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Apps are disappearing from my iPhone. What?!?? 😱

Several apps (both Apple apps and third party apps) have disappeared from my iPhone. They don't even appear when I do a search for them on the phone. These include, among others, Mail and App store. Where have they gone, why, and how do I get them back and ensure this doesn't happen again?


iPhone SE, 2nd generation, iOS 15.4.1


Thanks,


John Haley

iPhone 6s, iOS 14

Posted on May 10, 2022 4:57 PM

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Posted on May 11, 2022 6:53 AM

I've looked in my app library, and they're just not there.


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May 11, 2022 7:14 AM in response to John Haley1

Apps can't just disappear as if by magic. Something had to happen to make them disappear.


What did you do or what were you doing just before you noticed they were gone?


Where you making changes in Screen Time?

Where you perhaps organizing your Home Screen?


The App Store cannot be deleted, but can be restricted if you turned off the option of Installing Apps in Settings->Screen Time->Content & Privacy Restrictions->iTunes & App Store purchases->Installing Apps


As to the Mail App, that can be deleted, but can also be re-downloaded from the App Store once its back. Link-> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mail/id1108187098

Apps are disappearing from my iPhone. What?!?? 😱

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