Removing unused apps from iTunes

[dancj]

Hi. I'm not sure this is the right board for this, but...

Does anyone know a way in iTunes (for Windows) to remove all of the apps that aren't on my iPhone or iPad? It's easy to delete the odd app here and there, but mass-deleting every app that's not used would take hours.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Dan

 

[Broph]

I personally just right click on the app in iTunes and press 'delete' - which I think is what you'd have to do... If there was a mass delete option, I thought I would have found it by now... Unless you multi-select (with command) and can right click on one and press delete?

I do a purge every month or so, so there only ends up being about two or three apps that I want deleted.

 

[batting1000]

Hold ctrl while choosing the apps. Then right click on one of them and click Delete.

 

[Nermal]

The easiest way is to delete the whole lot, then re-synch your iPhone and let it copy your "good" apps back into iTunes.

 

[dancj]

The easiest way is to delete the whole lot, then re-synch your iPhone and let it copy your "good" apps back into iTunes.

Thanks.

I had considered that approach, but when you delete an app from iTunes it tells you that it will remove it from your iPhone. I did find an option to transfer purchases from your device though so I guess that would do it.

Poor show from Apple to make me have to do that though.