Disable Installation of Apps on iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad

Apple introduced iOS 5 with more than 200 amazing features. 10 of them were the key notes at the launch of iOS 5 while the remaining were the hidden features in iOS 5. We have already unveiled many amazing features and today we have also found a nice feature. Have you ever accidently purchased an App from App Store? Did your kids use an iDevice and they accidently did that? Well, there’s a built in feature in iOS 5 by the help of which you can prevent the installation of apps.

Yes, enabling restrictions on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad you can turn off the installation of the simple Apps. Well, you can also prevent the deletion of an app by using the same steps. The steps are given below.

Go to Settings on your device and Click on General.

Scroll Down and Click on “Restrictions”

Tap on “Enable Restrictions”, first time it will ask you to enter a password

After enabling, Scroll down and click on the Toggle next to the “Installing Apps”

That’s all about this tip, just below installing apps; you will see the “Deleting Apps” to block the deletion of different apps. Turn the “Installing Apps” Off or Disable Restrictions to install apps on your device.