App download says waiting

When this happens nothing seems to help. You can continue to tap on the icon again and again in hopes of resuming the downloading but nothing seems to help. Although this is a brain-teaser, however, the good news is regardless of the reasons, you can fix it by trying a few methods. By the end of this guide you will know how to fix the waiting issue that occurs when you are downloading apps from the App Store.

Make sure your Wi-Fi or Cellular data is working, and make sure there are no issues with the connectivity. In case you are using Wi-Fi network consider switching to cellular data to see if the download resumes. This should fix iPhone apps stuck on loading issue. Now, this issue is something that many users forget easily. With low memory on your iPhone, apps can get stuck while downloading.

This issue can occur on any device no matter if you have a shinny new iPhone 12 or an older iPhone 6s. After clearing memory, re-download the required app. This should fix app stuck on waiting for download problem. Very strange. Posted on Jul 2, PM. It's non-obvious, but it's also not difficult. Delete all the downloads in progress in iTunes and then try downloading apps again.

No, I tried to do like what u mentioned, but I can't delete the "waiting" apps, there is no X above the apps. And I also tried to do like demo said, find the installing apps in apps store and swipe across , but I can't delete them too. Sep 23, PM. Jul 10, AM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick.

Jul 10, AM. Jul 2, PM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick. Slide to power off. After it is off, press the power button to turn it back on. Jul 2, PM. Aug 13, AM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick. I'm not sure where you're talking about Aug 13, AM. This is my boilerplate response to the "apps will not update or install" issue. Maybe something in here will help ignore what you have already tried.

Make sure that you do not have a stalled download in iTunes - a song or podcast Only one thing can download at a time on the iPad so that could be what is causing the problem.

Tap your ID and sign out. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.

Tap one waiting icon only if necessary to start the download stream. You can also try deleting the waiting icons - tap and hold down on an icon until it wiggles - the tap the X on the icon to delete it. Then try to download again. You can try resetting all settings. You will have to enter all of your app preferences and device settings again. Aug 17, PM. Sep 24, AM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick.

Sep 24, AM. Aug 13, PM in response to britewhitelight In response to britewhitelight. Launch the iTunes app. Go to the downloads tab. See if there is something in there that didn't finish downloading. Tap on it to try to resume the download - or swipe across the progress bar in order to bring up the red delete button. Aug 13, PM. Jan 6, PM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick. Jan 6, PM. May 11, PM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick.

There's another possible issue that was what caused this same problem for me: Your iPhone or iPad is full! The battle just got real. Have you participated yet? If not,. Is your iPhone apps stuck Waiting when you try to download it from App Store? If yes, it is easy to fix it. Head over to this post to fix the issue. Written by Dhvanesh. Author Dhvanesh. The founder of iGeeksBlog, Dhvanesh, is an Apple aficionado, who cannot stand even a slight innuendo about Apple products. He dons the cap of editor-in-chief to make sure that articles match the quality standard before they are published.