suggesting it on the Apple Community Forums because it is currently the fastest mass-deletion process available and isn't mentioned even in the official Support article.


I think having the option to select more than one app and mass-delete in the iPhone Storage settings would be a logical time-saver.


Otherwise if anyone comes to my question here because they want to delete a bunch of apps, definitely go to iPhone Storage in Settings, list the apps alphabetically and swipe the app to delete it.


iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 28, 2024 1:25 AM

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