Some Want to Delete the 'Lame, Stupid and Pointless' Game Center from Their iPhones

I don't want this crap clogging up my iphone screen. I don't need extraneous applications and when they turn up, I should be able to delete them. Typical big brother of Apple. At least with their p.c.'s I can delete unneeded/unwanted software. Oh, and I have a life by the way, I just don't want it cluttered with Apple or Microsoft apps that I don't want.

Today GameCenter appeared on my iPhone automatically when I did an update and it wiped out the fifteen apps I had purchased from the iTunes store. I ultimately restored my chosen apps, but the iPhone help desk had no knowledge of GameCenter.

Yes, I'd like to remove them. I'm not against developers who rely on the iOS kits to enable their software. I'm not troubled by other non-removable apps either; but, I do believe we should have a choice in which software apps we want on our device. If Apple gave me the device for free, no problem...load it with every app all people would want to use on it. However, that is not the story so a bit of flexibility for your users is all we're asking for in these forums/discussion boards.

Yes! Let me delete it. It is useless and in the way. I should have had an opt out option.

I myself don't get why this was a mandatory app while iBooks was an option to download. I'd rather be stuck with iBooks than game center. The icon itself is what bugs me it's ugly. I mean that was the best design they could come up with?

Agree totally that iPhone GameCenter is a waste. I don't game on my phone either!!!! I try to keep my phone uncluttered with junk apps. If I don't use an app after a few weeks, it's gone. This is just wasting room on my phone.

Apple needs to give its users the ability to decide what apps we want on our phones.

As the user we should be able to decide what we want on and we dont want, I personally don't want it... take it off pls

How do i get my apps back... now I have this useless game center :(
Pl help

I am another iPhone user who finds the game center an annoyance. I don't use my iPhone for games, and the "loss of control" is I suppose what bugs me.

Hey, how bout that apple co. hijacking our phones whenever they get the urge, with icons we neither want nor need.

yes we should be able to control the content on the devices we own. Its a matter of principle.

I would like remove pre-installed applications, or at least their icons, so that you don’t have to come across them every time we slide to unlock our iPhones?

I would agree that this isn't worth the attention, except that there is something that was installed with iOS4.1 that is rapidly draining iPhone and iPod batteries. Posts on Apple discussions suggest "Gamecenter" is involved. We actually do need a way to delete this potentially harmful app.

Annoying to open a new phone and one day later have this unnecessary crap on the screen.

This is an annoying and should not have been added as a resident app. Games are ALWAYS an option... The inclusion of this app makes it madatory and irritating. The point of the iphone and its apps is that you install what you want... not the company installing what it wants.

I want to get shot of it, and I want to delete the account I set up to look at what it was.

I too, would like this app on my phone. I dont game, didn't ask for it and the icon is kak. Apple should give us the option to delete.

Mostly I want to remove this app as it seems to collect rather personal information for no apparent reason to playing a game. Nor do I really know where it is going.

Generally Apple is pretty smart about these kinds of things but they got this wrong. Why force unwanted apps on users who will only be annoyed whenever they see them? Why not at least give users a way to hid them?

I don't want the Game Centre either, the icon doesn't bother me in itself and I have moved it to my last page where I NEVER go. BUT what I object to is that it is taking up valuable memory and if I could get rid of all the Apple apps that I don't want or use I am sure that I would regain a useful amount of memory that I can use for what is usefuk to me. Apple's arrogance is worse than MS.

Absolutely should be eliminated. In fact, I need new features of 4.1, but my wife upgraded and found the Games App immutable. I do not play games on computer, and every useless App cripples the devices. Make them stop it. We have work to do. I have to opt out of the upgrade, and that is a shame. Shame on them!!!!!!!

Give us a way to delete unwanted apps. We paid our $$ for the ipone so we should have the choice of apps we want. The Games app is totally useless to me.

I don't play games and I don't use the 'stocks' app either, both are just consuming valuable storage. I resent packaged software built into the OS and for this very reason I have decided to dump the iPhone and move across to a MS Windows 7 powered smartphone, probably a Samsung.

Mike
Australia

Don't want this app. I will never use it and is just in the way. Help me get rid of it. Come on Apple.

Yes, you should be able to remove it. I don't understand why it isn't an option.

I think once someone purchases their phone, they should be in charge if their screen icons. They should be able to add or delete at will.

Agreed. Users should be able to delete unwanted apps - especially game center.

In my opinion the app sucks. I have no need or want for such a thing. I do check the stocks in my 401K and I use a lot of the other non-removable apps and the one's I don't use are tolerable. The game thing is * . It's intrusive and it's basically a toy. I did not buy the iPhone for that purpose and I want to get rid of crap I did not ask for and do not want.

