How do I delete the Wallet App from my iphone?

Chris CA wrote:

tigergirl2013 wrote:

I honestly wish this app did not exist. I don't use the app nor do I intend to as I refuse to keep that information on any site for that matter.

The CC information in your wallet is useless without your touchID. Even if someones had access to your phone, they cannot get any info such as your CC info from Wallet since this info is not stored in the Wallet.

Even if you use Apple Pay (which I do), the card number is not used. Even your name is not used. I greatly prefer Apple Pay over a physical credit card because of MUCH greater security. It sure beats handing my credit card over to a sales clerk, who will then have my name and my card number AND my card security code!

If choice is what you want, then you hitched your wagon to the wrong platform. This is the way iOS has always been and likely will always be. Hence why I'm a proud Android user in a family of iPhone users.

tigergirl2013 wrote:

I honestly wish this app did not exist. I don't use the app nor do I intend to as I refuse to keep that information on any site for that matter. Plus I can not necissarily protect my info at the moment since my phone has decided to become an ******* and not allow me to use my touch id or the home button for that matter. I have no apple store within a 300 mile radius of me, and I don't think that my phone provider will be able to assist me much. So apart from everything this app is basically just a waste of space like many other required apps.

If you choose to not use it then I don’t understand the anger and angst? The app itself takes up a few megabytes at best - trivial storage space. And if you’re trying to keep your information from “any site” then you’d be better off using it instead of actually giving your credit card number and security code to any online site. Or do you simply never shop online or at any physical store with anything but cash? Apple Pay shares no personal or card information with the vendor at all - that’s the whole point of e-pay systems like ApplePay.

panchososa694 wrote:

If choice is what you want, then you hitched your wagon to the wrong platform. This is the way iOS has always been and likely will always be. Hence why I'm a proud Android user in a family of iPhone users.

Android certainly doesn't give you choice - how do you use Apple Pay with an Android thingy?

That's the beauty of Android, there are alternatives. Android pay is a better alternative accepted at just as many places and just as, if not more secure than Apple pay. Or if you buy a Samsung phone, you get Samsung pay, which works in places that neither Android pay not Apple pay do. Android is all about choice, iOS is not.

panchososa694 wrote:

That's the beauty of Android, there are alternatives. Android pay is a better alternative accepted at just as many places and just as, if not more secure than Apple pay. Or if you buy a Samsung phone, you get Samsung pay, which works in places that neither Android pay not Apple pay do. Android is all about choice, iOS is not.

No, you don't have the choice of Apple Pay.

The point of Wallet is it cannot be stolen, because the card is not actually on your device. The device only keeps an encrypted package that does not contain your card number and can only be read by your bank or CC institution. To actually use a card in wallet to pay for anything you need to provide either your passcode or fingerprint at the moment of purchase.

You can remove any cards there, and keep no card in Wallet, which makes any chance of any error impossible.

So not sure why its so offensive to have an App. Which poses no issues whatsoever if you understand what it does.

I agree with prostate, regarding the view about an installed app that is not wanted. Personally, I'm not an iPhone user. I

came here because my spouse was asking me how to delete the wallet app. Apparently, from my earlier reading of the

replies in this thread, it's annoying to some. The issue with my spouse is that after a recent iPhone update, the wallet

app has repeatedly begun to ask for population of credit card information. I don't think the empty app wallet presence

is as annoying as is the constant message annoyance from the app.

I don't see why someone that purchases an iPhone is required to accept miscellaneous apps that may, or may not be

wanted/needed. Installation of the app is fine, but the phone owner should be able to remove it at will.

What if I built a new house and discovered late in the construction, that I was somehow obligated to install a pool. My

rejections of the pool construction were ignored, and I had to inhabit the new house with the unwanted pool. At least,

I could remove the pool at will.

You are wrong. The Apple Wallet was first put on my phone around early Dec 2017 along with the most recent update. Which I incidently get way too many of. I did not ask for "Wallet" or do I now want it. There is a setting update which sits on my phone. I did not give Apple my credit card number or authorize them to use it or transfer it to Wallet from wherever they found it.

No Michael I do not use iTunes or would give a CC number along with my Apple ID. There is no reason to. I may of purchased hardware or software at one time from their website. Apple is deleting many of my comments I guess their recent policies have left me very annoyed. They are seriously becoming corrupt. They delted the following comment in reference to someone who said Bicmarck SD come on take a little joke. Bismarck is in North Dakota. Who can trust someone who doesn't understand basic geography.

I just dealt with the same issue. You can take the card out so there is nothing in the wallet and no more notifications. Don't know how to completely delete the wallet. The answer is counterintuitive. Apple has your card info from some app you purchased or something else. I don't know. You are only being notified to activate it. It is not activated, but you must verify the card in order to delete it. You must first verify the card by entering your pin or verification number per the prompt. This will activate the card. Don't worry! Next below you may enter the button to delete the card. Apple will no longer notify you to set up the wallet.

Apple’s response on this issue is completely unacceptable. This feature is a major pain in the *** and makes it harder for me to use my phone. Every time I go to access the phone is stupid Apple Pay thing pops up. I want my money back for the stupid phone

Jeff88woodinville wrote:

Every time I go to access the phone is stupid Apple Pay thing pops up.

If you're interested, we can trouble-shoot the issue.

Jeff88woodinville wrote:

I want my money back for the stupid phone

We are owners/users just like you are. We're certainly not going to give you any money back.

What's unacceptable about it? This lack of true control has ALWAYS been a "feature" of iOS. Nothing has changed. If you don't like that or want real control, then you bought the wrong phone plain and simple.

prostate wrote:

My iphone, with the new update, suddenly had a new app installed entitled "Wallet." This app has my credit card information, plus other personal details, which I never authorized for Apple to use. I have attempted to delete the app using the "touch" system to no avail. There is no way, and I have tried several icloud maneuvers, to delete the credit card or personal information contained in this app.

What's frightening, if I lose my phone, misplace it, or loan it to someone, my credit card information is there for the world to see. I tried to contact Apple, but after literally waiting two hours on the phone, the customer service rep had no answers and then abruptly disconnected me. Do any of you out there know what I can do? This is a horrific invasion of my privacy. Thank you.

It has not "suddenly" appeared. It's been there for years. No, it absolutely does not have your credit card information there for the world to see. If you choose to use Wallet, coded replacement information is used, NOT your real CC information. No it does not have "other personal details. The world will see nothing.

If you really don't want to use it, simply delete your CC from Wallet.