Deleting apps on Apple TV from the home screen is easy and you can do that in just few simple steps. Just follow these steps:
- Use the remote to highlight the app you want to delete.
- Press and hold the touch pad on the remote until the highlighted application starts to shake.
- Click the Play or Pause Remote button to get Options.
- In the menu that appears on the Apple TV, use the remote to highlight the delete option and press the touch pad on the remote.
- Remove the button from the Apple TV app
- Confirm the removal on the next screen by pressing Delete again.
- Remove the confirmation from the Apple TV app
- The app is removed from your Apple TV and other Apple TVs in your home that use the same ID when you select the One Home Screen option.
How To Uninstall Apps On Apple TV From App?
You can also uninstall apps in the app settings on Apple TV. You will probably want to use this option if you want to free up space by removing applications that use a lot of storage. To use uninstall apps this way, follow these steps:
- Use the remote to select the Settings application and click the remote control pad to open the app.
- Settings app on Apple TV
- Click General.
- Apple TV settings
- Scroll down and click on Manage Storage.
- Manage Storage in the Apple TV Settings app
- Scroll through the list of applications until you find the one you want to delete. Click on the trash can next to the app.
- Apple TV storage screen with app list and storage prices
- On the screen that appears, select Delete.
- Remove the button from the Apple TV Settings app
The app has been removed from your Apple TV. If you turn on the One Home Screen feature to use the iCloud home screen on most Apple TVs, it will be removed from all of them.
How To Uninstall Applications On Multiple Apple TVs Simultaneously
If you have more than one Apple TV (4th Gen. or 4K models), you can set them to delete apps on all devices at once. You turn on the One Home Screen feature, which ensures that all your Apple TVs have the same apps, arranged in the same way, on their home screens of Apple TV.
How To Delete Apps On Apple TV
- Enabling One Home Screen:
- Open the settings app.
- Settings app on Apple TV
- Select Users and Accounts (or Accounts in previous versions of tvOS).
- Users and Accounts in Apple TV settings.
- Select your user account.
- Users and Accounts in Apple TV settings.
- Toggle the One Home Screen option to On.
- One home screen option in Apple TV settings
Now, whenever you make changes to apps or builds on one of your Apple TVs, others use iCloud to automatically update it to match.