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/Applications
Summary
This is where all of the pre-installed native apps, as well as native jailbreak apps (from Cydia and elsewhere), are installed. They can't be deleted under normal circumstances. One can delete them on a jailbroken device through some sort of file-management tool such as SSH or iFile, although doing this is highly unrecommended as they can't be re-installed.
New user apps are installed via iTunes or the App Store in the /private/var/mobile/Applications folder.
Children
Folders
Native Apps
| Folder name (generic) | Folder name (iPad version) | Folder name (Apple TV version) | Display name | 1.x | 2.x | 3.x | 4.x | 5.x | 6.x | 7.x | 8.x | 9.x | 10.x | 11.x | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AACredentialRecoveryDialog.app | AACredentialRecoveryDialog.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| AccountAuthenticationDialog.app | AccountAuthenticationDialog.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Activity.app | N/A | N/A | Activity | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 8.2+ | Yes | Yes | No | Tracks activity when paired with an Apple Watch. |
| ActivityMessagesApp.app | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| AdSheet.app (iAd.app in iOS 8) | AdSheet~ipad.app | AdSheetTV.app | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hidden app for iAd support (Both included on iPad) | |
| N/A | N/A | AppleTV.app | No | No | No | 4.1.1/4.2.1+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | The Apple TV's equivalent of SpringBoard. Used on iOS 4.2 and higher. Prior to 4.2.1, it was known as Lowtide.app. | |
| App Store.app | App Store.app | App Store.app | App Store | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Client for the App Store |
| AskPermissionUI.app | AskPermissionUI.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Bridge.app | N/A | N/A | Apple Watch | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 8.2+ | Yes | Yes | No | Used to pair an iPhone with Apple Watch. |
| BusinessExtensionsWrapper.app | BusinessExtensionsWrapper.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| Calculator.app | No iPad version | N/A | Calculator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Calculator. Icon evolved over major OS releases. Landscape scientific mode added in iPhone OS 2.0. |
| Camera.app | Camera.app (iPad 2 and newer only) | N/A | Camera | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Camera. Split from MobileSlideShow.app starting with iOS 4.0. |
| ChargingViewService.app | ChargingViewService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | |
| CheckerBoard.app | CheckerBoard.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | |
| Compass.app | N/A | N/A | Compass | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Compass. Only available on qualifying devices. |
| CompassCalibrationViewService.app | CompassCalibrationViewService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Contacts~iphone.app (MobileAddressBook.app before iOS 4) | Contacts~ipad.app | N/A | Contacts | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Contacts. |
| Copilot.app | ? | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | |
| CoreAuthUI.app | CoreAuthUI.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| CTCarrierSpaceAuth.app | CTCarrierSpaceAuth.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | |
| DataActivation.app | DataActivation.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| DDActionsService.app | DDActionsService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| DemoApp.app | DemoApp.app | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Displays a video continuously when the device is not being used. Invoke with a file called Demo.mov in the user directory (/private/var/root for iPhone OS 1.1.2 and lower, /private/var/mobile for iPhone OS 1.1.3 and later). Used by Apple Stores. | |
| Diagnostics.app | Diagnostics.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 8.1+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| DiagnosticsService.app | DiagnosticsService.app | DiagnosticsService.app | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| DNDBuddy.app | DNDBuddy.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| FacebookAccountMigrationDialog.app | FacebookAccountMigrationDialog.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Facebook service. | |
| FaceTime.app | FaceTime.app | N/A | FaceTime | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | FaceTime application for devices running iOS 7 or later. |
| Family.app | Family.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Feedback Assistant iOS.app | Feedback Assistant iOS.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 8.3+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| FieldTest.app | FieldTest.app (3G only) | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | See notes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hidden app for checking network parameters; Can be accessed by dialing *3001#12345#*; Retired in 4.0, returns in 4.1 providing only the cellular network RSSI display. iOS 4.2 brings all features back.
