Since stock Android is the underlying skeleton of most Android phones out there, you usually only need to look further than this entry if your phone has a more heavily modified Android skin, like Samsung’s Experience (most recently re-dubbed One UI). Though this level of Android is found primarily on Google’s Pixel and Nexus devices, you will find that many phone manufacturers put a light modification on top of stock on their devices (usually referred to as “skins”). Stock Android is the base level of Android, as created by Google. If you need a more in-depth guide to purging your phone of these apps, then check out our guide on removing bloatware.
While it is difficult to brick a phone by disabling apps, it never hurts to be sure you are turning off something you really don’t need. Thankfully, even though you cannot remove these apps without rooting your phone, you can usually disable them, and we added small notes to each of our guides to highlight how you can do this.īe warned - be sure you know what you are disabling. This is usually the case with apps crucial to your device’s daily running, or - in more insidious cases - apps that have been added by your carrier or phone manufacturer. All apps aren't created equalįinally, some apps are not able to be removed. If you are just removing an app temporarily - for instance, to make space for an operating system update - feel free to leave the data there so it will still be available when you put the app back onto your device later. This ensures that as little data from the app as possible will be left on your device after you uninstall it. You can usually find this button in the Storage section near the Uninstall button in each of our guides.
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