How to download unused apps in iOS 11 and save disk space

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Everything you need to know about the new iOS feature to help free up space on your device.

A useful setting to save disk space will be appreciated by owners of 16GB devices and anyone who actively uses their iPhone or iPad. Thanks to it, hateful notifications about the lack of free space will appear much less often.

As you might guess from the name of the function, it works quite simply. Its essence lies in freeing up space by removing applications that you have not run for a long time and which simply take up precious gigabytes. Here's how to enable unloading of unused apps.

Open "Settings".
Go to iTunes & App Store.
Find the "Download unused" toggle switch and turn it on.

If your iPhone or iPad has little space, then immediately after enabling the functions, applications that have not been opened for a long time will be deleted. In this case, the application icon with a corresponding mark will remain on the desktop, and all data, including saves and various settings, will be saved on the device and will be included in the backup.

Thus, if necessary, reinstalling the application, returning it to its original state, will not be difficult. You can continue completing an abandoned game or working on a project in Garage Band for which there was no time.

Using this feature is one of the top recommendations for freeing up space, along with enabling iCloud Music Library in the new iPhone Storage menu, which collects statistics on used disk space. If you turn it on from there, the system will immediately show how much space you can free up.

We also recommend enabling unloading of unused applications for everyone, especially owners of iOS devices with 16 and 32 GB of memory.