These instructions apply to the iPhone 12 runningiOS 14 and up.

Here’s how:

Find the app you want to delete on the iPhone home screen.

Tap and hold the app icon until a menu pops out of it.

Delete apps from home screen on iPhone 12.

you might also keep holding after the menu appears.

If you do this, the menu disappears and all of your apps start wiggling.

In this state, tap theXon app to delete it.

Delete installed apps from inside the App Store app on the iPhone 12.

The app disappears and is deleted.

you could repeat this for as many apps as you want to delete.

from within theApp Storeapp.

Swiping to delete apps in the App Store app on the iPhone 12.

Scroll down toAvailable Updates.

TapDeletein the pop-up window to delete the app.

Go toGeneral>iPhone Storage.

Three iOS screens showing iPhone Storage button in General Settings, the app to delete, and a Delete App button

This shows all of the apps on your iPhone and how much storage space they use.

If it’s crucial that you free up space, this will help you identify your best options.

Tap the app you want to delete.

On the next screen, tapDelete App.

you’ve got the option to also chooseOffload App.

In the pop-up, tapDelete App.

Do you also have an iPad that you want to delete apps from?

Versions of these tips work on the iPad, too.

Learn more inHow to Delete Apps on an iPad.