So you’ve downloaded, perhaps even purchased, some of the new iPhone/iPod Touch apps from the App Store. Then you discovered you don’t really want or need that app. This tutorial will guide you in deleting it from your iPhone or iPod Touch.
- On the springboard, locate the app you want to delete. For this example, I’ll use WeatherBug.
- Tap and hold down the icon of the application you want to delete. After a few seconds your screen will start to “wiggle” and an X will appear next to each of the apps you’ve installed via the App Store.
- Tap the X next to the icon of the app you want to remove. When prompted, select Delete.
- And now it’s gone.
- If the application is listed in your iTunes Applications as well, you’ll want to remove it from there – or else it will re-install the next time you sync. Alternately you can keep the app in your iTunes Applications, and set iTunes not to sync all applications, just the ones you want to keep. See the Applications tab of your device the next time it’s connected in iTunes for syncing options.
- NOTE: you can also re-order/move the apps on your iPod Touch or iPhone using a very similar process.
thax simple and easy
Thanks, I couldn’t believe it was that simple
Thanks! Also note that after you delete the apps you don’t want, hit the Home button to make the buttons stop wiggling.
C
What if you want to delete one of the basic apps? For example, I would like to delete the stocks icon.
Me too!
the x doesn’t appear for me when I hold down the apps and it starts to wiggle even after i let go.
Yeah, it looks like you can only remove the ones you’ve added yourself. However, if you slide your finger across the screen to the left as if you’re moving the page aside, you’ll come to another page of the launchpad (I hope I’m getting these terms right), and it turns out you can move the apps around between these pages. If you move stocks to page two or three, chances are they’ll be out of sight, out of mind.
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problem is I dowloaded these apps but it won’t let me delete them. Anyone know why or have a similar problem? I’m on a jailbroken ipod
How funny that the app you chose to use in your example was WeatherBug! That is the exact same app I was trying to delete. Thanks. Very straightforward and helpful.
In response to mat above…
If you used Cydia to install the app on a jailbroken ipod, use Cydia to uninstall. Open Cydia, then go to Manage, then packages, then select the one you want to uninstall. If you used something else to instal I would imagine it would be similar but I can’t say for sure.
Well, I just bought a used iPhone from a friend and there’s a TapTap button on it that just says “Loading”. It’s like it was just partially downloaded. And I can’t remove it. Can someone giveme some help?
thanks that is really simple and easy
Thanks for the help!
I have the same problem. How do I delete an app that is constantly “loading”? Because of this it doesn’t give the “x” I need to delete it.
Thanks, now I can clear out all the rubbish I’ve collected over the past few days!
Excellent advice.
I have the same problem as Lolo.
THX VERY MUCH ITS RELLY EASY
cherss mate keep the good work 
I have also the same problem as Rick, Lorenzo, Mat and etc. My ipod Touch has the new software version 2.2., it hasnt been jailbroken, but I couldnt delete these “loading” grey icons. What I have done by this time is to move them to the last page so I dont want to see them all the time.
If there is some way to solve this problem, please write it here, will check this page again.
Thanks
I have found that with my ipod when i hold down the icon till it starts to wiggle no x appears. i dont know why, but the way you get rid of these apps is to go into the installer and remove them through there. if you have already done this and the icon still appears, you need to reinstall the app that you deleted and unistall it agian, this should solve your problem.
Awesome! Thanks!
Thanks Jake! I installed snapture and it got buggy on me and couldnt figure out how to uninstall. Through Cydia worked! thanks again
i dont really understand why i cant install the apps i want, all they do is show up as LOADING..
what should i do to install these apps???
Thanks a bunch, easy
Hey all,
When I try to hold down the icon, it doesn’t wiggle, and no X appears. Its a jailbroken itouch using Zibri, and I’m trying to delete the shortcut to Zibri’s blog. My itouch is also pretty old, its has much less icons on the main screen compared to what I’ve seen online. Is it because its too old or something, and is there a way to remove the icon still?
Thanks.
A helpful tutorial.
Thanks!
try getting closer to a internet connection so they can load if that doesnt help idk how to delete them cause i have not had that problem yet. i wouyld say just try to get closer to where you started downloading it
Best tutorial ever . Loads of help. Thanks
great tutorial. thanks alot
thanks that was really helpful!
Cool when you hold an aaplication down you can move them around too, even the ones you can’t delete
Wow, that was soooooooo easy! Thanks!
Thanks!! To the point and really easy.
thanks i cant believe it was so simple!!
That was SOOOO simple and easy i was excepting loads of work but like 2 cilcks of a button Thank you very much!
haha i cant belive how simple this was
i got a IPod rouch for xmas and for 5 days i’ve been trying to delete ‘jelly car’
but didnt know how
the instructions with ipods are rubbish!
He man thanks a lot you help me clear out a lot of my memory
Thanks I couldnt beleive it was that easy. Thanks for the help!!!
Excellent. Thanks.
thanks that was way much more easyer
I need to delete applications that I installed from cedya, no X appear on the icon. What should I do to delete them??
very easy thank you
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM!
i have like 20 loading icons and cant delete them!!!!!
to delete apps that keep showing loading
Just restart your iphone and it goes off.
omg cant believe it was that easy!!! thanks alot ive been looking how to do that for the 5 hours lol thanks
No problem Paul…
This blog is amazing we guys should just keep updating this as far as possible…
Does anyone face the problem of iphone being frozen of very first day…
and also once i faced the problem of using handsfree and then after removing handsfree i cudnt hear anything..
I am thinking of going to apple store n gettin a new one…
Thanks a lot it was so helpful.
How much of a fool do l feel now !!!
Cheers
Thank you!..That was very easy to do:-)
Hi guys I am also facing the same problem of trying to delete zibir’s blog icon bu the screen does not wiggle and no “x “appears.
if you want to get rid of the zibir’s icon just do this…..instal 1.1.3/4 ipod update/ full features and then you can hold an icon and they start to wiggle then you should see a little x above the zibri icon and tap it and poof! its GONE! LOL