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  Deleting IOS app from iTunes Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-03 13:28 -0500
    Re: Deleting IOS app from iTunes nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-03 14:27 -0400
      Re: Deleting IOS app from iTunes jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-06 15:03 +1300
    Re: Deleting IOS app from iTunes me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-11-04 17:33 +0000
      Re: Deleting IOS app from iTunes nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-04 13:11 -0500
      Re: Deleting IOS app from iTunes Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-04 13:22 -0500
        Re: Deleting IOS app from iTunes Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-11-04 14:51 -0500
          Re: Deleting IOS app from iTunes Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-04 18:54 -0500
        Re: Deleting IOS app from iTunes Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2013-11-05 13:50 +0000
          Re: Deleting IOS app from iTunes Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-05 19:31 -0500

#19218 — Deleting IOS app from iTunes

It seems that Apple won't say how to do this, but they allow users to 
say it on their forums.

However, loads of users say "right-click on the app in the apps tab and 
select delete from the menu."  A few say "select and press the delete key"

But in the current iTunes and MANY version back, there is no menu and 
both delete and Cmd X get the "Bonk" error sound.

I have paid and free versions of several apps, one app that is no longer 
available (but app store wants me to update it!), a few that
are just clutter, etc.

Some of the above during sync complain they "can't be sync'd because the 
app can't be found" even though the are not on the phone and not marked 
for install.

-- 
Wes Groleau

    “Missing a train is only painful if you run after it!”
                                  — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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#19219

In article <l564l6$nvn$1@dont-email.me>, Wes Groleau
<Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:

> It seems that Apple won't say how to do this, but they allow users to 
> say it on their forums.
> 
> However, loads of users say "right-click on the app in the apps tab and 
> select delete from the menu."  A few say "select and press the delete key"
> 
> But in the current iTunes and MANY version back, there is no menu and 
> both delete and Cmd X get the "Bonk" error sound.
> 
> I have paid and free versions of several apps, one app that is no longer 
> available (but app store wants me to update it!), a few that
> are just clutter, etc.
> 
> Some of the above during sync complain they "can't be sync'd because the 
> app can't be found" even though the are not on the phone and not marked 
> for install.

if you want to delete an app for good from the itunes library, go to
the apps section in the sidebar (which you may need to show), not the
apps tab when a device is connected. two different sections.

next, select which apps you want to delete and hit the backspace key.
it will ask if you want to just remove the apps from the itunes library
or also move them to the trash. 

you can redownload them at a later time (if they're available).

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#19269

nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <l564l6$nvn$1@dont-email.me>, Wes Groleau
> <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:
> 
> > It seems that Apple won't say how to do this, but they allow users to
> > say it on their forums.
> > 
> > However, loads of users say "right-click on the app in the apps tab and
> > select delete from the menu."  A few say "select and press the delete key"
> > 
> > But in the current iTunes and MANY version back, there is no menu and
> > both delete and Cmd X get the "Bonk" error sound.
> > 
> > I have paid and free versions of several apps, one app that is no longer
> > available (but app store wants me to update it!), a few that
> > are just clutter, etc.
> > 
> > Some of the above during sync complain they "can't be sync'd because the
> > app can't be found" even though the are not on the phone and not marked
> > for install.
> 
> if you want to delete an app for good from the itunes library, go to
> the apps section in the sidebar (which you may need to show), not the
> apps tab when a device is connected. two different sections.
> 
> next, select which apps you want to delete and hit the backspace key.
> it will ask if you want to just remove the apps from the itunes library
> or also move them to the trash. 
> 
> you can redownload them at a later time (if they're available).

Yeah, also I suspect the OP simply doesn't have the Apps section in the
sidebar visible. As with other media, you delete from iTunes' library
and then sync the change to your device.
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

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#19225

Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:
> It seems that Apple won't say how to do this, but they allow users to 
> say it on their forums.

How are you getting iOS apps in iTunes on your Mac?

