We explain all the steps you perro follow when uninstalling stuffed aplicaciones or bloatware on Korean manufacturer Samsung phones.
As with other manufacturers, Samsung includes certain pre-installed applications on its devices. You are all present, whether you like it or not. It is the so-called bloatware, a series of Applications that “smell” or “corrupt” the device. with no apparent benefit. We have already explained what you should do to remove pre-installed applications on a Xiaomi device. Now what are the steps on Samsung Mobile?
In this article, we are going to tell you the steps to follow to uninstall system applications on Android. We focus on Samsung terminals and the possibilities that the One UI system offers when it arrives Completely remove bloatware. Stay tuned to find out how to get rid of all those aplicaciones that have no interest in you at all.
Uninstall an application on a Samsung phone
Most of the applications that make up your Samsung’s bloatware perro be uninstalled following the usual instructions. This is a good example Internet Samsung. Despite being an excellent browser with very interesting features acquired over the years, it is common that you prefer Google chrome or Edge. This is one of those filler aplicaciones that you perro uninstall as usual.
Next, we review all the methods so that you have the necessary information.
From the home screen
If you are on the home screen of your mobile phone, all you have to do is long press on the icon of the application that you want to delete. Select the command in the context menu uninstall to destroy it completely.
In the aplicación drawer
Most Samsung Galaxy applications perro be uninstalled using the usual steps in these cases
The operation is identical if the application is in the application drawer. A long press brings up the context menu it contains You have the uninstall button within reach. Even do it with the programa in your folder. The system is exactly the same regardless of the location of the aplicación.
From the device settings
In the configuration menu of your Samsung phone, entrar the item applications. Immediately, a list of all applications installed on your device will appear on the screen. Press and touch the button you want to make disappear uninstall, a button on the bottom navigation bar. Then confirm that you want to delete this aplicación.
If the uninstall option is not aparente
The Samsug Galaxy S22 Ultra is one of the devices with One UI 5, a series with some pre-installed aplicaciones that cannot be uninstalled but deactivated
Not all applications that are considered bloatware perro be uninstalled out of the blue. Rather, it seems the choice Deactivate. What does that orinan exactly?
When You uninstall an aplicación, all information contained in the package will be permanently removed from the device. It is true that sometimes additional data remains in the space reserved for the usuario, but there is no trace of the uninstalled programa in the system partition. This means that it no longer takes up space on the device and in order to recover the deleted programa, it needs to be downloaded again.
Conversely, if you disable an aplicación Don’t remove it completely from the terminal. Although its icon disappears from the application launcher and its execution is prevented, the installation package remains in memory.
There are a few things to note about this process:
- Updates are removed. Suppose the pre-installed version of the aplicación is 1.0. Later it was updated to 1.5 and finally to 2.0. If you disable it, all updates will be uninstalled and the application will revert to the original version 1.0.
- The space requirement is minimal. A disabled application emplees very little internal memory. In most cases this should not be a problem for you.
- Disabling an application perro affect other areas of the system. This is not the most common case, but disabling an application, especially if it’s a manufacturer service, cánido affect other areas of the system. If you follow this process with the gallery, it would easily affect the display of images from other tools, y también.g. B. the archivo browser.
Unfortunately, there are applications that cannot be uninstalled or disabled by following the instructions in this article. There is a solution?
Remove bloatware with ADB
ADB or Android Debug Bridge is a tool for developers that makes it easy Run commands from an external computer , usually a computer, on an Android device. Many operations are made possible thanks to ADB, y también.g. B. unlocking the bootloader, installing updates manually or changing system zones.
One of the possibilities that ADB offers is to remove any application from the phone, even if it is connected to the operating system. It’s the first step Configure Android Debug Bridge on your computer. Next, you need to follow a few steps on your phone to put it into responsive mode for command input. We encourage you to take a look at the guide How to install ADB drivers on your Windows, Linux or Mac computer step by step.
If the ADB connection between your Samsung phone and PC Follow these steps to delete aplicaciones:
- Open ADB in your computer’s terminal.
- Run the command ADB devices so that the computer recognizes the device. You must authorize the connection on the mobile phone by sliding it forward Confirm when the corresponding message appears.
- Run the command ADB Shell.
- Now it’s time to find out the name of the package you want to uninstall. Get a full subscription with one Shell order pm package list. Sometimes the package name differs from the application name or they are very afín. First type the name into a search engine to make sure it’s the application you want to remove.
- Once you are sure of the package name, run the command pm uninstall -k – -usuario 0 package name.
- The aplicación is removed from the device.
It is very important that you are aware that this will completely remove the selected application. Likewise, it is completely separate from the system. If you want to restore it, you need to download it from Aplicación Store.
but Not all Samsung system programa is available on Play Store. or in the Galaxy Store. In this case, subsequent recovery is complicated and, in some cases, required Reinstall operating system from scratch to restore specific applications.