I am on my fourth iPad – and just as many iPhones — and I have accumulated a very large number of apps. I would like the luxury of going through them one by one and deleting the ones I don’t use. But it's taking a while to get around to it. In the meantime, when I download any new apps they just never appear on my screens. I can locate them using Spotlight search, but the icons don't appear on the Home Screen.
Since I want to organize them onto my first Home Screen, I need to be able to find them to move them. I have tried restarting, hard resets — I even tried the recent suggestion on how to add another Home Screen by dragging an icon to the right to create a new page, but it won’t work. I am on an 12.9” iPad Pro running iOS 12.1.2.
Best Answer
To delete / hide apps on iPhone go to App Store while logged in. Tap on Today icon on bottom of screen. Then tap on your user logo in the right hand corner. Then a screen appears - tap Purchased. Select the category you want, All or Purchased. then find the app and swipe left. Detele should appear. Select to delete.