My purchased apps are all gone. How to get them back?

Hi inywil,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. Is it possible they were purchased under a different Apple ID? You can use this article to locate any other Apple IDs you might have:

Apple ID: Finding your Apple ID

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5625

Additionally, you might be able to find out which account was used to purchase the missing items by looking at the 'Get Info' screen of items you still have:

Recovering a forgotten iTunes Store account name

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1920

If you're able to locate the account they were purchased with, you can use the steps in this article to download them again:

Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519

Cheers,

- Ari

Hi,

It's some time now since this post, but I had the same problem, and came here to try and find out what to do. Solved it! After "losing" all my purchase history on my App Store, I discovered that my iPad had somehow decided to try logging in to Apple's US App Store, not the UK one. As I had no App purchases from the US App Store, it was showing a blank purchase history. I reverted to the UK App Store by typing one of my lost App names into the search, and then tried to buy it, at which point Apple's system refused to let me buy from the US Store, and turned me back to the UK Store. As soon as the iPad was logged to the UK Store, Hey Presto, all my previous purchases re-appeared on the Previous Purchase screen. Don't you just love it! Not.

JS

Hi inywil,

Thanks for your reply and update. It sounds like a different direction may be warranted here. Due to the nature of your issue you may find more information by using another one of Apple's support resources:

http://www.apple.com/support/contact/

Take care,

- Ari

if you go to iTunes App store you can sign in and then if you click on your ID next to the amount of money or credit you have, there is account ,redeem, my wish list ,sign out .Go to account you may have to re sign in go to purchase history you can see all you purchased and then ,Above that section you have..

iTunes in the cloud then Hidden purchases you will see a phrase

unhide any hidden purchases,redownlodable purchases

then click on MANAGE undide any App you purchased on that Mac. com, Mobile me ,icloud account.

some Apps are not compatible with recent iOS and iPad only or both so they will crash the app may have a new version and you may have to buy it again.

Hey inwil i had the same problem just goto the purchased tab and tap the search and just type anything then boom it shows up at all the u have it TADAAA this worked for me :)

http://youtube.com/user/zhiawa

twitter: @zhiaawesome

-peace

Brilliantt JS1957. Don't know how I got on to the US site, but that was the problem. Changed back to UK site and the purchased list returned immediately.

MAny thanks!