How to Remove Cydia and Uninstall Cydia Apps

Guile — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:38:14 +0000

For some reasons if you would like to remove, uninstall or delete all the Cydia apps and Cydia tweaks in your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, you can follow the How to remove Cydia apps tutorial below to do so. It is enormously easy to uninstall all the Cydia apps at once. Within a few taps on your screen, you can remove Cydia apps and make your iOS devices run faster. It is guaranteed that your iOS 8 device will run faster when all the Cydia tweaks and games are gone because they usually take up a lot of memory space in your phone. You can even delete Cydia if you still feel your jailbroken iPhone 6 is slower than usual. However, it is recommended to keep your phone in jailbroken mode with Cydia installed because you can still get any cracked apps you want in the near future.

How to Remove Cydia Apps at Once

Generally, a jailbroken iOS device will have at least 30-50 Cydia apps, tweaks, games installed. Most of these Cydia tweaks are those paid tweaks in the App Store and that’s the reason people enjoy using Cydia. It is quite monotonous to remove these Cydia apps one by one thus you can follow the steps here to remove Cydia apps at once. All Cydia apps will be gone but not the Cydia Sources. There won’t be any Cydia tweak left with this method so it is recommended to check everything before you do this job.

Step 1: Open Cydia and Tap on Manage.

Step 2: Tap on Packages. You will also see Sources and Storage at this page, just ignore both of them.

Step 3: Scroll down and search for Mobile Substrate. Tap on it and Tap on Modify. The Modify button is a small button located on top right of the page.

Step 4: At Mobile Substrate detail page, you should be able to see Reinstall, Remove, and Cancel buttons as shown in the screenshot here. Tap on the Remove. Tap on the Confirm to remove Cydia apps at once. The screen of your iOS 8 device will turn black with many lines of words when the deletion begins.

Step 5: All Cydia apps, Cydia tweaks, Cydia games, and Cydia themes will be removed after the process is done except Cydia Sources. Tap Restart Springboard once it is done.

That’s the five easy steps to remove and uninstall Cydia apps within 5 minutes. It is quite a useful thing to do especially when your Cydia Sources not working. This is because you can find out which Cydia apps are giving you the problem.

How to Uninstall Cydia Tweaks One by One

If the number of apps is not a lot in your Cydia and you would like to remove only a few Cydia apps, you can use the method here. It is as simple as cutting an apple.

Step 1: Open Cydia and tap Manage.

Step 2: Tap Packages.

Step 3: Scroll through your installed packages and look for the app you want to uninstall or remove.

Step 4: Tap on the app and then tap Modify. Modify is a small button located at the top right corner.

Step 5: Again, you will see Reinstall, Remove, and Cancel button. Tap on Remove and then Confirm.

That’s how to uninstall Cydia apps one by one. Instead, you can also check out how to reinstall Cydia if your Cydia is having problem or crashed.

How to Delete Cydia

Guile — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:59:49 +0000

Either you are boring with Cydia or you no longer need it if you are looking for a method on how to delete Cydia. It is extremely easy to delete Cydia when it is no longer needed. You can do this in just 5 easy steps and Cydia will be gone from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Without any special skills, you can reinstall Cydia again if you feel like to use it to download your favorite cracked apps and cracked games. Nevertheless, you need to keep your iOS 8 device jailbroken if you want to download Cydia in the near future. Now get your iOS device ready and follow this steps to delete Cydia from iOS 8.0, iOS 8.0.1, iOS 8.0.2, iOS 8.1, iOS 8.1.1, iOS 8.1.2, iOS 8.2 or any newer or older iOS version such as the iOS 6, iOS 7, or iOS 9.

How to Delete Cydia (5 Steps Only)

With only 5 steps and 7 taps, you can uninstall and delete Cydia completely from your iOS device.

Step 1: Open Cydia and then tap on Manage.

Step 2: At this page, you will see Packages, Sources, and Storage. Tap on Packages.

Step 3: There will be a list of installed Cydia apps appear here. Scroll down or use the search function to search for Cydia Installer. Tap on the Cydia Installer and you will be redirected to the details page.

Step 4: Tap on Modify. You will see three buttons appear. They are Reinstall, Remove, and Cancel.

Step 5: Tap on Remove and then Confirm. Tap on Force Removal (Unsafe) and the program will delete and uninstall Cydia from your iOS device. Go to your springboard and you will see Cydia is deleted.

That’s the five easy steps on how to delete Cydia. Follow the steps below if you would like to delete Cydia apps without deleting Cydia.

Delete Cydia and Reinstall it

Sometimes, Cydia will give you a lot of problems no matter how many times you try to reinstall it. It could be very frustrating if there is something wrong with your Cydia, for example, Cydia crashed during start up, Cydia Sources not working, Cydia is not opening, Cydia keeps crashing, Cydia is not loading the package or whatever reason is. If that is the case, it is highly recommended to follow the above steps to delete Cydia and then download a fresh Cydia copy to your iOS 8 devices. This is the only way to make sure that you Cydia can be run without any problem.

How to Delete Cydia Apps

If you want to delete Cydia apps but not Cydia, you can follow these steps.

Step 1: Open Cydia and tap on Manage -> Packages.

Step 2: Look for Mobile Substrate under Cydia apps list. Tap on Mobile Substrate and then tap on Modify.

Step 3: Again, you will see three main buttons appear where they are Reinstall, Remove, and Cancel. Tap on Remove and then Confirm.

Step 4: It is recommended to restart your springboard once the deletion is done although it is not a must to do so. These steps will uninstall, remove, and delete all Cydia apps in your Cydia. Read How to Remove and Uninstall Cydia Apps for more details.