how to delete an iphone app

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Post 1 by pianoplayer4jesus (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 22:48:34

Enough said smile

Post 2 by silly_singer (The girl who's always lost in a melody) on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 23:05:02

Hey there,
Find the app you wish to delete. Then double tap and hold. VO will say "Moving..." the app you wish to delete.
Then lift your finger, and double tap the screen again.
This will bring up a diolog asking if you are sure you wish to delete the app. Swipe til you find "OK" then double tap again.
The app should then be off the phone.
Hope this helps. :)

Post 3 by pianoplayer4jesus (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 23:12:00

Yep that helped thanks.

Post 4 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Wednesday, 15-Aug-2012 14:12:02

For any of you helping a sighted user, the delete button which comes up in that dialog, or many others is an x rather than the word delete. This is true for a lot of these. VoiceOver reads it out as whole words, with the voice or Braille, but there are symbols that correspond to all of these. If you're never helping a sighted person with their phone no big deal, but if you are, it may help you to know what these are.

Post 5 by silly_singer (The girl who's always lost in a melody) on Wednesday, 15-Aug-2012 18:35:43

Thanks for that. I thought someone had told me something about that a long time ago, but couldn't remember for sure.
Is the same true when closing an app out of the app switcher? When in the app switcher editing apps are they all jiggling, or as my mom puts it, "Dancing?"
Often times, it is easy to forget that blind and sighted people think of and interact with the devices very differently. :)

Post 6 by forereel (Just posting.) on Thursday, 16-Aug-2012 15:53:11

Seems you can't remove the pre installed Apps this way, but only the ones you install. I've got one, and I admit I've been lazy researching, I want to remove that was on the phone when I got it new. I can move it, put it in a folder, but for some reason I can't get rid of it.. Suggestions?

Post 7 by Dirty Little Oar (I'd rather be rowing.) on Thursday, 16-Aug-2012 16:29:55

No fix for that. There are some things iOS just won't let you delete. I moved all the crap I didn't want into a folder called unused and just moved it to the bottom of my last page of apps. If I can't get rid of them, at least they stay out of the way.

Post 8 by BryanP22 (Novice theriminist) on Saturday, 18-Aug-2012 14:53:36

I never even thought of that. I have Skype and HayTell on my phone but never use them anymore. So I was goin to sync with ITunes to get rid of them. Now I know I don't need to do that.