iOS 10 Update: New OS Feature Allows Users To Delete Stock Apps, What’s The Catch?

iOS 10 will allow iPad and iPhone users to delete stock apps from the home screen of their devices. This new mobile operating system from Apple is expected to be launched later this year. According to reports, the users will no longer have to keep Apple stock apps like Notes, Weather and Maps on their home screen.

With iOS 10's new feature, the stock apps will now be optional and can be removed from the mobile device. However, if the users decide to use them again, the apps can be re-downloaded through Apple's App Store. Nevertheless, some of the stock apps will still be mandatory, which means the users will not be able delete, such as the Camera, Clock, Safari, App Store, Phone and Messages Apps.

The iOS 10 developer beta stock apps that have been downloaded by users are confirmed to have been removed following the operating system update.  A help page has also been provided by Apple about the removal of stock apps, including a complete list of the removable apps from the home screen, Wired reported.

There is a drawback, however, to the added option of removing the built-in apps. According to Apple, once a stock app has been removed, the related configuration files and user data relevant to the app may also be deleted. This means that some system functions could be affected, like if the Weather app will be deleted, then the users will no longer receive weather alerts through the Notification Center of their device, and removal of the Music app means removing it from the CarPlay as well.

In addition to this, the iOS version of Yelp, which is being powered by the Apple Maps, will launch an error message searching for  Apple Maps since there is no current option to use the Google Map for Yelp. Meantime, the spokesperson for Yelp has refused to give any comment regarding this, saying that is still too early to talk about iOS 10.

When iOS 10 begins to roll out, the users are hopeful that the app developers would find a way to come up with a solution to resolve future issues for those apps that are expected to be affected, Tech Times reported.