How to delete and uninstall apps from your Android phone?
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(Pocket-lint) – If you’ve had your Android phone for a while, chances are you’ve installed a number of different apps. Some of them are useless and you want to delete and uninstall them from your phone.
If you find your phone complaining of being too full, a little slow, or just cluttered with unnecessary stuff, follow this guide to uninstall unwanted apps and regain a sense of normalcy.
Find your unwanted apps
If you have installed a lot of apps and want to remove some of them, the first step is to find the apps in question. To do this, you need to open the app drawer and access all apps.
This is usually done by swiping up on your phone’s home screen. You can then see all the apps and find the problem ones.
How to uninstall apps
The process for uninstalling apps varies slightly from phone to phone, but is generally quite similar.
- Find the app you want to uninstall
- Press and hold the app icon.
- Look for the uninstall option or a button that says “app info” and tap on it.
If you pressed “app info” you end up on another screen where you have several options including one to open the app, one to force stop it if it’s causing problems and the button uninstallation.
On some Android phones, you may also find that pressing and holding an app and then dragging it to the top of the screen brings up a trash can icon with the text “uninstall”. Drag the app to this area and you’ll be prompted to choose between uninstall and cancel.
You can repeat this process for each app you want to remove from your device.
It’s worth noting that if you’re trying to remove apps from your main home screen, rather than the app drawer, you might see an option to “delete” or “remove” the app. This option does not uninstall the app, just removes it from the home screen and keeps it on your phone. If you are trying to completely uninstall an app from your device, be sure to click uninstall.
How to uninstall multiple Android apps at the same time?
An alternative to uninstalling apps from your phone individually is to do so through the Google Play store. This allows you to select multiple apps and remove them quickly.
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For that, proceed as following :
- Open the Google Play app on your phone
- Click on your profile picture in the top right
- Click “manage apps and devices”.
- Click on the “manage” tab.
- Scroll down the list and check off any apps you don’t want to use.
- Check the box on the right to select multiple apps.
- Click the trash can icon at the top of the app to delete apps.
There are useful filters you can use in Google Play to sort apps and find the ones you want to remove. When you are in the “manage apps and device” section, you will see an option on the right side which shows as “recently updated”. Click on it and then you can filter and sort by name, most used, least used, recently updated and size.
If you want to uninstall old, unused apps, the least used filter comes in handy. If storage space is an issue, filtering by size is the best option.
Delete apps in your phone settings
Another way to delete apps from your phone is through settings. Open your phone settings and you will see there is a way to access the full list of apps with just a few clicks.
- Open your phone settings
- Click “Apps”.
- You can then click to see all apps or scroll down to see unused apps.
- You can then click on the app and click the trash can icon or just click the trash can icon next to the app to uninstall it.
You can’t easily select multiple apps this way, but you can clean up apps you don’t want very quickly.
Written by Adrian Willings.
