How do I actually completely delete an app?

Submitted by princess_sarah02_1 t3_11bcx2m in iphone

Hi! I have an iPhone 12pro. One of my apps has bugged out and I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but it just automatically logs me back in somehow after reinstalling.

Ive tried telling it to delete soft and hard data and it still remembers. Is there a way to completely delete an app, so when reinstalled it’s like you’ve never used it?

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avrins t1_j9x8s33 wrote

Honestly I never figured this out. Imgur was an app that was like this. Fully deleted from my phone and no matter what, when reinstalling it was automatically logged back in.

There is 100% some sort of flaw in the iOS file system that allows data fragments to be left behind that are then reattached by the app when installed again.

No idea what’s happening.

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princess_sarah02_1 OP t1_j9x8xwn wrote

Yes exactly!! It’s so frustrating

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avrins t1_j9xd791 wrote

Ya. The weird thing is I even tried signing out of the app then deleting it and still it was logged in on reinstall.

It was an email+pw account too, not tied to my appleid or anything on the phone.

Tried logging it into a new dummy account and then deleting and still it had my original account logged in on reinstall.

Pretty significant issue but I never found anyway to report or get apple to address it.

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ansky201 t1_j9yfbw4 wrote

I have seen the same behavior on Android too.

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Lunafreya_NoxF t1_j9ys1y2 wrote

In Android you can delete caché and app data separately, eliminating this issue.

iOS “supposedly” deletes everything when you delete an app but going by users, it does not. It’s not the first time we see this behavior.

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ansky201 t1_ja43qrw wrote

Nope, deleting the data and cache doesn't always work. I have had apps retain my information even after doing this.

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sunnydayz4me2 t1_j9xb9wf wrote

Ok, now I’ve always wondered this exact thing. I’m going to follow this and hopefully some kind soul can help us out. Oh lands…..I’ve tried to figure it out for so long.
Thank you. Ok. Have a good night. I’m going to turn on my notifications so I can follow this post. 🤗☀️👍🥰

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billysmusic t1_j9ysl4f wrote

There is often app data stored in iCloud. Have you checked there to delete the app data?

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isagani- t1_j9ydht5 wrote

Try to check if the app has a built-in feature to delete cache or something

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SomegalInCa t1_j9yit6u wrote

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

There’s a link there for security; might be worth trying that because leaving something behind might mean that specific device could be uniquely trackable and you’d hope that detail would be interesting to apple

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