Do you remember the very first iPhone app you installed on your very first iPhone? If you are a long-time user of the Apple smartphone, you have most certainly forgotten your “first app”. And for good reason, you have probably downloaded many applications and have done so for many years.
Since you must have an Apple ID to use theApp Store, all the apps and games you've downloaded over the years are visible in your account. This makes it easy to reinstall them when you buy a new one. iPhone or iPad, but it's also a kind of history. We'll show you where to look.
Find the first iPhone app you installed
To get started, head over to the app App Store on your iPhone or your iPad.
Then tap on your profile icon at the top right of the screen to access your account.
Select “Purchases” to find all the purchased applications or simply downloaded (in the case of free apps) through your account.
If you share your account within the family, then click on “My purchases” to access the list of all downloaded applications.
Make sure you're on the "All" tab and scroll down to the bottom of the list. You'll see that the apps are listed by "purchase" date, descending.
The app at the very bottom of the list is the very first app you bought or downloaded on your first iPhone! You can even see the date of this important event!
It's not more complicated than that!
It's a pretty cool way to look back at early days. apps you have installed. You will probably notice that most of these old apps are no longer available (grayed out cloud). This means that they have been removed from the App Store. By the way, if you don't want certain apps or games to appear in this list, you can hide them by swiping from right to left on the app on the screen and tapping "Hide".
So, what was the first app you downloaded? Tell us in the comments below!
