iOS has a handy feature called Offload App. This feature allows users to free up space on iPhone or iPad without deleting that app’s documents and data.
The Offload App feature provides a quick and easy way to free up space on the iPhone. Users can later reinstall the app whenever there’s disk space available and iOS will place back the data.
In this guide, we have shown you how you can manually offload apps to free up space on your iPhone, download apps that have been offloaded, and stop iOS from automatically offloading apps on your iPhone or iPad.
Manually offload apps
You can follow the steps below to manually offload apps from your device without deleting their documents and data from the device.
- Open Settings and go to General.
- Tap on the iPhone Storage option.
- On the next page, you will see a list of apps. Find the app that you want to offload and tap on it.
- Finally, on the next page tap on the Offload App option in order to offload it from the device.
Find out if an app has been offloaded
You can easily figure out if an app has been automatically offloaded from your device by finding its icon on the home screen or App Library.
Once you find the icon, you should see a cloud icon next to its name. The cloud icon indicates that the app has been offloaded and needs to be re-downloaded before it can be opened.
Re-download offloaded apps
If you want to re-download apps that have been offloaded from your iPhone or iPad, then you can follow the steps below.
Before you begin, make sure your iPhone has enough storage available that is enough to download the app.
- Make sure your device has an active Internet connection.
- Find the icon for the app that has been offloaded from your device.
- Tap on the icon to re-download this app.
Stop iOS from offloading apps
To stop apps from getting offloaded on your iPhone follow these steps.
- Open Settings and go to App Store option.
- On the next page find the toggle for Offload Ununsed Apps.
- Turn off the toggle.
