Removing android system programs. How to remove standard applications through ES Explorer
Many smartphone buyers can be called inexperienced. Such people don’t even know how to uninstall applications. They think that removing a program shortcut from the desktop entails eliminating the application itself. But in reality, everything is somewhat more complicated. We will talk about deleting programs and games in today’s article. We will also tell you how to remove standard applications- those that were preinstalled by the smartphone manufacturer.
The easiest way is to remove those utilities that you previously installed yourself. It doesn’t matter whether you did it using Google Play or downloading the APK file from third party resource. There are two methods to remove programs and games. The first is the following:
Step 1. Go to the menu.
Step 2. Hold your finger on the icon of the application you do not need. The system will prompt you to move the shortcut to your desktop.
Step 3. Instead, move it to the " Delete" located at the top of the window. A pop-up menu will pop up in which you need to confirm your action.
Step 4. The program will be removed from your smartphone fairly quickly.
As for the second method, it is somewhat more complicated:
Step 1. Go to the section " Settings».
Step 2. Select " Applications».
Step 3. You will see a list of all applications installed on your device. If this is not the case, then click on the item “ Application Manager» (usually required on smartphones Samsung).
Step 4. Click on the program you are going to remove.
Step 5. In the menu that appears, click the button Delete».
Step 6 Confirm your action, after which the operating system will get rid of this application.
Removing pre-installed applications
Much more difficult to eliminate system applications. The fact is that some smartphone manufacturers preinstall some games and programs in order to receive money from their developers. Most often, such programs cannot be removed, otherwise the creators of smartphones would not be able to make money. But in fact, there are workarounds that still allow you to remove system applications.
However, be careful! You always need to understand which standard applications can be removed and which ones are better left alone. The fact is that eliminating some of them will entail unstable work the entire operating system. If it is quite possible to get rid of any browser or navigation application, then it is better not to disturb “Calendar” or “Camera”.
You can only remove built-in applications using workarounds using root rights.
If you have superuser rights, then download ES Explorer or some other serious file manager, and then do the following:
Step 1. Launch ES Explorer or its equivalent.
Step 2. Enable the Root Explorer item, at the same time giving the utility root access.
Step 3. Go to internal memory on the way /system/app.
Step 4. Select the APK file of the application you do not need. If there is an ODEX file nearby with the same name, then select it too.
Step 5. IN context menu select " Delete».
Step 6 On Android 5.0 and later versions of the operating system, everything standard programs are in folders. This does not change the essence of the matter - you will simply need to delete the entire folder, and not individual files.
Step 7 Next follow the path /data/app. Updates may be stored here pre-installed applications. They should also be removed. On devices running Android 5.0, again, updates are stored in separate folders. But this only makes the task easier.
Step 8 It is also possible (and even necessary) to delete the database system services and applications along with the cache. All this is stored along the way /data/data.
Using Root Uninstaller
There is another way to eliminate unwanted programs. It consists of using Root Uninstaller. This application also works only on gadgets with unlocked root rights.
Step 1. Launch the program, giving it root access at the same time.
Step 2. Select the utility or game you want to remove.
Step 3. Click the button Delete" In the same menu you can make a backup just in case.
Step 4. It is done! You can freeze applications in the same way. This will not free up space, but the program will definitely disappear from the menu.
Hi all! Alexander Glebov is in touch, in this article I will talk about what built-in system android apps You can remove it and how to remove system applications on Android and clean it of garbage. It often happens that the internal memory of the phone is running out, and you need to clean it somehow, but you have all the applications you need, but there is a lot of junk like: Google Books, Google Music, Google Play Press, etc. The question is, why do we need these applications?
Which built-in android system applications can be removed - warnings
First of all, I want to warn you, deletion system applications can break your phone and it will not turn on, remove at your own peril and risk.
Prerequisites
It just so happened that without root You won’t be able to uninstall system apps, there’s nothing you can do about it. How to get root rights on android for Sony smartphones xperia can be read on my blog, . But perhaps the article will help you even if you have a phone from another company.
The procedure is as follows:
I will show you how to remove system apps on Android on your phone. I have Sony Xperia ZR, so if you have the same one, you will have an easier time. So, let's begin.
