Offload App remove what in iOS 11

Question

I just installed iOS 11 beta and I noticed that Offload App, By offloading app what will be remove Shared Directory or User Default or remove both or other than this ?

Looking for suggestions.

Thanks

Answer 1

Offloading lets you ”offload” the bundle (.ipa) for your app to save disk space. It will delete the ipa file (which contains your libraries and resources) and store only Documents and Data that includes shared data, UserDefaults etc..

Once we offload the app, what remains is the app icon of it with a small download pip on it to indicate that it has been offloaded .

Just by simple tapping on it, the app will get downloaded from the store and the saved Documents and Data will be integrated to the downloaded app, instead of an empty directory as it normally would with a fresh install.

This is a really great feature by Apple especially for devices with just 16GB storage. As you can see offloading the Prisma app saves me 44MB which is great. And even more, iOS can automatically offloads unused apps for us.