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    Comment #47910650

    This appears to be a more widespread issue affecting users that have previously installed the app

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    Comment #47910645

    I was on 26.3.X when it began happening, prior to updating

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    Comment #47910390

    Agreed, this is an interesting idea. I just checked and offloading unused apps is disabled on my phone

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    Comment #47907547

    I updated after noticing the issue

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    Comment #47907465

    It still doesn't make sense why the app started silently downloading itself 3 days ago when I haven't had it installed in over a year. I do use iCloud drive but do not see anything…

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    Comment #47907450

    That's interesting that it still showed up on your homescreen despite not being able to download

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    Comment #47907442

    No MDM installed

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    Comment #47907190

    Right, that's what confuses me the most. I was very surprised to find the reddit thread showing that other people are also having this specific app silently installed on their devi…

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    Comment #47907167

    App Downloads and App Updates are both turned off. I don't have anyone else's devices on my account, just me. Thank you for the suggestions though!

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    Comment #47906925

    Yeah, I think the latter is more likely than the former. Perhaps a server side bug that's silently downloading the app on any device that's installed it previously?

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    Comment #47906830

    Here's a Reddit thread of other people experiencing the same issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1su82sc/headspace_app_...

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    Comment #47906821

    Yes. In Settings > General > VPN & Device Management, it says 'Sign in to Work or School Account'. Is there a different device management setting that I should be looking at?

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    Comment #47906671

    Have you downloaded the app before?

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    Comment #47906664

    I would imagine that this isn't (or at least shouldn't be) possible based on Apple's security. The app is automatically downloading to my phone without my permission.

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    Comment #47906656

    No, this is my personal device. It has never been connected to any MDM.

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    Comment #47906654

    No, I've never downloaded it on my desktop. It appears that I downloaded it onto my phone over a year ago (I got an email in my inbox), but didn't want to pay for it so I deleted i…

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    Comment #47906647

    I installed the app in March of last year, and then deleted it the same day because I didn't want to pay for the subscription

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    Comment #47906631

    It just appears on my homescreen

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    Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

    Every day for the past 3 days around 1pm EST the 'Headspace' app has been silently appearing on my iPhone (13 Pro). Automatic downloads are turned off and I've updated to the lates…