How to Stop Your iPhone from Automatically Offloading Apps

Apple’s “Offload Unused Apps” feature is great for saving storage, but it can be incredibly frustrating when you urgently need an app and have no internet connection to re-download it.

Disabling Automatic Offloading

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Scroll down and tap on App Store.
  3. Find the toggle for Offload Unused Apps and switch it to Off.

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