YouTube karaoke module
- Google Lyrics Module
- Wikipedia module
- YouTube module
-POBox Touch
- SkinSelector
- Standard
- Xperia Calendar Sync
- Xperia Social Engine photos
- Xperia from Facebook
- com.sonymobile.faceregistration
- Other applications can be found in the screenshots:
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The result will be about 35 applications, maybe more. After all, you can delete something else that you think is not necessary. Once selected, click the “Delete” button. After clicking, you may need to grant permissions again super user, and will also appear Announcement, that there are selected applications whose removal is not desirable. Click "Yes".
After removing the programs, reboot the phone. And we move on to the second stage. Cleaning Android from garbage that remains after removing system applications:
As a result of these simple actions, I freed up about 600 MB. internal memory. Very good result, especially when every megabyte matters free space. As always, ask your questions in the comments. I hope the article was useful.
Best regards, Alexander Glebov.
You buy new smartphone, you turn it on, and a bunch of unnecessary programs are already installed. It can be difficult to understand what these applications are for and whether they can be safely removed or disabled. When I purchased it, out of 32 gigabytes of internal memory, about ten were free. The rest of the space was occupied by preinstalled programs.
In this article I will tell you which applications can be disabled on Android without any special consequences. I will not consider removing system software, because in most cases this requires root access. If you decide to get root, the Debloater program will easily cope with the removal task. You can download it on the play market or 4pda.
I collected data on devices Samsung Galaxy(since I am the owner of one of them) to a summary table of applications that do not affect the performance of the phone (with a description). And you decide what to do with them. But disabling or deleting excess garbage will help increase the performance of your mobile phone.
Please note that if you click the “stop” button, the program may subsequently restart automatically. And if you “disable” it, it does not restart until you turn it on manually. Some cannot be disabled or deleted.
Mordokniga pays smartphone manufacturers to embed the application into the firmware. Mobile client Allows you to keep up to date with your friends' events, track likes, and annoyingly notifies you about every sneeze. At the same time, it consumes a lot of resources and constantly drains the battery. Unfortunately, this infection cannot be removed in my Samsung. But you can turn it off, which I immediately did, since I don’t use this social network at all. If there is a special need, I can temporarily activate the application.
Weather apps
Weather widget - also often built into operating system phone. It worked for me for 3 months, and then stopped updating data. I always need only two parameters from this program: air temperature and the presence of precipitation. If you need weather maps and other little things, then you don’t need to delete the program. In other cases, it is advisable to get rid of the unnecessary, power-hungry application that tries to connect to the server every minute. I couldn't do this on the A5.
Read also: Battery for phone DEXP Ixion ES 4.5: searching for an analogue
You can always check the weather by looking out the window. And if you need a forecast, Google is a good predictor.
Antivirus programs
You need an antivirus if your phone is rooted, you are constantly conducting experiments and installing dubious hacked applications from unknown sources. Otherwise, such protection is not required. The antivirus will also eat up memory and slow down the system unnecessarily.
If you have any suspicions, install an antivirus and remove it after checking. My phone has a built-in one, which I also disabled.
Clean Master and other system optimizers
Software for “speeding up” the phone, contrary to expectations, slows down the operation of the device. Miracles do not happen, despite the assurances of the developers of these programs. Most “cleaners” only do harm. On my Samsung A5 2017, in the settings there is an “Optimization” section, where everything happens at the touch of one button. Most phones have tools for clearing the cache and remnants of deleted software. AND additional programs no installation required.
Default browser
Almost every self-respecting phone manufacturer develops and implements its own Internet browser in the firmware. It may contain spyware or advertising links. But even if they are not there, this does not mean that the browser is good. Disable it or delete it.
Best to install Google Chrome– simple and fast browser. If you care about privacy and don't want to clutter up your phone's space with accumulating cache, Firefox Focus is your choice. private browser leaving no trace.
I have compiled a small table for the remaining applications. Here is everything that can be disabled without affecting the operation of Android.
