{"id":213,"date":"2012-06-17T03:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T03:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/?p=213"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:39:24","slug":"retrieve-purchased-ios-apps-ipod-iphone-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/retrieve-purchased-ios-apps-ipod-iphone-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"How to retrieve purchased iOS Apps on iPod iPhone and iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some reasons, your iOS devices like iPod touch, iPhone or iPad crashed, and you lost all the purchased apps on it. Or you accidently deleted a bough app from your iOS devices, but now you want to retrieve it back without buy it twice. Or you bought a app a long time ago and you never even install it. And here is a step by step guide will show you how to re-download and re-install purchased iOS apps. It\u2019s easier to understand, even you are computer challenger can follow it. I took iPad as example in the guide, the operation steps are the same on iPhone and iPod touch.<\/p>\n

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  1. Open the “App Store” on your iPad.<\/li>\n
  2. Tap on the “Purchased” tab at the bottom of the screen (For iPhone & iPod users, please tap “Updates” and then “Purchased”)
    \n\"\"<\/li>\n
  3. Tap “Not On This iPad” to see the list of apps that are not installed on your iPad<\/li>\n
  4. Find the app you wish to retrieve back to your iPad and tap the download icon. It looks like a cloud with an arrow on it.\"\"<\/li>\n
  5. After the download was finished, you can re-install it on your iPad, that\u2019s all.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What’s advantage of this method?<\/p>\n

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    1. You can uninstall the apps you are not use frequently to free your iPod, iPhone or iPad space, when you need the apps, you can retrieve it back.<\/li>\n
    2. When you need to switch to another iOS devices, you can re-download and re-install the apps, as long as the iOS device is authorized with the same Apple ID.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If you want to retrieve songs from iPod\/iPhone\/iPad to computer, you can follow this step by step iPod songs transfer to computer guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      Google<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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