How do I delete unwanted iWatch app?

I am sorry to tell you this but you are the one that is wrong about what can and can not be said on these forum. If you had read the TOU that you agreed to when you signed up to join you would realize that.

Just as if you would have read the agreement you agreed to in order to download 8.2, you would not have been surprised by the Apple Watch app being there. If it was so important that you not have it on your iPhone that is the time you should have decline the upgrade.

Amen.

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Meg, while I agree with most of what you posted here, I think the snarky tone taken by you and others that state "You should have read the EUA!!", "Get a flip phone then" and essentially "get a life!" (a la William Shatner) doesn't help. People (incorrectly) think that the Watch app is taking up a chuck of space that they could get back if they could only delete it, when in reality it is built-in to the OS. I think that should be explained and then left at that. Apple does this to themselves when they make storage on the phone an expensive premium.

The other thing I notice as I spend time here now and then, is that because this site is linked to apple.com, people think this is apple support. It seems like you and others have to constantly tell people that yet it does little good. Are there actually any moderators here?

red.stang wrote:

The other thing I notice as I spend time here now and then, is that because this site is linked to apple.com, people think this is apple support. It seems like you and others have to constantly tell people that yet it does little good. Are there actually any moderators here?

You're not going to like this but, if people don't read the terms of use when they sign up, they may well end up confused and disappointed. Some people catch on quicker than others. Some people don't. There are forum Hosts. They make sure the TOU to which everyone agreed is adhered to. They can be identified by a purple apple avatar. They rarely post. There are Community Specialists who answer questions that have gone unanswered for 24-48 hours and that, generally, can be answered by a referral to a knowledge base article. They can be identified by a black apple avatar.

I stand by my advice to get a different sort of phone if an iPhone is so upsetting and by my advice to get some perspective if any phone is so upsetting. Life is far to short to spend some much effort being unhappy by something so trivial.

Mountain out of a molehill and then having to put up with the trolling of posters such as ShoutandEcho who's posts were deleted by the Moderators you ask about. How much space do you believe this App is taking up?

Pete

petermac87 wrote:

Mountain out of a molehill and then having to put up with the trolling of posters such as ShoutandEcho who's posts were deleted by the Moderators you ask about. How much space do you believe this App is taking up?

Pete

I believe that it's probably less than the 60 megabyte average. But I don't think you meant to replay to me. 😉

red.stang wrote:

The other thing I notice as I spend time here now and then, is that because this site is linked to apple.com, people think this is apple support. It seems like you and others have to constantly tell people that yet it does little good. Are there actually any moderators here?

There are moderators, who call themselves "hosts." However, they do not actively follow the forums (with thousands of posts a day that would be a thankless job). Anyone who has accumulated a certain number of points (I think it's 300, but don't hold me to that) will magically get a "report post" button below every post. They can click this button to initiate a review by a host. If the hosts finds the post objectionable they can hide it.

Regarding points, the only way to get points is to have your answer marked as "helpful" or "solved" by the original poster ("OP") to a thread. It's 5 points for "helpful" and 10 points for "solved." Thus, someone with, say, 10,000 points, has had between 1,000 and 2,000 of their replies marked positively by an OP.

The primary purpose of Apple Support Communities is user-to-user technical support. It isn't a blog, or a soapbox, or a rant factory. And posts that don't recognize that tend to be removed. The user-to-user aspect is important; Apple employees aren't permitted to say anything that hasn't been approved by Apple legal. Ordinary users don't face that restriction. There are Apple "Community Specialists" who sometimes answer posts that have had no responses for 24 hours. They can only reply with canned text and links to support articles.

What I noticed is that I had slightly more free storage after installing 8.2 than I had before. So perhaps the Apple Watch app uses negative storage 😉

Lawrence Finch wrote:

What I noticed is that I had slightly more free storage after installing 8.2 than I had before. So perhaps the Apple Watch app uses negative storage 😉

Time travel perhaps? As I recall, iOS 8.1.3 also was more optimized.

Again, agreed, but seriously, that advice is hyperbole. People are passionate about something they spent a lot of money on and use many hours of the day every day and it is rather obtuse to suggest that any great amount of effort is put into the outrage in a discussion post that would cause an unhappy life. Point being, someone that is worked up about a decidedly minor issue needs to have it explained why that issue is minor, not told that they are dumb and should get a different phone (even though that may be the case). If they refuse to be reasonable beyond that then they don't deserve further response.

Sorry - that got off topic. Thanks for the info on the 'mods' - that is helpful.

I was thinking about that exact thing - how much more space will the next iOS update take? I would be surprised if an exact number is published, but it would be great if that was more transparent. Or maybe there is and I just have never seen it. If what you observed in fact was true though, people would feel better and be even more inclined to do an update if they knew it wasn't going to use any extra space.

red.stang wrote:

Point being, someone that is worked up about a decidedly minor issue needs to have it explained why that issue is minor, not told that they are dumb

I do not believe that I ever called anyone dumb (good sense is not and never has been synonymous with intelligence or muteness). You have your ideas on how questions should be answered. By all means, follow your own inclinations. Mine have served me well so far but thank you for the advice, I'm sure you'll understand if I chose not to use it.

Best of luck.

It would not be so bad if the app wasn't constantly looking to sync and pair with my phone. I now have to turn off my blue tooth because of it!

Glynch1211 wrote:

It would not be so bad if the app wasn't constantly looking to sync and pair with my phone. I now have to turn off my blue tooth because of it!

The app can't sync or pair with the phone as it is on the phone. It could only sync or pair with an Apple Watch. Unless you have one, there is nothing for the app to do. What are you seeing that makes you think it's trying to do something?