Table of applications that can be deleted or disabled on Samsung
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Beeline, Megafon and others | Mobile operator applications |
| S Planner Widget | Task scheduler widget |
| Story Album widget | Image sorter widget |
| Dictaphone | In another way, “Sound recording” |
| Drive (Google Drive) | File hosting created and maintained by Google. |
| Protected folder | A tool for creating a personal, secure storage space for files that you would like to hide from other people |
| Calculator | No comments |
| Cards | A set of applications built on the basis of free map service Google |
| Samsung Store | You can browse and buy there in the same way as in a regular official Samsung store. Configured according to the location of the phone. Removal available |
| Mobile printing | It allows you to connect your smartphone to your home or office printer. |
| Print Service Module | Allows you to print to a printer |
| Weather | We talked about the weather above. |
| Gifts from Samsung | The best apps as a gift for some Samsung devices. Limited by time and phone models. Not much interesting. Removal available |
| HP Print Plug-in | Used to print output to printers |
| Radio | Regular FM radio |
| Dictionary | No comments |
| Print spooler | Print spooler is a scheduling program that accepts documents sent by the user for printing, saves them (on disk or in random access memory) and sends in order of queue to the selected printer. |
| Photo editor | No comments |
| AWAD | With its help you can purchase an air ticket to anywhere in the world directly from your phone |
| Blurb Checkout | The application is intended for payment transactions when paying for books created by the Blurb program |
| Briefing | Looks like additional screen, shows news, weather, some articles and all this is interesting and convenient, and everything is in this style. |
| ChatON | Global mobile communications service developed by Samsung Electronics |
| ChocoEUKor, CoolEUKor | Built-in system font |
| Dropbox and DropboxOOBE | Software for cloud storage data |
| Aggregator application social networks magazine format. Collects current news from social media subscriptions. networks and news resources. | |
| Galaxy Apps | Branded application store |
| Game launcher | Game Launcher app developed by employees Samsung to optimize gameplay |
| Game optimizing service | Samsung utility that notifies you about updates in games. Including, it is responsible for increasing productivity in mobile games, as well as for saving battery power during gaming sessions |
| Gmail | Mail from Google |
| Google Photos | Photos from Google |
| Google Play Market | Designed to search for installation and removal of programs |
| Group Play | Able to combine several smartphones for collaboration. With its help, the user can simultaneously control several devices connected via Wi-Fi Direct and NFC |
| Hangouts | Designed for instant messaging and video conferencing. Replaces three instant messaging systems at once: Google Talk, Google+ Chats and the video chat service Google+ Video Meetings, as well as online broadcasting via Youtube. |
| KLMS Agent | An application responsible for data security on Samsung phones. The program includes proprietary data protection technology - KNOX |
| Knox Notification Manager | A specialized add-on for the Android OS, designed to significantly increase the level of information security on mobile device from Samsung. This system includes a set of extensions that allows you to create a secure environment on the Google platform. |
| Link Sharing (formerly Simple Sharing) | With it you can remotely access and manage the content of Samsung devices via Wi-Fi |
| One Drive | Cloud storage from Microsoft |
| Picasa Uploader | Some kind of crap that lives its own life (downloads, updates) |
| Play Games, books, music, press, films | All this is paid |
| RoseEUKor | Corporate system font |
| S Memo | Allows you to create notes using your keyboard, stylus, or voice |
| S Planner | Task Manager |
| S Voice | Virtual voice assistant |
| S Suggert | “Advisor” for programs, an analogue of Apple’s Genius system |
| S Translator | Translator |
| Samsung account | An account to gain access to the advanced functionality of a Samsung phone |
| Samsung Cloud Data Relay | Synchronization with the cloud |
| Samsung Health | Prog turned to healthy way life. Helps you maintain your health by recording and analyzing your physical activity throughout the day |
| Samsung Internet | The same built-in browser |
| Samsung Link (Samsung Link Platform) | An application that connects all devices and data storage services in one place for complex search and playback |
| Samsung Members | This is a place where you can ask a question about the device and chat about topics related to it. In general, the Samsung user community |
| Samsung Notes | Note pad |
| SamsungSans | Built-in system font |
| Story Album | Allows you to sort photos stored in your smartphone's memory, indicating when and where they were taken |
| TalkBack | Allows you to voice literally all actions performed on your smartphone |
| UBANK | Innovative banking online system, allowing you to make secure money payments |
| Workspace | The enterprise work container, which isolates work applications and data from other data, is stored on the device chipset and Knox platform. |
| Youtube | Application for watching videos online |
Note about updates
Let's say you didn't turn anything off - let them work. Automatic shutdown background applications helps to avoid rapid battery discharge. But these programs are also updated! And in this case they consume not RAM, but internal memory. So I went ahead and disabled auto-updates via Play Store. I regularly manually update only those applications that I actually use.
