NAME

uicache — Update registered applications

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Update iOS registered applications and optionally restart SpringBoard.

OPTIONS

-a, --all

Iterate through the system applications and update the cache to reflect any changes. This replicates behavior of the old uicache ran without options.

-f, --force

Forces all applications to be reregistered when used with -a rather than just the changes. This option will make -a significantly slower. When used with -p or -u, uicache will operate on apps installed from the App Store.

-h, --help

Prints help text.

-i, --info bundleid

Shows information about the application with the specified bundle ID.

-l, --list

Lists the bundle ID and path for each registered application.

-p, --path path

Registers or updates an application bundle, at the specified path , to the cache.

-r, --respring

Restarts SpringBoard and backboard after all other actions.

-u, --unregister path

Unregisters an application bundle, using the specified path , from the cache.

-v, --verbose

Print out which apps are registered and unregistered when used with -a.

EXAMPLES

To refresh all applications

To register Sileo

To show information about the Settings app

SEE ALSO

sbreload(1), uiopen(1)

HISTORY

The uicache utility first appeared in uikittools on September 14, 2008, written by Jay "Saurik" Freeman. Later, it was reimplemented by CoolStar for the Chimera jailbreak on April 30, 2019. The -l and -i flags were added to uikittools-ng on April 4, 2021, by Cameron Katri.

CAVEATS

The uicache utility does not work on any applications that were installed from the App Store. There is a check to prevent any modifications to them which will be overwritten by -f.