How can I remove apps from my iPhone 4S

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How can I remove apps from my iPhone 4S

I have an iPhone 4s running iOS 7.0.4. I can no longer delete apps from my phone by holding the app icon until it jiggles because there are no red Xs displayed. The icons jiggle, but no X appears like there were in previous iOS versions. I have tried to delete apps through iTunes sync with my phone but the button to remove apps is not available (does not become active).

Is there another way to delete the apps? Or is there some bug with my operating system?

Thanks, Cindy

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jan 19, 2014 7:05 AM

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Answer 1

Rudegar

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Jan 19, 2014 7:07 AM in response to n8urgrl

what app because if it's a build in one then you were never able to delete them

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JimHdk

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Jan 19, 2014 7:07 AM in response to n8urgrl

Check Settings > General > Restrictions for a restriction on deleting Apps.

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JacobiJ

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Jan 19, 2014 7:08 AM in response to n8urgrl

Sounds like a bug. You should restore your phone to a previous backup.

This will help you. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766

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n8urgrl Author

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Jan 19, 2014 7:13 AM in response to JimHdk

This solved the problem. I changed my phone in Settings -> General -> Restrictions -> Allow -> Deleting Apps and when I pressed the icons to make them jiggle the X delete now appears.

This may be a new setting with the recent iOS version because I did not deliberately set my phone to restrict ability to delete apps. Perhaps it is a fail-safe built into the new version. Whatever, this fixed the problem.

Thanks for the quick reply.

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Answer 5

Jan 19, 2014 8:54 AM in response to n8urgrl

No, you probably just accidentaly hit that selection when you were in the Restrictions section, which if you had a Restrictions Passcode, you were at some point. IT's not enabled by default, because the device won't just 'create' a Restrictions Passcode.

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