Apps always waiting for download

It the Chrome installer stuck on waiting for download screen? Fix it with these solutions. Curious about updating the Google Chrome? Is Google Photos not backing up photos on your iPhone or iPad? Here are a few handy troubleshooting tips that you can try out right away. A common cause for Google Play problems is a lack of storage on your phone or SD card. Usually, you will receive a notification if your storage is low when attempting a download.

However, if you still want to make sure storage is not causing the download to pend, there are a couple of things you can do. Cancel the download, eject the SD card, then carefully reposition it and reattempt.

Just press and hold the power button on your device, then tap Restart. You can try circumventing the download pending problem by getting your apps via your mobile or PC browser. All you need to do is visit the official Google Play website and log into your Google account.

Find it among the results and click it. You can then simply press install. You might be asked to enter your account password once more. Clearing the Google Play Store app cache often solves a lot of problems, download pending issues included.

Here is how you can do this Note: the steps might differ depending on your Android version and manufacturer UI, but only slightly. Finally, you should restart your device.

Once your smartphone or tablet has rebooted, downloads should be no longer be pending. Are your downloads still stubbornly pending?

To check if one is currently available for your device, head to Settings. If an update pops up, install it, and hope for the best. You can also check if the Google Play Store needs an update itself. If a newer version is available, it will be automatically downloaded once you tap Play Store version.

One of the other methods that might help you avoid the download pending error is removing or switching the Google account associated with the Play Store. If you are at the end of your rope and nothing seems to help, a more drastic step might be in order. Uninstalling all Play Store updates. You may be prompted to change the Play Store to its factory version. If so, tap OK. The app will automatically update itself to the latest available version.

And I also tried to do like demo said, find the installing apps in apps store and swipe across , but I can't delete them too.

Sep 23, PM. Jul 10, AM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick. Jul 10, AM. Jul 2, PM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick. Slide to power off.

After it is off, press the power button to turn it back on. Jul 2, PM. Aug 13, AM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick. I'm not sure where you're talking about Aug 13, AM.

This is my boilerplate response to the "apps will not update or install" issue. Maybe something in here will help ignore what you have already tried.

Make sure that you do not have a stalled download in iTunes - a song or podcast Only one thing can download at a time on the iPad so that could be what is causing the problem. Tap your ID and sign out. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.

Tap one waiting icon only if necessary to start the download stream. You can also try deleting the waiting icons - tap and hold down on an icon until it wiggles - the tap the X on the icon to delete it. Then try to download again. You can try resetting all settings. You will have to enter all of your app preferences and device settings again. Aug 17, PM. Sep 24, AM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick. Sep 24, AM. Aug 13, PM in response to britewhitelight In response to britewhitelight.

Launch the iTunes app. Go to the downloads tab. See if there is something in there that didn't finish downloading. Tap on it to try to resume the download - or swipe across the progress bar in order to bring up the red delete button.

Aug 13, PM. Jan 6, PM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick. Jan 6, PM. May 11, PM in response to stedwick In response to stedwick. There's another possible issue that was what caused this same problem for me: Your iPhone or iPad is full! If you don't have enough storage space left on your device, apps can sit there in "waiting No amount of clicking, resetting, deleting, etc. Just clear out some music, photos or whatever to open up storage space, and then sync your device, and all should be well.

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