Got The New iPhone For Christmas? Delete These 4 Pre-Installed Apps For Extra Storage & Security

As long as you are running iOS 10 or higher, you can successfully delete these four pre-installed apps. 

Reminders 

Compass 

Stocks 

Voice memos 

The pre-installed apps that aren’t worth your time and energy, versus the ones you should keep is a highly personal choice. Of course, if you regularly use the Stocks app or are a big fan of Voice memos and constantly leave yourself little voice messages here and there, keep those apps. But if you’ve never used these apps, deleting them can gain you back a bit of storage. 

Some other pre-installed apps that you can successful delete are: 

Apple Books

FaceTime

iTunes Store 

News

Tips 

Calculator

Files

Mail 

Notes

videos

Calendar

Find My Friends

Maps

Podcasts 

Home 

Music

Reminders 

Weather

Watch 

iCloud Drive 

Contacts 

Measure 

There are more customization opportunities with the latest iPhone models and software. If you choose to keep your pre-installed apps, but would like to hide them so that they don’t take up your screen space, you can do this as long as you are running iOS 14 or later. Tap and hold an empty space on your phone screen until your apps wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper-left corner of the app you want to hide, then select “Remove from Home Screen.” The app will vanish, but can always be placed back by going to the App Store, searching for the hidden app, and selecting “Add to Home Screen.”