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Q: problem with deleting facebook messenger

Does anyone know how do delete facebook messenger on the iphone4s.It doesn't make sense i have deleted others by clicking the on and off button at the bottom,however every time i do it now it just won't do it.I just wanted delete the facebook messenger .

Can anyone help me.

 

may God bless,

Trish

iPad 2, iOS 7.0.1, It's a brand new iPad Air

Posted on Sep 1, 2014 5:09 AM

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  • by brenden dv,

    brenden dv brenden dv Sep 3, 2014 8:19 AM in response to For-Christ-alone
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    Sep 3, 2014 8:19 AM in response to For-Christ-alone

    Hi Trish,

     

    I apologize, I'm a bit unclear on the exact process you are describing. If you are trying to delete an app from your iPhone, you may want to make sure you are doing the following:

    iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

    1. Tap and hold the app you want to delete.
    2. The apps will begin to jiggle.
    3. Tap the X on the app.

     

    How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772

     

    Regards,

    - Brenden

  • by For-Christ-alone,

    For-Christ-alone For-Christ-alone Sep 3, 2014 11:20 AM in response to brenden dv
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    Sep 3, 2014 11:20 AM in response to brenden dv

    Dear Brenden,

    I have already tried holding down on the icon.But on my iphone it is

    diffrent to getting them to jiggle and that is clicking the home button i

    guess u call it clicking it fast twice that has always gotten them to

    jiggle but now it won't,or should i say they all don't.I have heard

    warnings about  facebook messenger. So i believe i should remove it but low

    and behold it won't let me.

     

    if u could give me some kind of way maybe of removeing it i wouild be

    appreciative.

     

    may God bless

    Trish

     

     

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  • by brenden dv,

    brenden dv brenden dv Sep 3, 2014 11:45 AM in response to For-Christ-alone
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    Sep 3, 2014 11:45 AM in response to For-Christ-alone

    Hi Trish,

     

    Double clicking the Home button will allow you to force quit a running application, but to actually delete it you need to press and hold on the app's icon on the Home screen (not at the bottom) until all the icons are jiggling, then press the X next to the app.

     

    - Brenden

  • by pogster,

    pogster pogster Sep 3, 2014 11:39 AM in response to For-Christ-alone
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    Sep 3, 2014 11:39 AM in response to For-Christ-alone

    Trish, if the above doesn't work try going into Settings > General > Restrictions and see if Deleting Apps is turned ON. If it's off you can't delete. Then exit and try again.

    If that doesn't work try resetting your phone.Turn your iOS device off and on (restart) and reset You won't lose any data.

  • by AmishCake,

    AmishCake AmishCake Sep 3, 2014 1:30 PM in response to For-Christ-alone
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    Sep 3, 2014 1:30 PM in response to For-Christ-alone

    The warnings about FB Messenger are overblown. The Messenger is privy to the same content on your phone that FB is already accessing.

  • by pogster,Helpful

    pogster pogster Sep 3, 2014 1:58 PM in response to AmishCake
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    Sep 3, 2014 1:58 PM in response to AmishCake

    AmishCake wrote:

     

    The warnings about FB Messenger are overblown. The Messenger is privy to the same content on your phone that FB is already accessing.

    It may not be overblown to you, me, or anyone else but we still need to respect this individual's desire to not want this app for whatever reason they have. This is not the place to persuade them otherwise. She came here asking for help. Let's stick to the task at hand.

  • by AmishCake,

    AmishCake AmishCake Sep 4, 2014 4:23 AM in response to pogster
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    Sep 4, 2014 4:23 AM in response to pogster

    I'm just giving her information that I thought she would like to know.

  • by For-Christ-alone,

    For-Christ-alone For-Christ-alone Sep 4, 2014 5:57 AM in response to pogster
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    Sep 4, 2014 5:57 AM in response to pogster

    To Pogster it was that was last to reply i want to thank you for your

    sense of compassionate feeling

    for my desires. However the majority of people i am seeing that do have

    said about facebook messenger perhaps might be right.So for now i will

    leave it.I did go into settings as to where u said to go and all apps were

    enabled,(turned on) .So i guess we shall see.I did however reboot it and

    that got the apps to jiggle like they should should u want to delete any.

    So again i thank u for all the replies and help everyone has been chipping

    in with.

    So again i say Thanks,

    may God bless

    Trish

     

     

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  • by For-Christ-alone,

    For-Christ-alone For-Christ-alone Sep 4, 2014 5:54 AM in response to AmishCake
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    Sep 4, 2014 5:54 AM in response to AmishCake

    I appreciate you giving the heads up about .You didn't disrespect me in anyway .I have decided to take everyones advice i have been reading alot and people all over i saying how its overblown.So decided to leave the app on for now and see what happens,

    Again thanks for the info on it.

     

    may God bless

    Trish

  • by pogster,

    pogster pogster Sep 4, 2014 6:07 AM in response to For-Christ-alone
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    Sep 4, 2014 6:07 AM in response to For-Christ-alone

    Glad to hear you got the phone working as it should. A simple reset will often get rid of any quirks that may happen to the OS from time to time.