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#19226

In article <l58lpo$bse$1@dont-email.me>, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca>
wrote:

> > It seems that Apple won't say how to do this, but they allow users to 
> > say it on their forums.
> 
> How are you getting iOS apps in iTunes on your Mac?

same way everyone else does, by downloading them or syncing.

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#19228

On 11-04-2013, 12:33, Király wrote:
> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:
>> It seems that Apple won't say how to do this, but they allow users to
>> say it on their forums.
>
> How are you getting iOS apps in iTunes on your Mac?

First you select your IOS device.

Then you go to the Apps tab.

There you find a list of the apps you have acquired, an indicator of 
whether or not they will be removed from or installed on the device in 
the next sync, and images of the device screens that allow you to 
rearrange the positioning.  Any changes made here will appear on the 
device after the next sync.  An easier way to do it than on the device.

However, to delete from iTunes (instead of only from the device) you
have to go to a _different_ apps screen--the one that nospam posted.


-- 
Wes Groleau

    What kind of smiley is C:\   ?

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#19229

In article <l58olo$fc$1@dont-email.me>,
 Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:

> On 11-04-2013, 12:33, Király wrote:
> > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:
> >> It seems that Apple won't say how to do this, but they allow users to
> >> say it on their forums.
> >
> > How are you getting iOS apps in iTunes on your Mac?
> 
> First you select your IOS device.
> 
> Then you go to the Apps tab.
> 
> There you find a list of the apps you have acquired, an indicator of 
> whether or not they will be removed from or installed on the device in 
> the next sync, and images of the device screens that allow you to 
> rearrange the positioning.  Any changes made here will appear on the 
> device after the next sync.  An easier way to do it than on the device.
> 
> However, to delete from iTunes (instead of only from the device) you
> have to go to a _different_ apps screen--the one that nospam posted.

Is this of any help?

How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App 
Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772>

-- 
Remember, I'm pullin' for ya.
We're all in this together.
                  --Red Green

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#19231

On 11-04-2013, 14:51, Fred Moore wrote:
> In article <l58olo$fc$1@dont-email.me>,
>   Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:
>
>> On 11-04-2013, 12:33, Király wrote:
>>> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:
>>>> It seems that Apple won't say how to do this, but they allow users to
>>>> say it on their forums.
>>>
>>> .....
>
> Is this of any help?

No.  Like I already said, Apple doesn't seem to think anyone might ever 
have any reason to do it.  That is one of the pages I already saw that 
tells you how to remove it from the iPad.

> How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App
> Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772>


-- 
Wes Groleau

    What kind of smiley is C:\   ?

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#19244

Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:
> On 11-04-2013, 12:33, Király wrote:
>> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:
>>> It seems that Apple won't say how to do this, but they allow users to
>>> say it on their forums.
>> 
>> How are you getting iOS apps in iTunes on your Mac?
> 
> First you select your IOS device.
> 
> Then you go to the Apps tab.
> 
> There you find a list of the apps you have acquired, an indicator of
> whether or not they will be removed from or installed on the device in
> the next sync, and images of the device screens that allow you to
> rearrange the positioning.  Any changes made here will appear on the
> device after the next sync.  An easier way to do it than on the device.
> 
> However, to delete from iTunes (instead of only from the device) you
> have to go to a _different_ apps screen--the one that nospam posted.
> 

I just check or uncheck them in list view in iTunes to get them off The
iPad. If I want to get rid of them entirely, I just delete them from
iTunes.  Is this yet another possibility "up"grades have eliminated?

-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

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#19264

On 11-05-2013, 08:50, Erilar wrote:
> I just check or uncheck them in list view in iTunes to get them off The
> iPad. If I want to get rid of them entirely, I just delete them from
> iTunes.  Is this yet another possibility "up"grades have eliminated?

My question was not should I do it but HOW do I do it.  And nospam
answered it.  I repeated the answer and you quoted the repeat.

In other words, to answer YOUR question, the capability is still there, 
but it has been unnecessarily obfuscated.

-- 
Wes Groleau

    What kind of smiley is C:\   ?

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