How to Restore Deleted Apps on iPhone/iPad from App Store or iTunes

Accidentally deleted any app from your iPhone or iPad? Read on to know how to restore deleted Apps from App Store on iOS 9, iOS 8 or iOS 7.

Thanks to things like iCloud, Apple has made app management much simpler and hassle-free. Remember there was a time when, if you deleted an app, you had to either rely on an iTunes backup or just plain buy the app again if you wanted it so badly?

Things have changed a lot since that time. Now, if you delete an app, you don't have to worry or panic. In fact, I've deleted apps so many times now that the whole thing has become very normal.

If you deleted an app from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you can recover the app very easily. Re-downloading the app doesn't cost you anything if you've already bought the app.

It all stores in the cloud (on your account) so don't ever worry. Of course, make sure you have iCloud setup at all times so that every inch of the information is safely stored somewhere.

How to Recover and Reinstall Deleted Apps on iPhone or iPad from App Store

#1. Recover Deleted Apps on iPhone

Step #1. Open the App Store.

Step #2. Tap on “Updates” from the menu at the bottom → Tap on “Purchased”.

Step #3. Now, tap on “Not on This iPhone” menu on top.

Step #4. Find the app that you deleted and want to re-install. Tap on the cloud icon and the installation will begin.

Step #5. Alternatively, you can even search for the purchased app on the App Store.

When you download the app (that you've already paid for), you won't be charged.

#2. How to Recover and Re-install Deleted Apps on iPad

Recovering deleted apps on iPad is easier.

Step #1. Open the App Store.

Step #2. Tap on ‘Purchased' from the bottom menu → From the menu on top, tap on “Not on This iPad”.

Step 3: Tap on cloud icon and install the apps that you want back on your iPad and you're done!

#3. How to Restore Deleted Apps from iTunes

Step #1. Connect your iPhone / iPad to your Mac/PC and open iTunes

Step #2. Click on the device (iPhone) and then click on “Apps” tab from the sidebar → Click on Install button next to app.

Step #3. If you want all apps (deleted, installed etc.) on the iTunes list to be synced with your iPhone every time you connect your iPhone to the computer, click “Automatically install new apps” and then click on Apply.

If Wi-Fi sync is enabled, your iPhone will download the app even if it's not connected to your computer.

Watch out how to re-install deleted apps on iPhone or iPad:

So that's how easy it is to recover deleted apps. You can use this feature if you want to hide certain apps when you give the iPhone/iPad to your kids. Reclaiming the apps after you've got the iPhone and iPad back is easy!

