Did you know you can pause any application download or update on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch? This is great when you’re in a bandwidth bind or have low bars of reception and want to pause an app download so that you can resume it again later.

This pausing app download trick is also helpful if you want to prioritize another app download or update coming from the App Store, since you can pause multiple apps from updating which then will prioritize whatever app(s) are not paused – that’s a nice trick for concurrent downloads in limited bandwidth situations. This pausing App Store updates trick works on all versions of iOS for all iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices.

How to Pause Downloads & App Updates in iOS

Here’s how app update and download pausing works in iOS: