How to enable/disable Offload Unused Apps on iPhone or iPad (Does it Help?)

Being an iPhone user means you’ll have to deal with many features you never imagined before in the tech world. One of these overwhelming features includes “offload unused apps”.

Since iPhone users always complain about the storage issue, Apple is always one step ahead of us to get us out of this problem. “Offload unused apps” is one of the features that will help you to optimize your storage without letting you know about it.

So in this article, I’m going to show you how to enable and disable offload unused apps on iPhone or iPad. Plus how this will help you to maintain your storage on your device.

Still, if you want to learn more about iCloud storage settings. Click here and you’ll learn how easily you can set iCloud storage settings in your iPhone like a pro.

So here is everything you need to know about “offload unused apps” on your iOS device.

What does the offload unused apps feature do on iPhone?

Let’s have a look at this feature, if you go to your iPhone settings>general and “iPhone storage,” you will find this feature.

What this feature does on your iPhone is “based on your screen time, Apple figured out which app you don’t use very often.” Once you enable it, “if you don’t use an app very often, iPhone will delete the certain app but keep the data saved in your device.”

When you redownload it, it is almost like you never deleted it.

Why did Apple create the Offload unused feature on iPhone?

According to apple, The main reason Apple create this feature is that iPhones are always running out of storage. People take a lot of photos and videos, and apps take a lot of storage. But we all know that there are apps that we don’t use very often.

That’s why after enabling it iPhone deletes those apps but keeps the data safe so when you download the apps again it’s almost like you never deleted them.

Is it Okay to enable the offload unused app on iPhone?

I would recommend you not to enable this feature because once you let your iPhone manage which app to offload.  

You could be out in the middle of nowhere, you don’t have Wi-Fi or cellular data and you need to open a certain app.

What will you do then?

What happens when you use the offload feature on your iPhone?

The best way to offload unused apps on iPhone “to manage storage” is to offload an app individually.

When you offload a certain app, it will take less storage on your iPhone but remain on your home screen. You’ll see the app icon on the screen, when you tap on the icon the apps will start downloading automatically.

This way you can save storage and after downloading the app will be as good as new.

Also read about; How Do I Sync Apps between Devices? 4 Easy Tricks To Try at Home 2022.

Conclusion

In this article, you’ve learned about the how “offload unused apps” feature on your iPhone works. Now you know if it is best for you to enable this feature or not. Because iPhone users are always desperate about managing their storage.

This is a good feature to manage storage but before enabling it, I think you should know how exactly it works.

So the “Key Point” will be:

Always offload unused apps on iPhone individually and never enable this feature.

If you have any other questions regarding this topic feel free to ask in the comment section.