Deleting preinstalled Apps

How do I delete preinstalled apps? I dont want the preinstalled email App since it's designed for very low amounts of emails and not suited for 150-200 mails a day. Also I'd like to get rid of the gaming center and replace the buggy pre installed camera app that seems to not notice when the screen is locked - thus sucking the battery dry. Any assistance with this would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

You can't delete any of the pre-installed apps. If you don't want to look at them, put them in a folder & move the folder to your last page.

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"If you do not wish to use a Preinstalled App, you can delete it from your iOS Device at any time." [1]
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Why?
[1] last sentence of section 2. (c): http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/iOS81.pdf

Thanks.
I noticed you bolded "Apple-branded apps" from the first sentence of section 2 (c).
What is the definition of "Apple-branded" in this context?
For example, "Apple Watch" is now a preinstalled app, and would seem to fit the definition of "Apple-branded", but I can't uninstall it.
Ingo2711 wrote:
Not all apps can be removed, for example Safari, iWatch, Weather,... they all come with the iOS software. Only some apps made by Apple that are available in the AppStore can be removed again, if preinstalled on your iPhone 6, for example Pages, Garageband and some others.
You can remove those and install them later again by downloading them again for free.
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Hi there!
I'm new on mac computers and I have a serious problem here. I can't open some preinstalled apps of my Mac! PLEASE HELP!
I use Macbook Pro with Mavericks.
Well, the list below shows the applications that I can't open for some reason. (and I used to open them often)
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calendar
reminder
maps
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facetime
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This is start to happen, when I delete a big bunch of files from my HD. (appr. 60GB) . I securely empty the trash. The mac crashed and I have to restart it with the unorthodox way. (push the "open" button for few seconds) When I restart it, everything seems to be fine, BUT suddently I realise that the apps from the list above can't open.
I google the problem to find a solution... but nothing...
Then I open "console" and I get a maybe important thing.
When I was trying to open one of those apps, the console shows that : "unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting"
WHAT IS A NIB FILE??? AND WHY MY MAC IS UNABLE TO LOAD IT??
PLEASE HELP!
Is there any solution ?
Thank you in advance,
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The first thing you need to do is remove that software according to the developer's instructions. Never install it, or anything like it, again. Then see below.
If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data, then reinstall the OS.* You don't need to erase the startup volume, and you won't need the backup unless something goes wrong. If the system was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you may need the Apple ID and password you used.
If you use FileVault 2, then before running the Installer you must launch Disk Utility and select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another icon with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main screen.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
If you installed the Java runtime distributed by Apple and still need it, you'll have to reinstall it. The same goes for Xcode.
*The linked support article refers to OS X 10.9 ("Mavericks"), but the procedure is the same for OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and later.

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Check Settings>General>Restrictions and see if you restricted the deleting of apps.
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Others should do that if you touch and hold for a few seconds.
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Weird thing; my iPhoto and Garageband that came preinstalled have just decided to stop working suddenly...
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