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Universal Deleted apps or removed apps from App Store
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From what I know:
If the app is removed from the App Store by Apple, it will not show up in your purchased history.
Otherwise, even if the app is no longer available, it has been removed by the developer, it should still show up in your purchased history.
If the app is removed from the App Store by Apple, it will not show up in your purchased history.
Otherwise, even if the app is no longer available, it has been removed by the developer, it should still show up in your purchased history.
If you fear an app or features of it could be removed in the future, you can use Apple Configurator on the Mac to update/install the app on your iOS device (via USB).
This way you can save/backup the actual application file (.ipa).
It can later be copied/installed on your iOS devices even if the app has been removed from the App Store by Apple or the developer.
The (temporary) location of the downloaded .ipa files is:
This way you can save/backup the actual application file (.ipa).
It can later be copied/installed on your iOS devices even if the app has been removed from the App Store by Apple or the developer.
The (temporary) location of the downloaded .ipa files is:
~/Library/Group Containers/***.group.com.apple.configurator/Library/Caches/Assets/TemporaryItems/MobileApps
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If the app is no longer available in the App Store, you will still see it in your purchase history provided that you downloaded it before it was removed from the App Store... You may still be able to download it if you wish to but that will be it, no updates whatsoever, unless it gets reinstated/reintroduced in the App Store...