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This appears to be a more widespread issue affecting users that have previously installed the app
I was on 26.3.X when it began happening, prior to updating
Agreed, this is an interesting idea. I just checked and offloading unused apps is disabled on my phone
I updated after noticing the issue
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 related to the app inside of it.
That's interesting that it still showed up on your homescreen despite not being able to download
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 devices.
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!
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?
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?
Have you downloaded the app before?
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.
No, this is my personal device. It has never been connected to any MDM.
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 it.
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
It just appears on my homescreen
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_-x-_ on Saturday April 25, 2026 @08:50PM
from the self-post dept.
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 latest iOS since this started happening.I googled around and found a couple reddit threads with people reporting the exact same thing starting 2 or 3 days ago. There were reports from people on iPhone 12 and iPhone 17 so...