If you see an app disappear from your iPhone or iPad without warning, you're not going crazy. One of the new iOS 11 tricks is called “Offload unused apps”. It's designed to help you save space on your device, but if it works without you knowing, it's quite a surprise to see apps disappear from your iPhone.
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- apri Settings .
- Toccata iTunes and App Store .
- At the bottom of the list, you should see a slider Uninstall unused apps .
- If it's enabled and you don't want your phone to remove apps by itself, disable it.
- Now the apps will stay on your device until you remove them.
The description of this function explains that:
“Automatically remove unused apps, but keep all documents and data. Reinstalling the app will put your data back, if the app is still available from the App Store. "
Therefore, we can see that this does not remove the data on the phone from the apps, only the app file itself. Reinstalling an app will re-enable access to your data.
Apple doesn't have a help page on this feature, so its exact workings are unknown. Offload unused apps should be turned off by default, but it looks like iOS can turn it on when running out of space.
It's a good idea to remove apps you rarely use, as they only take up space. But if you can't give up on any app, follow our tips to free up space on your iPhone. This shouldn't be a problem for those with a lot of space.
