If you use the "remove app from homescreen" option rather than "delete app", the icon of that app is all which is removed from that particular place. you can always find that app in the app library and drag it back onto your homescreens again later when you want it more handy. If you actually delete an app from your iPhone, a couple of things happen. You also delete any information which isn't shared by other apps that you may have created over time unless you've saved that elsewhere in your iCloud drive. Provided that an app is still available in the app store, you can always download it again without having to purchase it. You'll get the latest version of the app on your iPhone when you do this. There are times when apps are pulled from the app store and no longer available even if you've previously purchased them. This mainly happens to older apps which the developer has decided to pull from the app store and no longer maintain. It costs money to keep an app available so if an app isn't making money for the developer, they might choose to do this. I have a few games which I must never delete or I'll lose them forever. Hope this helps clear things up.
Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: Getting The Most From iOS as a Totally Blind User https://michaelfeir.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-third-edition-of-personal-power.html Mastodon: @[email protected] Check out my blog at: http://www.michaelfeir.blogspot.com On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, you can always reload any app you delete. > > Either if you remove the icon, it'll be in the app library, or if you > offload it you can reinstall it from the Appstore. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Carolyn Arnold > Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2025 2:02 PM > To: viPhone <[email protected]> > Subject: Erasing app from Home Screen. > > If I erased a couple of apps that I do not want, could I ever retrieve > them, should I ever end up wanting them back? > > I understand that the app just goes to the Library. Is that correct? > > Carolyn Arnold > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/145b01dc33df%24d7332890%24859979b0%24%40gmail.com > . > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/002101dc33e2%242f22d670%248d688350%24%40gmail.com > . > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAE8cCzpAEPSPHmt6E%3DBAYegKno_rKHa5%3DLAam3SwojWi9uO%3DNQ%40mail.gmail.com.
