App won't delete: Helpful walkthrough

If you need more storage space on your smartphone, the quickest solution is to delete some rarely if ever used apps. Now, if you come across an app that cannot be deleted, this is annoying. However, you can partially work around this problem.

What to do if an app won't delete on iOS?

On iOS, you delete apps by pressing your finger on the app's icon until all the apps start to wiggle and a small X appears. Tap this X to delete the app. If this X doesn't appear on you, you may have restrictions enabled on your iPhone. You can deactivate them as follows:

1. Open the settings.
2. Select "Screen time".
3. Now go to "Restrictions".
4. Switch to the menu "Purchases in iTunes & App Store".
5. Now select at "Delete apps - Allow".
6. Followed by repeat the above procedure. If the app still can not be deleted, it is part of the iOS system and can not be disabled. This is the case, for example, with Safari.

How do you proceed on Android?

Also on Android, press longer on the icon of the app and then select "uninstall". If this does not work, but a message from the device manager appears, you can go to "Manage device manager" and check the app you want to delete. If you are unsuccessful even with this, it is a system app. You can only uninstall it if you have root rights.