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How to get the App Store back on my iPhone?

I was trying to download something but the app wouldn’t open so I gave the phone to a friend to try and I think she deleted the app or it disappeared


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iPhone 13, iOS 16

Posted on Jan 10, 2024 5:34 PM

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Posted on Jun 20, 2024 9:04 PM

I am having the same issue. The app store icon is not on the home screen nor the app library on the ipad. I, too, have turned off all screen time on my daughter's iPad.


It has vanished from the home screen and App Library. I do see it in the setting, however.

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Jul 11, 2024 5:56 PM in response to DvrDiva

Right with you DvrDiva.

Apple - there must have been a bad update with managed accounts, perhaps during 2024, because my son did have the App Store app on his phone previously.

All purchasing restrictions are marked as "allow."

We have "reset all settings" a bunch of times. His iOS is current.

Turning off "content and restrictions" is not a viable option for us.

Jul 22, 2024 3:24 PM in response to reemaws

I am having the exact same problem with my daughter's phone - it appears after changing itunes and appstore purchases - but then disappears, Same thing after turning off content restrictions and the turning back on.

Its there for a minute - I was able to open the app store on her phone, then it just disappeared while I was

in the app store.

How to get the App Store back on my iPhone?

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