Application stuck "installing..."

"I've owned one or more iOS devices for ~5 years, and have used them regularly the entire time. It is only over the last few months or so that I've observed the behaviors I described here. I urge Apple to (continue) work to resolve this problems."

Last months I have regulary severly app's removed because they where "installing" forever. A lot of apps on my ipad "install forever".

At this moment (on iphone 4GS, 2,47Gb free) I have 3 app's "installing" forever showing in App Store, updates, All purchases:

Lists! showing (a closed circle), Whats app Messenger (a closed circle)

and

Apps that are just "installing forever": "NPO Radio 4" and "Karwei"

I several times just deleted the app, then a new install and then everything works fine.

But now I have an app List! without a backup of the data (Yes, my mistake)

And I have a app "docscan" working correct. But what if there is a new version that wil "install forever" - I am not able to get data in this application. Only with the camera it accepts data. Not with Itunes.

So please Apple: "Fix this problem"

I have done a hard reset (pushing the button under the screen, hold it, and pushing the on/of button for 10 seconds).

Clicking on the App "Lists!", I got waiting, installing, and it works again. All lists are back (and of cource: backuped by mail).

But;

Apps (Netflix, an unknown app) just are gone.

I've reported the problem to Apple via iTunes email support (1/16/2016), phone support (1/16/2016), and Bug Reporter (just now). The phone support specialist (front-line call handler, not a member of any engineering team) confirmed that he has personally experienced this problem and continues to, and believes it's associated with iOS 9. He indicated that he had contacted an applicable engineering team based on his own experience with problem, and would do so again based on my report. I plan to report back here and probably in at least one other relevant Internet forum discussion when/if I receive any other response(s) from Apple.

This issue is still occurring in ios 9.2.1

just had it happen to me with google hangouts. app hung on installing. requires a reboot, delete, and then re-download

super annoying. has happened with multiple apps for me ever since ios 9 was released. please fix this apple.

Great solution! Solved the problem. One comment: I have an iPhone 6 with IOS 9.2.1 and the path is slightly different:

Settings -> General -> Storage & iCloud Usage -> Manage Storage (there are two 'Manage Storage' options, pick the one for Storage, not iCloud) -> click the problematic app -> click Delete App.

In my case, apps stuck as "installing" were removed from the AppStore at some stage,

so I guess iTunes blocks the re-installation of such apps, even-though they were in my iTunes "Apps" library.

The "solution" was to completely delete those apps from my iTunes library:

1. Open iTunes

2. Switch to the "Apps" section (can press [command]+[7])

3. Find the relevant apps (can use the search-field at top-right)

4. Right-click the app and choose "delete"

(iTunes required a confirmation for the deletion)

5. On your device (iPhone/iPad), delete those apps the usual way (long-press, then press the [X])

6. Sync your device with iTunes, as usual

FYI, earlier today, Apple Bug Reporter support responded to the 1/21 bug report I reference in my 1/21 post to this discussion. They have closed my report in deference to what they called "...the original bug report your issue was duplicated to..." My Report ID had numerical precedence relative to the what they called "...the original bug report your issue was duplicated to...", and I believe I had (and have) no way to access that other report. At any rate, I also hope Apple makes some progress towards resolving this issue.

Brilliant Tyler!

What I will say is that I had to hold down the icon for a bit. Once it blinked, then I was able to confirm that the icon had been replaced and it was downloading again. The app installed and opened correctly.

Thumbs up for you, cheers!

I've had this happening for the last several months as well, and it's gotten annoying enough that I actually did a search on it (ending up here). A device restart will always "unstick" the update, but in some cases I may have to go an re-download the app from the App Store, because it will have disappeared from my phone or iPad. I don't think it's something specific to my device (e.g. a corrupted settings file), because it happens on both my iPhone and iPad, and it continues to happen on my iPad even after restoring it (for different reasons).

Bottom line: Apple, this is a major bug on the premier service on your premier platform. Please fix it!

I just restarted my iphone. The app disappeared. I re-downloaded the app from the app store.

I'm still trying to figure out iTunes, but I don't get a list of the apps on the left; just the emulation on the right. It won't let me delete the app, either. (It's said "updating" for over a week now.)

Thank you. This worked. It was stuck and started causing problems on my phone. Thank you so much!!!

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I have a iPhone 6 and I deleted Snapchat but now it won't let Me red download it I've tried signing out of my app store and Turning off my phone but nothing is working can someone please give me some other ideas I need to get to my gf its super important

great i was helpful for me thank you so much!