To close out of the App Store, swipe it up and off of the screen. Hold your finger in the center of the display until you see the menu of the apps currently open on your iPhone. Open the app switcher on your iPhone X by swiping up from below the bottom to the center of the display.

By closing and reopening the App Store, you’ll give it a second chance to open properly the next time you open it. There’s a chance that you can’t install apps on your iPhone X because of a software glitch within the App Store. Wait about 15-30 seconds, then turn your iPhone X back on by pressing and holding the Side button until you see the Apple logo appear in the center of your iPhone’s display. Swipe the power icon from left to right to turn off your iPhone. To turn off your iPhone X, simultaneously press and hold either volume button and the Side button until you see slide to power off appear on the display. Try restarting your iPhone X, which will allow of all of its background programs to shut down normally.

If you didn’t see the “Double Click to Install” notification, then there may be a software issue preventing your Phone X from downloading apps.

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