One unwanted app leads to another. I want to be able to blitz these things. It's an annoying trend any any company remotely interested in customer service/satisfaction would provide an option.

I got fed up with the nag screen when in a game so I created an account in an attempt to stop it. I now can see it's not an app I have any use for, and instead of 'log in' nag messages I get 'welcome' nag messages - I have notifications for it turned off and still it won't go away. I want to be able to delete it and remove my account. It doesn't do anything I want but I didn't know that in advance.

I drains the battery ! I got a 10% drainage after just 3 hrs on stanby untill I opened it and signed out. Now after 18hrs I used only 12% !!! My recomendation is to do this if you dont want to charge your phone twice daily.

Cal

I'm with you .... I dislike having the game center icon on my phone too.
Tried to get rid of it

I commute to work on the train everyday. My station is underground, so I get no signal down there. Also, my signal cuts off when the train goes through a tunnel.

I never had Game Center (GC) until last week. I loved playing games on my iphone while I waitied in the station or rode the train. Everything worked perfectly-- what a great and convenient way to be entertained on the train.

Now the problem is that GC requires Internet connection. So that means, I have troubel simply even launching my game when I have no reception. also, if I go through a tinnel and lose reception, my game freezes and I to close out of the app entirely.

I :signed-out" of GC, but it constantly pops up asking me to log back in! It's like GC is stalking me and if it can't have me, no game will!

I really don't care if I can see the icon (ideally I could hide it, sure). I really just want it to stop harassing me with prompts, and stop freezing my games, and permit me to launch an application even when I have no signal.

GC, I hate you. Please go away!

if you can turn off wifi it might help, or put the phone in airplane mode when you are down there. I hate GC just as much, but that might be a simple short time solution until they figure out that they were being idiots...

I as well feel that we should be able to delete it, not because I don't like it on my screen necessarily, but because I only have an 8gb iPod touch, and I don't have room for something that is .2gb!

it sucks, it's pointless.

To me its just another way for corporations to farm data and tailor advertising to user to get more of my already spoken for paycheck.

the fact that I can't remove or disable it from a device I own outright is ridiculous.

It would be nice to be able to delete the icon, but it's not going to bother me if they never enable iphone users this option. what pisses me off it that the game center is slowing down my favorite game (angry birds). It's messing up the frame rate. This never happened before. Only after the new update did this start happening. I can only asume it's the game center monitoring my achievement status when i play angry birds. this is extremely annoying. i hate these stupid pointless apps.

I want it gone. I dont want to use it. I disable it but every game asks me to log into it. Seriously get rid of it. It's not a real game system to begin with. Nothing like having most of the screen hidden behind your thumbs.

Can jailbreak be used to delete this GC crap?

I agree I hate this crap that u dong have control of wanting to delete or not

With the jailbreak you can aleast hide unwanted icons Don't up grade to 4.2.1 as the game center nags you twice to sign in during game play. Was able to downgrade to reduce the number of nags

Just another stupid move by Apple. Dictating that the market should think when we already think otherwise. Flash comes to mind! Definitely getting an android next. Sick of not having control

I want to be rid of game center. I can't even move it to another screen. More of Steve Jobs control freakish desire to control what we own.

I defnitely think this should have been optional when the new software was loaded. I don't use it, I don't want it so why am I forced by Apple to see it every day??? USA Big Brother tactics!

Yes. I believe we should be able to delete them. Not all people want them on their phones, actually most people don't want them. I've noticed that since games center has been on my phone it has been slower at opening and using apps. We should be able to delete it I'd we don't want it.

There's GOT to be a way! It has my personal info. I'll cancel the whole plan with Apple if need be.

If I have to I will go to the news so they can do a story on this Big Brother-ing!!!

The games app is useless to me and I would remove it if I could. It SHOULD be removable! Very annoying!

The problem with game center is not the icon but the annoying screen asking you to log in when you do play a game. Someone paid Steve Jobs some cash to include it in the operating system so we're stuck with it.

How do you delete your game centre account?

GameCenter is constantly asking for login or just hang/freeze my games for minutes until the login screen appears again. I am so frustrated with this trashy app that Apple choked it down our throat.

I don't like a bunch of stuff I don't use cluttering the screen.

Without doubt, we should have the option to remove unwanted apps. Apple, I hope that you are listening. It is extremely irritating. Putting commerce above customers does nothing for your reputation. We should be able to choose which apps to install!!!

I think Apple should allow users to be able to delete any apps that are not wanted. I want to delete Game Center and Compass, but I can't. This is not right. I used to think very highly of the I-phone, but not anymore.

