How to Delete Multiple Apps on iPhone Quickly

Is there a way to mass delete apps on iPhone or iPad? Years ago, Apple used to allow you to bulk delete apps on your devices by going into iTunes. While this feature doesn't exist anymore, there are still a few ways you can delete apps on iPhone. Let's go over the fastest ways to delete apps on iPhone and iPad.

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• How to Delete Apps from the Home Screen
• How to Delete Apps from Settings
• How to Offload Apps
• FAQ

Is There a Way to Mass Delete Apps on iPhone?

Unfortunately, there is no way to mass delete apps iPhone. You will have to delete apps individually. Luckily, there are options to make it much quicker to remove multiple apps from your iPhone or iPad. There are three primary ways for how to delete apps on iPhone or iPad, and we'll go over all of them in the sections below.

How to Delete Apps on iPhone from the Home Screen

If you have a lot of apps you want to delete at once, the method below is the quickest way to permanently remove apps from your iPhone or iPad, saving you time as you do your organizing. If you like tips about using your Apple devices, be sure to sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter! Here's how to uninstall apps on iPhone or iPad:

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1. Long press any blank space on your iPhone or iPad's Home Screen. Your Home Screen will enter jiggle mode. 
   
   
2. Find the app you want to remove, and tap the minus icon. 
   
   
3. Then, tap Delete App.
   
   
4. Confirm by tapping Delete. Repeat to delete even more apps.
   
   
5. Tap Done at the upper-right corner of your screen when you're finished deleting apps.
   
   

That's how to delete apps on iPad and iPhone! While you can't bulk delete apps on iPhone, this method is probably the fastest way to get rid of your unwanted apps. However, you can also delete apps from the Settings app.

How to Delete Apps on iPad & iPhone from Settings

While it's not as snappy as deleting apps from your iPhone's Home Screen, you can go into Settings to see a list of apps on your iPhone sorted by storage size and decide which ones to remove from there. Here's how to uninstall an app on iPhone or iPad from Settings:

1. Open the Settings app, and tap General.
   
   
2. Tap iPhone / iPad Storage.
   
   
3. When you've located an app you want to delete, swipe on it from right to left.
   
   
4. Tap Delete App.
   
   
5. Then, tap Delete App again to confirm.
   
   

Now, you know how to uninstall apps on iPhone or iPad from the Settings app. This method is nice, because you can determine which apps are using up the most storage and remove those before deleting other apps.

How to Remove an App from iPhone with Offload

While you can't actually mass delete apps on your iPhone or iPad by Offloading them, it does end up keeping a large number of unused apps from clogging up your device storage. The feature Offload Unused Apps uninstalls an app you haven't used in 12 days but doesn't remove the app from your device. An offloaded app will still appear on your Home Screen and in your App Library, but it may have a small cloud by it, indicating that it will need to redownload when tapped. Here's how to uninstall apps on iPhone and iPad with te Offload Unused Apps feature:

1. On your iPhone, open the Settings app.
   
   
2. Tap App Store.
   
   
3. Scroll down and toggle on Offload Unused Apps. The toggle will be green and to the right when enabled.
   
   

Now, you know how to delete apps on your iPad or iPhone. Happy purging! Also, if your App Store icon is missing, we'll show you how to easily get it back on your iPhone.