It's no secret that when you buy a new Android phone or tablet, the device already has a lot of standard games and applications. As a rule, the majority preinstalled programs are marked as “system” and are not removed in the usual way.
For owners expensive models with a large amount of memory - this will not create inconvenience; but for owners of cheaper ones budget devices– can be a serious problem. Because due to large quantity unnecessary applications There may be a lack of system or RAM memory, which in turn will lead to “braking” and “freezing” of the device itself.
In fact, you can remove standard applications on any Android device. But since these applications are part of the firmware, to remove them you will need:
1. Ruth is right(administrator rights) – if you do not have them, then instructions for getting root can be read.
2. File manager– the most convenient for this is Es Explorer or Total Commander, but you can use another manager, the main thing is that it supports root rights.
Instructions for removing standard applications
Below are instructions based on the example of the Es Explorer application.
We will not make a description for each individual manager, since the removal process is identical and differs only in minor details.
Es Explorer is a free file manager for Android devices with root support.
1. Install the application.
2. Provide access to the root.
3. In the settings, find and enable “Root Explorer”. 
4. Go to the “system applications Apps” section.
5. Mark the applications you want to remove.
6. Click the “Uninstall” button and then “Uninstall” (the updates will be removed first, and then the APK file itself). 
7. Remove residual files from the /data/app section. 
Articles and Lifehacks
Each user of a device on a “green robot” should know how to delete in Android unnecessary programs . After all, they not only clog up the memory of your phone or tablet, but often also “eat up” battery energy and “steal” speed. As a result, the equipment may freeze, which will probably soon begin to irritate the owner of the phone or tablet computer. And the user may even suspect that it is necessary, without realizing the true reason for the freezes. In addition, these unnecessary programs can be “registered” in the cache. And this again affects the operation of the device. Therefore, you should get rid of such rubbish.
How to remove a program from Android
The whole process is crazy simple. Having completed the removal procedure just once, you will certainly be able to clean your phone/tablet of accumulated programs on your own in the future without any tips or instructions. In the meantime, here's a short plan of action. Follow all the points in order - and everything will work out.
1. Find “Settings” on your device. Press.
2. Now in the settings, find “Application Manager”. Click again and go into it.
3. Have you decided that you will delete it from Android? Search for this program by name. Found it? Then you are ready for the next step.
4. Select the application you need (but no longer need) and click on it. You will be prompted to “force stop”, “clear cache” and “delete”. You understand what you need to press, because your goal is to get rid of “junk” that you do not use and takes up space. Click "Delete". In a word, the actions are similar to those required when removing them.
5. As always, a warning will pop up that the program will be removed and whether you are sure of your actions. You, of course, confirm that you do not need the application, so “delete, Andryusha, delete.” Agree by clicking “Yes”.
6. That's it. The application has permanently left your device.
On some devices, you can simply delete by dragging it into the virtual trash can. However, this way not always all the “tails” are cleaned up. Sometimes a trace remains somewhere in the very depths, it takes up space and slows down processes.
Therefore, if you cannot decide how to remove unnecessary programs correctly on Android so that not a trace remains, then choose the first method through the “Application Manager”. It turns out safer and cleaner.
What cannot be deleted from Android
Even if you think that this program you don’t need it, but it is system/utility/was there initially, you can’t touch it. This can lead to the "death" of Android. Even if you have never run it and have no idea why it was installed at all, this does not mean that it should be removed. In addition, many Android devices that are still warranty service, after removing such “built-in” programs, the entire warranty is initially lost. As soon as you receive root rights necessary to remove such programs, manufacturers “wash their hands”, refusing you further free warranty repairs and service. You will pay for all further “jambs” yourself.
So, remove only what you yourself installed, which is extraneous, so to speak.