Easy Guide To Remove Bloatware From Your Phone : Get Rid Of Pre-Installed Apps On Android

One of the most tiresome parts when you purchase a new phone is finding multiple pre-installed apps that you just can’t seem to uninstall or remove from your it. These files are known as bloatware. You might have tried to remove bloatware from your phone so many times before because you already know you are never going to use these apps, and all they are doing is taking up a lot of storage and cluttering your phone, which ends up taking a toll on your phone’s performance. It is frustrating not knowing how to get rid of them.  

Types of Pre-Installed Apps on Android/ Bloatware on Android devices: 

• Utilities – File management apps, Music Players, etc
• Promotional Tools and Adware
• Trialware: Trial Versions that need a license to work fully
• System Apps

The manufacturers of these bloatware/pre-installed apps on your device pay the software developers to add them to your Android device.

In this article, we have addressed your problems on how to remove bloatware from your Phone. With a few simple steps, you can now take back all the storage and finally do away with these pre-installed apps. 

Why do phones come with these pre-installed apps?

Some of these pre-installed apps that come with our phones are promotional tools, trial versions of upcoming apps, and mostly have services that are redundant in nature. It is possible that some of them actually are useful, but that does not mean that a user wants them in their phones. Some system apps are a part of these packaged pre-installed apps that can mostly only be disabled and never completely uninstalled or removed. 

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Step-by-step guide to deleting unnecessary apps/ bloatware

Install a Package Manager on Android

• Shows everything that has been downloaded and installed on your phone
• You can identify all the apps and software you want to remove from your phone here.

Create a list of apps you want to remove

• While the  Package Manager is running, accept and grant permissions so that it can scan your device for all unnecessary app packages
• Custom weather apps, music apps, adware, and games

Download Universal Android Debloater on PC

This is an open-source utility that has a user-friendly interface, and it helps users to uninstall these unnecessary apps without requiring rooting of the device.

Enable Developer Options on Android

• Go to Settings>About Phone>Build Number
• Tape the Build Number seven times
• Developer mode will be activated.

Set Up Android Debug Bridge (ADB)

• ADB is Google’s official tool used for Android debugging.
• Connect your device to the PC using ADB
• Go through the prompts and follow them to authorize a proper connection. 
• For first-time users, there may be a requirement to install Google’s platform tools prior to this. 

Place the Debloater App in the Platform tools folder

• Place the Debloater App with the .exe file into the platform-tools folder where ABD is present.

Launch Universal Android Debloater

• Launch the file by double-clicking on the .exe file.
• If proper connectivity is there between your phone and PC, all apps will be detected automatically.
• You will be able to see a searchable list of all the apps that are presently installed on your Android.

Safely remove all bloatware from your Android

• You can now refer to the list of unwanted apps
• Go to the search bar and type the package name into the search bar.
• Check the boxes next to the apps you want to remove (ensure that a ‘recommended’  filter is set, which ensures only the apps that are safe to remove are displayed)
• You can filter the list further by other categories like system apps, Google apps, and carrier bloat.

Click on Uninstall Selection

• The selected pre-installed apps/bloatware apps will start to disappear one after the other.

Note : 

• Removing these pre-installed apps/bloatware apps will not affect any future Android updates.
• Do not try to remove any essential app or software that appears critical for the performance of your phone.
• Always Google and check the package name before you try removing it.

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