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Irish_Dutchman's avatar
7 months ago

How do I stop apps in library auto downloading?

I redeemed a bunch of games from horizon+ and now they are constantly trying to auto install, even after i remove them from my library and cancel the download.

I redeemed them from the phone app and thats where the issue started I think.

Any tips please, this is really annoying. It takes up all my space and ruins my internet speed :(

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  • Hi Irish_Dutchmanโ€‹ ๐Ÿ™‚

    Irish_Dutchman wrote:

    I redeemed them from the phone app and thats where the issue started I think.

    No, I don't think, that's the problem.....I redeem games from the phone all the time.

    But they don't start downloading/installing until I tab the "install on headset" button.๐Ÿค”

    So, I'm not sure what's going on with your games.....have you clicked the "install" button?

    Maybe let the games finish the download/install once and then uninstall them instead of canceling the download?

     

    • Irish_Dutchman's avatar
      Irish_Dutchman
      Explorer

      The install on headset button after redeeming automatically greys out and starts showing a rotating loading icon after a few seconds of redeeming it.

      I found another post on reddit dealing with the same issue, also attributed to the app, and they have the same solution of letting it download and then uninstalling. Problem is its a couple hundred gigs of downloads for all the horizon plus games I redeemed and I need to pay for data at a rate of about R100 a gig, or about R10000-30000 if my quick math is correct, which is a couple months salary here in South Africa :(

      • Choleni's avatar
        Choleni
        MVP

        Wow.....that's bad.๐Ÿ˜ฎ

        I'm not sure, what you can do know if Maccyb123โ€‹ suggestion does not help.

        Maybe a factory reset will stop the auto download?...... and with a little luck it won't start again after you set up the Quest again.
        Sadly, I don't know if this will work.

        How to factory reset your Meta Quest

        Just a tip for the future..... it doesn't make any sense to redeem all the games from the catalog. Redeem only the two monthly titles.  From catalog only redeem a game when you wanna play it.

        Good luck ๐Ÿคž