User level: Level 1 (12 points)can I just delete Apple Pay? I have an iPhone 17 pro max and an Apple Air with Apple M4 chip, both have the latest updates.
Posted on Sep 27, 2026 5:11 PM
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)Sep 27, 2026 5:25 PM in response to imastitcher
You can use Screen Time restrictions to prevent access to the Wallet app, or you could not add any cards to your Wallet app, then using Apple Pay would not be possible. There really is nothing to delete though, Apple Pay is simply a technology for securely purchasing with merchants and using Tap to Pay so they don't know your actual card numbers, but you don't have to use it. The Wallet app can be deleted though if that is what you want to do.
User level: Level 8 (43,489 points)Sep 27, 2026 5:28 PM in response to imastitcher
ApplePay is more of a payments architecture than any particular “thing” you can delete.
If you don’t want to use it you don’t have to. Just don’t add any payment methods to your wallet.
If you’d like to “go even further” and remove the means to use ApplePay, you may simply delete the Apple Wallet app.
However, this would prevent you from using Wallet functions other than ApplePay. (e.g. Airline boarding passes, transit passes, event tickets, loyalty program cards, … etc.)
Delete built-in Apple apps from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch - Apple Support
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256366201