itunes app deleted off my iphone I can't get it back even after a restore?

My itunes app got deleted off my iphone and have tried everything I have read about how to get it back, even a restore and it is not there. That app is nowhere to be found on itunes store either? How do I get my itunes app back on my iphone?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Oct 11, 2016 7:19 AM

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Oct 11, 2016 8:34 AM in response to clarkstonterri

Do you mean that you've turned Restrictions 'off', or gone into Restrictions and individually turned each setting 'off' ('off' means that those restrictions are in-force, so would hide the iTunes Store etc) ?


Or is the phone not the 4s that's in your tagline and is a model that's on iOS 10 : Remove built-in Apple apps from the Home screen on your iOS device with iOS 10 - Apple Support ?

Oct 11, 2016 8:42 AM in response to clarkstonterri

iOS 10 allows you to delete some of the built-in apps, including the iTunes Store. You've searched for the iTunes Store app in the App Store app on the phone (it won't show on a computer's iTunes) :Remove built-in Apple apps from the Home screen on your iOS device with iOS 10 - Apple Support ?


(You can update your products via your profile page : https://discussions.apple.com/profile/clarkstonterri

Oct 11, 2016 8:52 AM in response to King_Penguin

Yes, it no longer bring up the colored circle with a music note as an app at all. There are only different music apps now to download, I tried the app that says itunes remote and that only lets me turn on itunes on my computer from my iphone, but it doesn't play on my iphone? Why didn't it even come back with a restore? Can I somehow search for a really old back up of my phone before I did the upgrade? How do I do that unless you have another option to try?

Oct 11, 2016 9:32 AM in response to clarkstonterri

A restore to a backup won't put it back if the app wasn't on the phone when the backup was taken. For iTunes backups, when you take a new backup the previous one gets overwritten / updated, I've only had more than one backup for a device when I've done iOS updates i.e. a pre- and post-update backup shows.


This is the store link for the iTunes Store app : https://geo.itunes.apple.com/app/itunes-store/id915061235?mt=8 - for me that opens the iTunes Store app's description page in the store.

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