Answer

How do you uninstall a PWA?

Short answer

On iPhone and Android, uninstall a PWA by long-pressing its home-screen icon and choosing "Delete" or "Uninstall". On Windows and macOS, open the installed PWA, click the three-dot menu in the title bar and choose "Uninstall". The site itself is not affected — only the installed shortcut and its service worker cache.

By InstantPWA engineering·Reviewed July 7, 2026

iPhone & iPad

Long-press the icon → "Remove App" → "Delete App". This clears the PWA, its cache and its notification permissions.

Android

Long-press the icon → "Uninstall" (or drag it to the uninstall bin at the top of the screen).

Windows & macOS (Chrome/Edge)

Open the PWA, click the three-dot menu → "Uninstall". Or visit chrome://apps and right-click.

Related

A PWA (Progressive Web App) is a regular website that meets three technical criteria — HTTPS, a Web App Manifest and a service worker — so browsers let visitors install it on their home screen. Once installed, it launches like a native app, works offline and can send push notifications.

Do PWAs work on iPhone?

Yes. Since iOS 16.4 (March 2023), iPhone and iPad support the full PWA feature set: install to home screen from Safari, standalone launch, offline via service worker, and Web Push notifications. The install step is manual — Safari does not show a browser prompt; users must tap Share → Add to Home Screen.

Are PWAs in the App Store?

PWAs are not in the App Store or Play Store by default — they install directly from the browser. If you want store presence, PWABuilder (from Microsoft) packages a PWA into a Trusted Web Activity for Google Play, an MSIX for Microsoft Store, and a WKWebView wrapper you can submit to Apple.

Why is my PWA install prompt not showing?

Chrome shows the install prompt only when the site passes strict installability criteria: HTTPS, a valid manifest with name, icons and start_url, a registered service worker with a fetch handler, and the user has not previously dismissed the prompt. Any one of these missing is enough to block the prompt entirely.

What are the storage limits for a PWA?

A PWA typically gets 60% of the device disk space on Chrome and Edge (up to hundreds of GB), 20% of total quota on Firefox, and around 1 GB on Safari. Cache Storage, IndexedDB and OPFS share the same quota. Browsers evict least-recently-used origins under pressure unless the site requests persistent storage.