How 'deleting' built-in Apple apps works in iOS 10How do you delete built-in iPhone and iPad apps like Stocks, Tips, and more? Like this!
During the live episode of John Gruber's, The Talk Show at WWDC 2016, senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, explained how "deleting" Apple's built-in iPhone and iPad apps works in iOS 10.
How does 'deleting' built-in apps work in iOS 10?
Just like an App Store app, you begin the process by holding your finger down on the app you want to "delete". The apps then start to jiggle and an "X" button appears in the top corner. Tap the "X" button and the app is gone.
The difference is, when you delete a built-in app, you don't really delete it. You do remove the icon from the Home screen, the user data is flushed, and the hooks into the system for things like default links and Siri handling are remove. But, it doesn't delete the actual app binary.
There are two reasons for this:
Apple's built-in apps are very, very small, taking up only 150 MB of storage. That's because th...
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How 'deleting' built-in Apple apps works in iOS 10
