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How to delete app from iphone iOS 7?

Just upgraded. But found I cannot delete the unwanted apps directly from the mobile devices. Any clue?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 4:44 PM

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Oct 8, 2016 4:56 PM in response to Alfa T

I was able to remove an unknown, "waiting", grayed out app by performing the following steps:

I don't know which of these actually fixed the issue, but this is the order in which I did them.

Go to Settings>General>Reset

Reset Home Screen Layout (this may move the offending app, but changed nothing else).

Reset Network Settings (no change).

Reset All Settings (this enabled me to activate the "shakey screen" and the "X" to delete the offending app!

I had used iTunes to restore a backup to my new iPhone 7 and this "phantom app" wasn't even in my app list in iTunes!

I have no idea where it came from, but it's gone now!

How to delete app from iphone iOS 7?

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