How do i delete apps completely from app store and icloud? i dont see an option i must be missing something here

Can anyone help me to understand how the App Store and my “purchased” apps history works because I am not understanding why there’s a category labeled “Not on this device’ when this is my vONLY device ?? And ther s apps there that I did NOT download and do not know who or how they got there.... it’s my 1st iPhone —all androids and google play in the past

Posted on Sep 14, 2018 2:47 AM

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Posted on Sep 14, 2018 3:42 AM

Not on this device means that the app was purchased with your Apple ID, but it is not downloaded to the phone. Thise apps should have the cloud download icon next to them. If you see those apps, they had to have been purchased with your ID.


You cannot remove a purchase from your purchase history. Purchases are forever tied to your Apple ID and will always appear in your purchase history and will always be available to download again as long as the apps remain in the App Store. You can hide apps on the device, but they still remain in your purchase history.

Hide apps for your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac - Apple Support


Maybe somebody else used your phone to download the apps and you don’t realize it. It can happen especially if you have kids.

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Sep 14, 2018 3:42 AM in response to Rocknthahood970

Not on this device means that the app was purchased with your Apple ID, but it is not downloaded to the phone. Thise apps should have the cloud download icon next to them. If you see those apps, they had to have been purchased with your ID.


You cannot remove a purchase from your purchase history. Purchases are forever tied to your Apple ID and will always appear in your purchase history and will always be available to download again as long as the apps remain in the App Store. You can hide apps on the device, but they still remain in your purchase history.

Hide apps for your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac - Apple Support


Maybe somebody else used your phone to download the apps and you don’t realize it. It can happen especially if you have kids.

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How do i delete apps completely from app store and icloud? i dont see an option i must be missing something here

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