Remove or delete apps from your iPhone or iPod Touch

Posted on December 22, 2008 at 5:42 am

I recently bought a iPod Touch for my sister-in-law and she was so excited that she ended up downloading all kinds of free apps and software just for the heck of it! Obviously, she didn’t actually need most of those apps and they were cluttering up her home screen.

So in this little tutorial, I will walk you through how you can delete apps from your iPhone or iPod Touch without having to load iTunes and connect the device to your computer.

First, locate the app that you want to delete. Let’s say I want to get rid of Tetris.

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Now, in order to delete the app, all you have to do is tap and hold down the icon until your screen starts to shake and then an “X” will appear at the top left corner of each one of the apps you installed.

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Pretty nifty eh? Now tap the “X” next to any app that you want to remove and you will get a dialog box asking if you are sure you want to remove it. All data associated with that app will also be deleted.

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And that’s it. Your app is now gone. Note that if you downloaded the apps from iTunes, you’ll want to remove it from there before connecting up your iPhone or iPod Touch as it will reinstall it when you sync up. Enjoy!

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6 Responses to “Remove or delete apps from your iPhone or iPod Touch”

  1. mica said on : December 31st, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    I needed these easy directions:)
    Thanks a million for helping me zap my apps!


  2. pam said on : February 1st, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    thanks so much it was soo easy after following your direction.


  3. Jessica L. said on : February 18th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    thanks a million, I had some apps on the iPod Touch that i just wanted to get rid of that never showed up on my iTunes, so thanks a whole lot.


  4. Jiya said on : April 14th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    Thanks so much, this was so much easier than other articles. I had 14 apps on my iPhone and there were 5 I
    didnt need!


  5. Peter Piper said on : July 25th, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Great and esay way to delete apps from the iPhone! thanks a million


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