How To Remove Iphone Apps Without X

How to Remove Apps on iPhone 7 (Plus)

The 3D touch of iOS 10 makes it hard to remove apps on iPhone 7? Don't worry! There are 2 other ways you can use to delete apps without "X".

iPhone Data Deleting Tips

With iOS 10 installed, you can move more apps, such as some built-in apps, on your newly bought iPhone 7 home screen. However, the 3D-touch technique of iOS 11/10 makes app-deleting a little hard, because pressing down an app icon easily brings its 3D touch menu. Thus, you can't easily access the "X" on the home screen to delete apps on your iPhone 7.

Therefore, there is no harm in knowing some other ways to delete apps on iPhone 7 without "X". Besides the traditional way to delete apps, we offer other ways to help you easily remove apps on your iPhone 7. If you don't want to lose data, you may transfer data like videos to a safe place before deleting apps.

Part 1. Tap "X" to Delete iPhone 7 Apps

Part 2. Remove Apps on iPhone 7 on Settings

Part 3. Delete Apps with iPhone 7 Cleaning Tool

Part 1. Tap "X" to Delete iPhone 7 Apps

If you press app icon in iOS 11/10, it may brings you its 3D touch menu, instead of app shaking with "X". So if you want to delete apps by tapping "X" on an iPhone 7, make sure gently put your finger on the icon without pressing down.

How to Delete Apps on iPhone 7

Also Read: How to Delete Saved Messages on iPhone 6/6S/7 Completely >

Part 2. Remove Apps on iPhone 7 on Settings

iOS 11/10 enables you to manage your iPhone 7 storage by deleting apps. And after going to storage managing page on your iPhone 7, you can easily delete apps. Path of storage managing page on iPhone 7: Settings app > General > Storage & iCloud Storage > Manage Storage under STORAGE.

How to Delete Apps on iPhone 7 on Storage

Part 3. Delete Apps with iPhone 7 Cleaning Tool

Professional iPhone cleaner can help you remove what you don't want from iPhone 7 in a simple way. And that's what PhoneClean is always doing. This tool enables you 1-click remove multiple apps on your iPhone 7. Below are the steps that you can follow to manage your iPhone storage and delete apps with PhoneClean.

Step 1. Download and install PhoneClean on your computer.

Step 2. Connect iPhone 7 to computer with cable, run PhoneClean and click Toolbox > App Clean.

How to Delete Apps on iPhone 7 with PhoneClean

Step 3. Select your unwanted apps, and click the Trash icon on the top right corner to remove the selected apps from your iPhone 7.

Choose the Apps to Delete

You can use this tool to find what is other on your iPhone, and remove it to free up space, also you can get more space by removing app caches, duplicates and kinds of junk files.

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Part 4. Delete Apps with iOS Management Tool

Of course, some other iPhone manager, such as AnyTrans, also has the same feature to manage your apps on your iPhone 7. You can have a try!

With AnyTrans, you can easily update apps and download apps to App Library.
With AnyTrans, you can delete and manage unwanted apps easily.
Also, you can add IPA files from the computer to your iOS devices.

Please refer to the following guide to make good use of AnyTrans to delete apps:

Step 1. Free download AnyTrans on your computer and launch it > Connect your iPhone to the computer with a USB cable > In the Device Manager interface, tap the Apps icon at the right control panel.

Go to Device Manager and Click Apps Category

Step 2. There are listed all the apps on your iOS device > Choose the apps that you do not need anymore and click on the Delete button.

Select an App on Your iPhone and Click Delete Button

Bonus Tip. How to Restore the Accidentally Deleted Apps on iPhone

If you accidentally delete one app that you don't want to delete when you are managing the apps on your iPhone. It is terrible because this will cause the app's data lost at the same time.

Fortunately, you may have backed up apps and app data via iTunes, and then you can restore this app to iOS devices from iTunes Backup. AppTrans – a professional iOS apps manager- can help you achieve this step.

Step 1. Free download AppTrans on your computer and launch it. Then, choose App Restore option at the left control panel > iTunes Backup.

Click iTunes Backup Under App Restore

Click iTunes Backup After App Restore

Step 2. Choose one backup that contain the app which deleted by accident and tap on the Restore button.

Select an iTunes Backup to Restore Apps

Step 3. Connect your iPhone to the computer with a USB cable. Once your device is detected, you can click Restore button. Now, you can select the app and app data from iTunes Backup and then restore it to your device by clicking Restore button.

Select the App to Restore

The Bottom Line

As you can see, AnyTrans and PhoneClean can help you delete apps easily so you can down it have a try! If you have some good ideas on managing iPhone apps, be free to share them in the comment section to discuss. If you find this post is useful, you can share them with the people around you.

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