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A M
I followed these steps and the app that I accidentally deleted on my phone is not in the cloud. A lot of other apps are but not the one I want back and it was the most recent too. When I searched for the app in the iTunes store it’s not there. I then found it online and when I linked to itunes to download it, it said “this app is not available in the US store” Could that be why it’s not in my cloud? And I just deleted last night. Thanks!?
A M
I deleted an app on my phone and it’s not in my cloud. A lot of other apps are but not the one I want back. I searched for the app in the store and it’s not there and when I found info about it online, it said “not currently available in the US (iTunes) store. Is this why it’s not in my cloud?
Daphne B
What if the little cloud is grated out & nothing happens when u click on it? I also have some that I want to restore but they have a grayed out “get” .. Help?
- Hannah C
  Similar problem, every time i click the cloud for messenger nothing happens
  - Daphne B
    I guess I will have to call apple… I’ll post whatever they tell me ..
PDSF
This works, but it doesn’t put the apps back in the folder where they belong, so you have to drag each and every one back. Still a pain in the a$$ if you are restoring 100 apps because iTunes said your Win10 upgraded computer was “not authorized” :-|
- Fakhrulhilal Maktum
  I’ve dealt with this problem too. If I click install button again, I will loose my setting for each app. Clicking install for many app will be nightmare too.
Irma
I accidentally deleted a free app on my Iphone 5. It had pictures/videos on there and notes. I went back to download the app but my stuff is not on there. How can I get it back? The last backup on my phone was a couple of years ago and that is when the stuff was put on. Help please
Montrealer
@shatellbuckmire27:disqus
Go to Settings
Go to Icloud
Scroll down and find Backup ( third element starting from the end). Toggle on… Voilà ;-)
shatell buckmire27
i accidentally deleted the backup function on my i phone 6 how do i get it back? this app wasn’t purchased the feature was part of the phone. When i go into my storage there’s a little iPhone icon with my name next to it that i would click on to backup an when am done it would say turn off and delete, i did that and now its gone! not seeing the phone or anything asking me to backup in storage… What can i do???
Grace B
Thanks so much for a simple guide to my problem of deleting half a dozen Apps. No idea how but thankfully I have them back. You are a star. Thank you.
Aylyffe
Thank you! My 2-year-old got hold of my iPhone before I was able to lock it….and all I could tell was that there was an empty space.
Rae
My app does not appear in the purchased, not on this phone section. Now what?
- iGeeksBlog
  Have a look at below post. It might help you:
  http://www.igeeksblog.com/cant-find-purchased-apps-on-my-iphone-ipad/
David Freestone
I’ve got news for you, that doesn’t wotk, at least not on my iPhone 5?
Shos
Hi I deleted my sonos app accidentally but when I go into the reinstall from the App Store it won’t let me download it again – the app has the cloud next to it and when I click on it the spinning circle appears for a couple of seconds and then goes back to the cloud – any suggestions on how I can get this app back. Thanks
- iGeeksBlog
  You are not only one experiencing this issue. App Store, iTunes, and other Apple services are down from this morning. Read out: http://www.igeeksblog.com/cannot-connect-to-itunes-store/
  Hope, Apple will fix this issue at the earliest. Thereafter you will be able to re-download apps again.
HDL
QUOTE: “Re-downloading the app doesn’t cost you anything if you’ve already bought the app.”
What if you acquired the App when it was temporarily Free on a promotion, and now has a Fee? Can it be downloaded and reinstalled without paying?
- iGeeksBlog
  Of course you can reinstall it without paying.
  - HDL
    Thanks!
Laurie
OK… but the cloud icon doesn’t appear. Only a price. Im using the same Apple ID (I only have one). I had accidentally deleted this purchased app, and I don’t want to have to pay for it again.
- iGeeksBlog
  If you purchased that app, you must see cloud icon next to it in ‘Not on This iPad’ option.
AppleAddict
Thank you! I knew it had to be a simple fix and *poof* you provided it. I don’t even remember downloading/buying half these “cloud” apps. Sheesh! Thanks again!!
Razz atee
Thank you……. u are a legend
:)
Sean
Brilliant, thanks for this
Jason Cunningham
Wow. Nice one ..Thanks so much for sharing it..:D
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id663110099
Frank Maresca
someone please help me im trying to make an appstore deb file for my
ipad 2 ios 7.0.4 somehow i deleted the appstore file in applications and
now i dont have the app store app on my ipad..i went to the trash in
ifile and its not in there.. so what i did was my brother has the same
ipad and version so i took all the app store files i need from his
device but when i put the files into my device the app just crashes i
read somewhere that i need to make a debian file and install it that way
with the files that i have im just not sure what to write in contro
text document..someone please save my ass and my ipad 2 from being
upgraded to ios8 and losing my jailbreak:(
iPad guide
This kind of information is really helpful especially for those users who are still new in this kind of field. Thus, there are sometimes that you don’t intent to delete a certain apps and by this article they can now be able to restore those applications and be able to use it again. It’s a helpful way that you have shared this kind of information to everyone.
Soren Roma
Well meaningful article
Ulu
This DOWNLOADS the latest app version. This is OK if the latest version is the one you want. It does NOT RESTORE an older version you may have been using and want to reload onto your iPad or iPhone in advance of upgrading to a more recent app version.
- Louis Jones
  I deleted a color note app with a few notes in it. Following these instructions I re-downloaded the app from cloud, but all of my notes are gone! Any way to recover the saved notes or no?