How to Delete In-App Content on iPhone

The first iPhone, designed and marketed by Apple Inc., was introduced in 2007 and was the first smartphone in the market. Running on Apple's iOS mobile OS, the smartphone proved that mobile phones can also be used for catering various requirements associated with work, entertainment, and play. According to Statista, an online statistics portal, the number of iPhone units sold in the first quarter of 2014 is above 51 million. Therefore, the popularity and acceptability of these tech advanced gadgets can be easily guessed from the smashing market share and sales of the device. High tech machinery, advanced technology and sleek designs enable a user to carry it conveniently, access from it, and connect through it from anytime, anywhere.

Need to access email account- use mail app, getting bored or feeling stressed- use a game app, want to know what is happening around- use news app. Is there anything left that an iPhone is incapable of doing? Well, most probably the answer is no. Nowadays, no gadget is perfect without its app integration and app support features. iTunes, the app store of Apple Inc., is the home of millions of apps belonging to various categories ranging from entertainment, news, information, games, mail clients, cloud storage, recipes, and many others. Such apps occupy certain space on your device’s drive and may result in making your device slow, boot very often, and hang for a while.

In this article, you will read about various steps that will help you to delete in-app content of Newsstand, GarageBand, ComiXology, and iBooks in an iPhone.

A. Deleting In-App content on Newsstand

Step1. Go to the app icon and open Newsstand.

Step2. From the apps screen, press and hold on any magazine until all the icons on the current screen begins to shake.

Step3. Tap on the ‘X’ bubble at the top left of the selected magazine that you’d like to delete.

Step4. A pop-up message will ask for the confirmation to delete the selected magazine, then tap on the ‘Delete’ button to remove the entire data from your iPhone.

B. Deleting In-App content on GarageBand

Step1. Go to the app icon and open GarageBand.

Step2. Navigate to the My Songs menu, press and hold a song until all the icons on the current screen begins to shake.

Step3. Tap on the trash can icon located at the top of the screen to give the OS a command to delete the selected song.

Step4. A new window will appear and you will be required to tap on the ‘Delete Song’ option to entirely remove this song from your iPhone’s music library.

C. Deleting In-App content on ComiXology

Step1. Go to the app icon and open ComiXology.

Step2. Open the database and select ‘My Books.’

Step3. Now, select the ‘Edit’ button and check off all the titles or series that you’d like to get rid of.

Step4. Select the ‘Delete’ button from the top right corner of the screen and a new window will be prompted. Tap on the ‘Delete’ option to entirely remove the content from your iPhone’s database.

D. Deleting In-App content on iBooks

Step1. Go to the app icon and open iBooks.

Step2. Open the Library screen and select ‘Edit.’

Step3. Now, select the books that you want to delete by tapping on each of them.

Step4. Select the ‘Delete’ button from the top left corner of the screen.

Step5. A new window will be prompted and will ask you to tap on the suitable option. Tap on ‘Delete from All Devices’ option to get rid these book(s) deleted from all of your iOS devices, or tap on the ‘Delete This Copy’ option to remove it only from your iPhone.

Apps are one of the prominent features of your latest gadgets as these applications are the smaller versions of full-blown programs that help you in being more productive and entertained. An app can make you more knowledgeable, entertained, get informative content on your tips, can become your gym trainer, or can perform a lot more things. Installing a new app will always occupy some space on your device’s memory hence, delete the in-app data or unused apps to generate more space for other useful apps.

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