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| Find iPhone.app | Find iPhone.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| FindMyFriends.app | FindMyFriends.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| FTMInternal-4.app | FTMInternal-4.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| GameCenter~iphone.app | GameCenter~ipad.app | N/A | Game Center | No | No | No | 4.1+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Game Center. |
| Game Center UI Service.app | Game Center UI Service.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| GameController.app | GameController.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| HashtagImages.app | HashtagImages.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Health.app | Health.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Health app. | |
| HealthPrivacyService.app | HealthPrivacyService.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| HomeUIService.app | HomeUIService.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Home.app | Home.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | |
| iAdOptOut.app | iAdOptOut.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| iBooks.app | iBooks.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| iCloud.app | iCloud.app | iCloud.app | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | |
| iCloudDriveApp.app | iCloudDriveApp.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | iCloud Drive app. | |
| InCallService.app | InCallService.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| iOS Diagnostics.app | iOS Diagnostics.app | N/A | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | This can be accessed through Safari; just type diags:// into the URL bar. | |
| iPodOut.app | iPodOut.app | N/A | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Hidden app for iPodOut functionality with third party equipment such as car entertainment systems. Provides a media selection and notification view interface through the video output. | |
| iTunes.app (Not to be confused with MobileStore.app, the iTunes Store app) | iTunes.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hidden app. Crashes on startup. Purpose not known. | |
| kbd.app | kbd.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | |
| Magnifier.app | Magnifier.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| MailCompositionService.app | MailCompositionService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Maps~iphone.app (Maps.app on iOS 7+) | Maps~ipad.app | N/A | Maps | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Maps. |
| MessagesNotificationViewService.app | MessagesNotificationViewService.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| MessagesViewService.app | MessagesViewService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Mitosis.app | Mitosis.app | N/A | Calendar | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
| MobileCal.app | MobileCal.app | N/A | Calendar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Calendar. |
| MobileMail.app | MobileMail.app | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Mail. Updated in iOS 4 and iOS 7. | |
| MobileMusicPlayer.app | MobileMusicPlayer.app | N/A | iPod; Music; Videos | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | iPod/Music/Videos. Uses the Application Roles feature to have more than one icon. Split into separate Music/Videos apps since iOS 5. |
| MobileNotes.app | MobileNotes.app | N/A | Notes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Notes. |
| MobilePhone.app | MobilePhone.app (iPad 2 and newer only, running iOS 6 and under) | N/A | Phone; FaceTime for iOS 6 and under | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Only FaceTime is shown on the iPad and iPod touch. On iOS 7 FaceTime is an independent application. Uses the Application Roles feature to have more than one icon. |
| MobileSafari.app | MobileSafari.app | N/A | Safari | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mobile Safari web browser. |
| MobileSlideShow.app | MobileSlideShow.app | N/A | Photos (iOS 4 and above); Photos, Camera (older OS versions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Photo Albums, Places, Faces*, Events* and Import°.
* Mac only. ° with iPad Camera Connection Kit |
| MobileSMS.app | MobileSMS.app | N/A | Messages; Text (iPhone OS < 2.2.1) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | SMS, MMS and iMessage |
| MobileStore.app | MobileStore.app | N/A | iTunes Store (iTunes prior to iOS 7) | 1.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | The iTunes Store, allows purchasing of Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, and more. |
| MobileTimer.app (MobileTimer~iphone.app on iOS 6 only) | MobileTimer~ipad.app (only from iOS 6) | N/A | Clock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | World Clocks, Alarms, Stopwatch and countdown Timer. |
| Music~iphone.app (Music.app on iOS 7+) | Music~ipad.app | N/A | Music | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Previously part of MobileMusicPlayer.app. Icon is identical to the one previously only displayed on iPod touches. |
| MusicUIService.app | MusicUIService.app | N/A | Music | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| News.app | News.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | News app. | |
| Nike.app | N/A | N/A | Nike+iPod | No | 2.2.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Nike+iPod. Only on applicable devices (iPod touch (2nd generation), iPhone 3G, and newer) when enabled in Settings. |
| Passbook.app (Shoebox.app prior to iOS 7+) | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Passbook app. | |
| PassbookUIService.app | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Passbook app. | |
| PhotosViewService.app | PhotosViewService.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Podcasts.app | Podcasts.app | Podcasts.app | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| PreBoard.app | PreBoard.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Preferences.app | Preferences.app | N/A | Settings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Settings. |
| Print Center.app | Print Center.app | N/A | Print Center | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Print Center. |
