Deleting unwanted Apple apps

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Deleting unwanted Apple apps

How do you delete unwanted Apple apps?

I want to delete some of the default Apple apps that are installed when you running iOS 8.2 and these apps are Health; Stocks; Apple Watch; Voice Memos;

Tips; Podcasts; Passbook; Game Center; Reminders; Notes, iBooks. I will never use these apps and they are simply taking storage space on my new iPhone 5C 8GB.

If Apple can offer Pages, Keynote and Numbers as optional free downloads through the App Store, then surely Apple can also offer these unwanted apps as optional free downloads. Obviously, there are some apps that should not be deleted and a user should be prevented from deleting them, for example Phone, Settings, App Store, Safari, Mail, Messages, and Mail.

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Schof

Posted on Mar 28, 2015 3:12 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 28, 2015 3:19 AM in response to Schof

It is not possible to remove the Apple Apps included as part of the iOS.

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Schof Author

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Apr 2, 2015 12:31 AM in response to stedman1

Not being able to remove unwanted Apple apps from an iPhone or iPad shows how arrogant Apple are toward their users. There must be several users in this World that would like to remove unwanted Apple apps from their device. How do we get Apple to change their mind? Removing apps will free up storage space, especially when you have a low capacity device like me.

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Schof

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AKRBTN

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Apr 2, 2015 12:37 AM in response to Schof

Just about every mobile operating system ever invented (and I'm going back to the days of Palm here!) contains built-in apps which cannot be removed. It's not going to change.

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Lexiepex

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Apr 2, 2015 12:48 AM in response to Schof

You can not remove/delete them.

But at least you can arrange that you do not see them:

take one and hold until you see all apps wiggling, then move the one onto another one you do not want to see: it creates a "folder" in which you now have those two, then take the next one you do not want to see and move it into the new folder, and so on: this clears the whole screen considerably, when done click the Home button.

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Schof Author

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Apr 4, 2015 7:23 AM in response to Lexiepex

TThe reason why I asked this question about deleting Apple apps is simple. These apps take up storage space. Deleting them will free up storage space on an 8GB iPhone 5c. The majority of these apps I will never use. It is time for Apple to realise that not every user thinks like they do. For example, I will never use Stocks and will probably never use Apple Watch because I will not buy one. The Apple Watch is too expensive?

Regards

Schof

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Answer 6

Apr 4, 2015 8:04 AM in response to Schof

Schof wrote:

TThe reason why I asked this question about deleting Apple apps is simple. These apps take up storage space. Deleting them will free up storage space on an 8GB iPhone 5c. The majority of these apps I will never use. It is time for Apple to realise that not every user thinks like they do. For example, I will never use Stocks and will probably never use Apple Watch because I will not buy one. The Apple Watch is too expensive?

Those apps take up very, very little space, probably less than a couple of photos. In fact, iOS 8.2, which includes the Apple Watch app, is smaller than iOS 8.1.3.

Submit your feedback directly to Apple using the appropriate link on the Feedback page: http://www.apple.com/feedback

Meanwhile, move all the apps you don't think you'll ever use to a folder and move the folder to the last page. Best of luck.

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