It’s natural to get carried away and download too many apps on your Apple TV. Over time, especially when you share your Apple TV with your family, you may have apps that you don’t use anymore. Deleting some of the Apple TV apps that you don’t need or use will free up memory space, and it will result in a boost in performance.
Deleting the apps will remove them and their data from your Home screen. If you have purchased the app from the App Store, you can re-download the app for free whenever you want, but your old deleted data will not be restored.
Deleting Apple TV Apps Quickly From Home Screen
You can delete Apple TV apps on the home screen. Following are the simple steps to delete unwanted apps:
- Scroll through the apps to find the one you want to delete using your remote.
- Once the app is highlighted, click and hold the remote touchpad. The highlighted app will begin to shake.
- Click on the Play/Pause button on the remote. It will open Options.
- Scroll through the option using your remote and select Delete.
- Confirm that you want to delete by clicking on the pop-up. Your selected app will be deleted.
You can do this one by one for all the apps you want to delete on the home screen.
Deleting Apple TV Apps Using Settings App
If your home screen has too many apps, scrolling through them to find unwanted apps may be time-consuming. If you have hidden some apps, you may be unable to delete them on the home screen. The Settings app will show you a list of all installed apps, and you can delete multiple apps more easily.
- Use your remote to open the Settings app on your Apple TV home screen.
- Click on General.
- Scroll down on the menu to choose Manage Storage.
- Now, you can see all installed apps and the memory space they take up. Scroll through the list and find the app you want to delete.
- Click on the Trash icon next to the app’s name.
- Confirm Delete on the pop-up screen.
- Go back to the Settings menu and delete unwanted apps one by one.
Deleting Apple TV Apps From All Apple TVs
If you have more than one Apple TV in your home, there is a way to delete unwanted apps from multiple TVs at once. This will give you a unified experience across your home. The One Home Screen feature synchronizes apps across multiple TVs.
- Open the Settings menu on your Apple TV using your remote.
- Select Users and Accounts.
- Choose your user account.
- Click on One Home Screen to turn it On.
With One Home Screen turned on, any changes you make on any Apple TV home screen will be reflected across multiple TVs. If you delete some apps from one Apple TV, they will also be deleted from all the other Apple TVs.
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