How to Rearrange or Delete iPad Apps

There are many apps that you can download to your iPad, as well as a number that come preloaded in the gadget. You may find that not all the apps are so great, and you may want to delete them [source: Wagner]. You can only delete apps that have been installed from the App Store. Built-in apps that came with your iPad are just that -- built in. You can find out here how to delete unwanted apps and how to rearrange the app icons on the screen of your iPad.

Here's how to delete apps installed from the App Store:

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  1. Touch the app icon on the Home screen, with your finger.
  2. Hold your finger on the icon until the icons on the screen start to move.
  3. Move your finger off the icon, and tap it in the corner of the icon you want to delete. A dialog box will appear.
  4. Tap Delete in the dialogue box [source: Apple].

Here's how to rearrange the app icons on your iPad screen:

  1. Touch any icon with your finger.
  2. Hold your finger on the icon until the icons on the screen start to move.
  3. Move your finger off the icon.
  4. Touch one of the icons you want to move and drag it to where you want it be.
  5. Drag any other icon that you want to move around.
  6. Save your new arrangement by pressing the Home button [source: Apple].

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