#uninstall app without root #uninstall system Apps with no root: If you happened to be having an Android with very little storage and find out that there are soo many unwanted system-installed Apps, you can uninstall then to liberate extra storage for your own Apps you will like to install. In today's tutorial, we are going to show you how to uninstall pre-installed apps on your Android with no root being required. Eager to know how this can be done? Why not continue reading then! ☺
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Our Android phones do come with some pre-installed Apps by the phone manufactures. These Apps although they play a vital role, they also consume a considerable amount of internal storage and leaving you with no storage to even instal your favourite Apps like WhatsApp.
If you happened to be having an Android with very little storage and find out that there are soo many unwanted system-installed Apps, you can uninstall then to liberate extra storage for your own Apps you will like to install. In today's tutorial, we are going to show you how to uninstall pre-installed apps on your Android with no root being required. Eager to know how this can be done? Why not continue reading then! ☺
A word of advice before you start
It should be noted that removing vital system Apps will cause your device to malfunction. So before trying to uninstall any system App(bloatware) make sure not to tempered with system core apps or carrier apps.
Here are a good example of pre-installed Apps you can uninstall from your device without causing any system issues;
- Pre-installed YouTube App.
- Facebook(in some devices you can uninstall the normal way).
- Twitter.
- Dropbox.
- Facebook.
- Flipboard.
- Memo.
- OneDrive.
- OneNote.
- Peel Smart Remote.
- Rechner.
- S Health.
- S Voice.
- Skype.
- Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Play Movies & TV, Notizen, Duo, Play Music, Play Games.
And just to name a few...
Note that you are not allowed to uninstall Apps like;
- Phone or Mobile Phone.
- Contact.
- Settings.
- [message]
- ##warning## Warning:
- Our definition of system Apps is a bit twisted! Note that the core system Apps are never to be tempered with for tampering with them will fore sure brick your device. The Apps we are referring to as "system apps" are simply bloatware which where pr-installed alongside the core system applications.
What is required to uninstall system apps without root
Removing system Apps without root can be done via adb. So, to accomplish this, you will need the following;
- A Computer.
- ADB and fastboot drivers.
- A USB Cable.
- Package names viewer app
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How to uninstall pre-installed Apps on Android with no root
As we said before, this guide does not require any root access. We all do know it is possible to remove bloatware with root access. Knowing the risk in rooting and also the difficulties rooting some devices, using this method could prove very handful and easy for you.
So, to begin, make sure you have installed adb drivers on your computer and enabled USB debugging.
- Start by downloading and installing Package Names Viewer APK from the link above. You can also get it directly from the Google Play store.
- After the installation process is complete, open package names viewer App and copy the package name of the App(bloatware) you want to uninstall. In my case, I have chosen the Chrome web browser with package name com.android.chrome.
- Now install adb+fastboot drivers on your Computer and locate the adb folder in your C:\ drive.
- Open the folder C:\adb and press SHIFT + Right Click and select "Open a new command window here"
- Now on the command line, enter the adb command below
- [message]
- ##code## Establish connection with phone:
- adb devices
- The above command will help establish the connection between your Computer and Android phone via the adb server. Make sure you enter the command until you see the device ID and confirms the connection status.
- The device may be connected and USB debugging is on but it displays "offline". In this case, remove and reconnect phone back to the PC after revoking USB debugging access.
- When you enter the command "adb devices" for the first time, check your device and grant connection. You will see the "unauthorised" status on the command line.
When you get the prompt on your Android phone screen, accept and then enter the command "adb devices" again. You will now see the device ID and status will show "device" instead of "offline" or "unauthorised".
- Now that your device is communicating proper via adb in USB debugging mode, use the following command to access your device shell. This command gives you admin rights.
- [message]
- ##code## Access your device root directory:
- adb shell
- Since you have already noted the package name of the bloatware or pre-installed app you want to remove, use the following command to uninstall the package.
- [message]
- ##code## Uninstall bloatware:
- pm uninstall -k --user 0 <name of package>
In the above command, replace with the package name of the App in question. Ours for this guide is; com.android.chrome
- If successful, you will get a success message on the command line as seen on the screen capture above.
- Congratulation, you have successfully uninstalled a pre-installed App without rooting your device.
- [message]
- ##code## List all installed packages:
- pm list packages
Final say
Removing system or pre-installed Apps on your Android device without having to tamper with your device as opposed to the rooting process should be used more often if your sole aim of rooting your device was uninstalling annoying system apps.
The fact that this method is a better way of removing system apps which cannot be uninstalled from the App manager does not mean you have to uninstall any App. Bear in mind that removing some system App may cause your device to malfunction and even brick your device. So, consider uninstalling only Apps that have nothing to do with the functioning of your Android smartphone.
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