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Jan 23, 2008
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Running latest version iOS 13, and trying to clear some cruft ont he phone by deleting apps I never use. One of them was Nike Run Club. I delete it from the home screen and it goes away. Then, later at night when the phone is charging/backing up to iCloud, it re-downloads itself onto the homescreen. If I force delete again, but manually check for available app updates (I have auto update disabled) it is ALWAYS there for "update/re-install". And it always shows a version which became available on 12/16/2019. Anyone else ever have this issue with an app? How do I dleete it and never have it appear again as an update or auto-installed app without my consent.

To be clear, I am not searching through old apps which have been purchased but don't exist on the phone, this is popping up on the active available update list. To skip it and install all other available updates gives me a lingering red badge on the App Store. TIA.
 

NoahK17

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Apr 24, 2009
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Same exact issue. I can’t get it to stay uninstalled. I do have a Nike Watch though and I think it’s somehow installing it overnight without my permission.
 

frankly

macrumors 6502a
May 6, 2003
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Running latest version iOS 13, and trying to clear some cruft ont he phone by deleting apps I never use. One of them was Nike Run Club. I delete it from the home screen and it goes away. Then, later at night when the phone is charging/backing up to iCloud, it re-downloads itself onto the homescreen. If I force delete again, but manually check for available app updates (I have auto update disabled) it is ALWAYS there for "update/re-install". And it always shows a version which became available on 12/16/2019. Anyone else ever have this issue with an app? How do I dleete it and never have it appear again as an update or auto-installed app without my consent.

To be clear, I am not searching through old apps which have been purchased but don't exist on the phone, this is popping up on the active available update list. To skip it and install all other available updates gives me a lingering red badge on the App Store. TIA.

I am replying just in case someone comes up with a solution. I also think this is related to the Apple Watch since the app has its own location in the watch app settings, separated out from the other third party apps.

I have deleted this half a dozen times and it keeps coming back. It is like a zombie.
 

diskrete

macrumors newbie
Jun 30, 2010
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I have deleted this half a dozen times and it keeps coming back. It is like a zombie.

Me too. On an Android phone we’d call this “crapware” or “bloatware”. Pre-installed 3rd-party software that you can’t remove.
 
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