Game Center - keep or delete data

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Game Center - keep or delete data

Just recently I have noticed that if you delete a game from Game Center a notification pops up stating that deleting the game will delete all of its data. If you hit delete another pops up asking to keep or delete achievements on the leaderboard.

It used to be that if you deleted a game from Game Center a notification would pop up asking if you want to keep or delete the data.

My question is, has Apple changed the notifications, or is it the developers of each game who decide on the notifications, or is it just a bug on my iPad?

Posted on Apr 18, 2011 2:05 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 18, 2011 2:08 PM in response to picas

This has been there since Game Center as far as I have seen, it is simply warning you it will delete all the data that the app contains on the first notification, then if the app uses game center it is asking if you want to keep scores/leaderboards etc. linked to your game center account or if you also want those deleted.

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Apr 18, 2011 2:32 PM in response to twoplanker

This doesn't answer my question. It used to ask to keep or delete data. It was useful if you play games that are buggy like Zombie Farm. By deleting the app you had the option to keep or delete data. That way you could keep the data and redownload, and all the progress of the game was kept. It no longer has the option to keep the data.

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Apr 18, 2011 2:36 PM in response to picas

Sorry I have never seen it ask me if I want to keep data after I delete an app. The only time it says Keep is when it is the leaderboars etc. on Game Center. The only notification I have ever seen from iOS 3.x to now is this when an app gets deleted... http://www.maclife.com/files/u62/deleteapp.png

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