In iOS 10, you can delete standard applications

Back in April of this year, metadata discovered in iTunes hinted that Apple would introduce the ability

remove standard applications.Earlier today, Apple officially announced iOS 10, but in its presentation did not mention the fact that it became possible to delete standard applications. But as it turned out, they added this feature.

In fact, Apple posted a specialpage on its site that advertises the ability to remove some built-in apps from the iOS 10 home screen. As the page says, if you've updated to iOS 10 beta—which is already available for installation—you can remove “some” built-in applications from the main screen, and with them all configuration files, user data of these applications:

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“If you update to iOS 10 beta, you canremove some built-in apps from the Home screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. When you remove a built-in app from your Home screen, you also remove any related user data and configuration files. This can affect things like related system functions or information on your Apple Watch.”

Apple still claims that stock apps are truly useful and take up very little space on your device (150MB).

Here is a complete list of these apps that can be removed from the iOS 10 Home screen:

  • Calculator
  • The calendar
  • Compass
  • Contacts
  • Facetime
  • Find my friends
  • home
  • iBooks
  • iCloud Drive
  • iTunes Store
  • post office
  • Cards
  • Music
  • news
  • Notes
  • Podcasts
  • Reminders
  • Stocks
  • Tips
  • Video
  • Voice recorder
  • App for Apple Watch
  • Weather

There are some warnings:

  • You can uninstall the Contacts application from iPhone only. When you delete contacts, you will not lose your contacts. Phone numbers will be available in the Phone app.
  • If you uninstall the Music application, it will not be available for use with CarPlay.
  • The News app can be removed in later beta versions of iOS 10.
  • If you delete the Watch app from an iPhone that's paired with an Apple Watch, you'll need to remove the connection to the entire watch before you can delete the app.

On top of that, Apple reports everyoneconsequences of deleting standard applications, for example, if you delete the Podcasts application, it will not be available in CarPlay. And if you delete the Stocks or Weather apps, you won't see that information in the Notification Center. Also, if you uninstall the Calculator app, it will not be available in Control Center.