Restart your Wi-Fi router and reconnect to your network.

Open Control Center and toggle Airplane Mode on and off.

If the Internet seems slow or isn’t working at all, try these tips to fix it: Try streaming a video to test your iPhone’s Internet connection and speed. Whether downloading an app for the first time or updating an old favorite, your iPhone needs an active Internet connection to do it. We’ve explained each of these steps and more in full detail below.

Make sure there is plenty of free storage.

Sign out of the App Store, then restart your iPhone.

Delete the app, then re-download it from the App Store.

Tap the app to pause, then tap it again to restart.

Test your Internet connection and stop other downloads.

How to Fix Your iPhone When an App Is Stuck on Waiting

iPhone Won’t Install Apps or Gets Stuck Updating.

Where Is the App Store Update Tab in iOS 13 and iPadOS?.

Getting Errors When Trying to Download, Install, or Update Apps.

You shouldn’t lose any data and it’s usually much quicker than waiting for your device to fix itself. Use this guide to make your iPhone or iPad apps finish updating, downloading, or installing. But since it’s stuck, it might never finish updating or installing! You can’t use the app when this happens and need to wait for it to finish.

IPhone or iPad apps often get stuck waiting to update or install.

Iphone apps wont download