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I delete Apps on the iPhone and they do not return when I sync to iTunes. iTunes does not do a good job of updating Apps on an iPhone. It broke some years ago. Delete the Apps on your iPhone and that works. I have done it this way.
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I delete Apps on the iPhone and they do not return when I sync to iTunes. iTunes does not do a good job of updating Apps on an iPhone. It broke some years ago. Delete the Apps on your iPhone and that works. I have done it this way.

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Thanks for the info. So there isn't a easy way with IOS 9 to also clean them up in iTunes. Common Apple, this should be a basic function.
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Thanks for the info. So there isn't a easy way with IOS 9 to also clean them up in iTunes. Common Apple, this should be a basic function.

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I have been using iPhones and iTunes for years now and do not see what you want. I just delete Apps as I go.
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I have been using iPhones and iTunes for years now and do not see what you want. I just delete Apps as I go.

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Thanks, makes sense. I will also look into the MDM software and see if that will work.
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Thanks, makes sense. I will also look into the MDM software and see if that will work.

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I went through my iTunes library and deleted all the apps that I don't want to use, synced my iphone, but the apps are still on my iphone. Is there a way to get the iphone to update based on what is in the iTunes library?<br />
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Before I tried I backed up the phone and made sure it was synced up. I am just looking for a easy way to clean up the apps so I don't have to do it on each device and in iTunes. I have a iphone and a ipad. Is the only way to do this to delete it from the device first and then sync it with iTunes? It seems like there should be a easier way to do this. I found some articles but they don't apply to ios 9.
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I went through my iTunes library and deleted all the apps that I don't want to use, synced my iphone, but the apps are still on my iphone. Is there a way to get the iphone to update based on what is in the iTunes library?

Before I tried I backed up the phone and made sure it was synced up. I am just looking for a easy way to clean up the apps so I don't have to do it on each device and in iTunes. I have a iphone and a ipad. Is the only way to do this to delete it from the device first and then sync it with iTunes? It seems like there should be a easier way to do this. I found some articles but they don't apply to ios 9.

ITunes 112 and IOS 9, cleaning up Apps ?

iOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple; it is a derivative of the Mac OS X desktop operating system, with which it shares many (but not all) common frameworks and other components. These include Cocoa Touch, the Mach/Darwin/XNU kernel and code from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Each iOS application runs in its own secure sandbox to prevent altering other applications, the operating system, or any other data.

The iPhone is a smartphone made by Apple Inc. It and the iPad, along with several other mobile devices from Apple, run on the iOS operating system, which has its own topic, as does the iPad for device-specific questions. Native iOS applications are written in Objective-C or in Swift using the Cocoa Touch frameworks or HTML5 compiled with the help of a package manager such as Adobe PhoneGap; a common IDE is Xcode.

iPhone

iPad is an iOS-based line of tablet computers built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPad includes built-in Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity on select models. An iPad can shoot video, take photos, play music, and perform Internet functions such as web-browsing and emailing. Other functions – games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, etc. – can be enabled by downloading and installing apps.