Apple May Finally Let You Delete The Default Apps That You Never Use

Apple iPhone users may finally be able to delete those pesky default apps that they never use from their home screens.

iPhone owners have long complained about Apple’s undeletable apps, which include Stocks, iBooks and Game Center.

There are currently 32 such apps, and while most are vital, such as Contacts, Clock and Messages, there are many that most users would rather delete or hide to free up space on their home screen for the apps that they actually use.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has previously acknowledged the problem and said ‘it’s something we’re looking at’.

New code in iTunes suggests that the ability to delete the pre-installed apps could be coming in Apple’s next major software upgrade, says AppAdvice.

The code suggests that the default apps will be hidden rather than deleted so while they’ll still take up phone memory, they won’t appear on the home screen.

The most recent software for iPhone and iPad - iOS 9.3 - was released last month.

Apple is likely to unveil the upcoming iOS 10 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) event in June.

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