It interferes with all my storm8 games, your 10 mins in then you get this ridiculous welcome message from the game centre, it resets parts of the games you have just completed, as a lot of it is time based waiting for things to cook or grow, it can take things off, you come back a day later and it's not even on let alone ready, this did not happen before Game Centre :(

Simply put - it's harrassment,NO I don't want to login, NO I don't want to login... aggghhhhh it is driving me mad. I don't want to share my results and I don't want to be nagged every day when I am using my IPAD, a system that once bought should be controlled by me!

I'm not bothered by the icon, although I would love to get rid of it along with the other unnecessary apps, but what does bother me is the prompt to sign in every single time I start playing certain games.
Any idea how you can switch this off?! I have no intention of every signing in so just stop asking!

Game Centre is a tool that is used by a very high percentage of games on the App Store and developers (like me) love to use it. It helps generate sales by word of mouth and lets us have leaderboards in our games without having to set up a server which could cost tons of money. If you were able to delete the app then you wouldn't be able to play a single one of my games, sales would fall dramatically, I generate almost twice the revenue by including game centre into my app. It's pretty obvious why they won't let you delete it. If you don't want it, don't buy an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, or don't upgrade the one you have.

I hate the Game Center! What a worthless app. I should be able to delete ANYTHING I don't like and leave me to suffer the consequences.

I do not want game center on my iphone. I want to delete it asap. It is a ridiculous application that I do not and will never ever use.

It's my phone, I paid for it. I get to decide what I want on it. Not APPLE. I'm not into games...great for those who are, but for those of us who aren't...leave us alone. There MUST be a way to delete it.

The annoying thing is that I am denied the right to remove it. I don't feel Steve* ought to decide for me what applications I absolutely need.
Do you remember that "1984" ad? It is soon time to throw the hammer again.
*Jobs

Absolutely they should let you delete it. This is the type of crap I would expect from Microsoft, not Apple. Even Microsoft lets you delete the stupid paperclip from Office.

I absolutely HATE this 'Game Centre'. Each time I try to play certain games, I get 3 messages in succession about being unable to load 'Game Centre'. please APPLE, get rid of this annoying app!

Apple should understand that not everyone plays games. It just takes up space and adds to clutter....

I understand that Apple wants to sell games but Apple should understand that many will never play or buy games.

I think you guys are totally retarded. But the * things in a folder like I do and move the folder to the final page. Problem solved * it. But if you think about it. If Apple gives us the option to delete, less people will * and complain. About that at least.

Delete game center!

The 'Game Center' apps is a reflection of the populace, and explains why we are were we are as a nation. 1% do not want the game, and 99% want it. The 1% want the 99% to have it, so they can remain the 1% .

When i'm involved in pacman it comes up with a welcome message which is distracting to say the least. It also briefly slow down the action. GET RID OF IT APPLE !!!!!!

new 5.0 update to repair battery drain has added a bunch of junk ringtones and other useless apps, that I can't delete. Apple's comment was you just can't delete. My comment is that you developed software for youg kids, but no considration for my needs. Why can't I be allowed to delete what I consider junk. Perhaps apple needs to think about what the customer wants and needs, instead of a mess of a program from iTunes, that really is "looney toones" in it's opperation.

This app is a ruse to collect intel ( information) on you. Another example or corporations violating our constitutional rights for their own financial interest.

Quote: What’s your take on this?

Would you like Apple to allow you to remove pre-installed applications, or at least their icons, so that you don’t have to come across them every time we slide to unlock our iPhones?

That would be a great idea, like being able to hide it from the phone completely (With it being a hidden file somewhere in iTunes, or hidden within the bowels of iOS). and if we ever SO choose to use the Game Center, we should be given that option... not force-fed down our throats like we don't know what's good for us. Shame on Apple. We are not 2 or 3 years old here.

Problem is that the game center came up without asking, even when playing a free game that did not require the game center. I can understand it popping up if you ask to do something that requires it, but that was NOT the case. It pops up annoyingly more than once, when it's not really needed, asking you to sign in or open an account. Hitting 'cancel' allows you to continue with the game, but why be annoying when it's not required?

Junk the crappy app...

I'd just like to get rid of it so I will have more space. I like audiobooks, and don't need a game center. I'd like to use the extra space for that instead. Just give us an opt out option so we can manage our space ourselves.

Moving Game Center into a folder or to the last page doesn't disable the app. - what stupid advise this is. We want to disable this app. completely or remove it, not just hide it from view.

I really want I-tunes off my iPad and Game center gone. These are really invading my private space. there should be easy ways to get rid of it.