| quicklookd.app | quicklookd.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | |
| Reminders.app | Reminders.app | N/A | Reminders | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Reminders application. |
| SafariViewService.app | SafariViewService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | |
| ScreenSharingViewService.app | ScreenSharingViewService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| ScreenshotServicesService.app | ScreenshotServicesService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | |
| ServerDocuments.app | ServerDocuments.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Setup.app | Setup.app | N/A | Setup | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hidden setup app. Opens automatically after a restore. |
| ShareBear.app | ShareBear.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 8.3+ | Yes | No | No | ? | |
| SharedWebCredentialViewService.app | SharedWebCredentialViewService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| SharingViewService.app | SharingViewService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| ShoeboxUIService.app (PassbookUIService.app on iOS 7+) | ShoeboxUIService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| Siri.app | Siri.app | Siri.app | Siri | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Siri. |
| SiriViewService.app | SiriViewService.app | N/A | Siri | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Siri controller. |
| SLGoogleAuth.app | SLGoogleAuth.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 8.3+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| SLYahooAuth.app | SLYahooAuth.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| SocialPPTApp.app | SocialPPTApp.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | |
| SocialUIService.app | SocialUIService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
| SoftwareUpdateUIService.app | SoftwareUpdateUIService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | |
| Stocks.app | N/A | N/A | Stocks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Stocks. Updated in iPhone OS 3.0 and iOS 7. |
| StoreDemoViewService.app | StoreDemoViewService.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| TencentWeiboAccountMigrationDialog.app | TencentWeiboAccountMigrationDialog.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Account Migration (??) for Tencent Weibo Accounts. Only on iOS 7.1.x. | |
| Tips.app | Tips.app | ? | Tips | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Tips application. |
| TrustMe.app | TrustMe.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Related to SSL and certificates. | |
| Videos.app | Videos.app | N/A | Videos | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Previously part of MobileMusicPlayer.app. |
| VideoSubscriberAccountViewService.app | VideoSubscriberAccountViewService.app | VideoSubscriberAccountViewService.app | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| VoiceMemos.app | N/A | N/A | Voice Memos | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Voice Memos. Requires encode-aac capability and a microphone.
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| Weather.app | Weather.app | N/A | Weather | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Weather. Updated for fast app switching support and hourly forecast in iOS 6. |
| Web.app | Web.app | N/A | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Runs fullscreen web clips. | |
| WebApp1.app | WebApp1.app | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| WebContentAnalysisUI.app | WebContentAnalysisUI.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| WebSheet.app | WebSheet.app | N/A | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Used for overlaying web data. Usually for logging in to Wi-Fi Hotspots which use forced webpages to request user data. | |
| WebViewService.app (WebUIService prior to iOS 7) | WebViewService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | |
| WhatsNew.app | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | |
| WLAccessService.app | WLAccessService.app | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | |
| YouTube.app | YouTube.app | N/A | YouTube | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Watch YouTube videos; removed in iOS 6 beta 4 according with the Google License. |
Native Apps (tvOS exclusive)
| Folder name (Apple TV (tvOS) version) | Display name | 9.x | 10.x | 11.x | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| AirPlay.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| Computers.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| HeadBoard.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| iCloud.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| Movies.app | Movies | ? | Yes | Yes | |
| Music.app | Music | ? | Yes | Yes | |
| PBLinkHandler.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| PineBoard.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TV Shows.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVConferenceRoomDisplay.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVCRDService.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVDiagnostics.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVNowPlayingService.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVPeripheralAgent.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVPhotos.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVRestrictionPINService.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVScreenSaver.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVSearch.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVSystemBulletinService.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVWatchList.app | ? | No | Yes | ||
| What's New?.app | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
| TVWLAccessService.app | ? | No | Yes | ||
| TVWLLowerThirdsService.app.app | ? | No | Yes |
Unofficial Apps
These application bundles are not present on an unmodified system and are generally installed via a PC utility, manually or through a package. More applications may be installed after jailbreak.
- Installer.app (AppTapp Installer)
- blackra1n.app (blackra1n and limera1n)
- Cydia.app (Cydia Installer)
Files
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