If I delete an App from my iPhone, will it delete from my iPad?

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If I delete an App from my iPhone, will it delete from my iPad?

Hi,

Just a quick question - I currently have an iMac, iPhone and an iPad with iOS 5 and have just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, so I am starting to use the cloud facilities. In terms of App syncing currently, I manage all my iTunes stuff manually, so none of the Apps are set to sync with my iMac at all, and I do all my music manually, etc.

I have iCloud switched on but just had a question regarding Apps, if I was to download a new App on my iPhone obviously it would be downloaded to my iPad via iCloud, but I just wondered, if I delete the app from one device - will it be deleted on the other?

Thanks

iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 2:26 PM

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randers4

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Jul 26, 2012 2:34 PM in response to elliothindes

No. When you enable automatic downloads for apps in Settings>Store it only effects purchases, not deletions. This is iTunes in the Cloud, which allows automatic downloads of your purchases across your devices. If you delete an app on one device it should remain on the other. In other words, apps aren't synced by iCloud at all.

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elliothindes Author

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Jul 26, 2012 2:40 PM in response to randers4

Thanks for the quick reply.

So Apps in iCloud only works really by downloading new purchases, it doesn't really sync as such? So am I right in saying that syncing with iTunes is really being replaced with the iCloud in general?

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randers4

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Jul 26, 2012 2:49 PM in response to elliothindes

iCloud only syncs data like Mail, Calendars, Notes, Reminders, etc. It doesn't sync iTunes media like Apps, Music (unless you subscribe to iTunes Match), Movies, Books, Podcasts, Ringtones, etc. This is still managed by iTunes and isn't being replace by iCloud at the present time. For now you need to sync with iTunes to manage media in your iTunes library.

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