Remove system app on android

Date : 2021-12-27

This will tell how you can remove any app on your android phone.

Step 1 : Install ADB

Check this article to install adb on windows, mac os or linux.

Step 2 : Enable USB debugging

Found section in settings where you have information about your phone’s build number.

Tap that until you see “You are a developer”

In my phone build number is at :

Settings > About Phone > Baseband & kernel

Now , since you are a developer , find your developer settings.

In my phone developer settings is at :

Settings > Additional Settings > Developer options

Connect your phone to your laptop with USB.

Inside developer options , find USB debugging option and turn it on, you might see a warning :

Goto your terminal and type :

adb devices

this will prompt your phone with :

Select Always allow and click on ALLOW.

Now check adb devices and you should have output like :

List of devices attached
b5e2c7cb	device

If you don’t allow usb debug from computer, you will get :

List of devices attached
b5e2c7cb	unauthorized

Now I assume your computer is authorised for usb debugging.

Step 3 : Find app’s package name

You need to find package name for the app you want to remove. It’s like

com.abc.app

I use this app to find package name.

But you can use any other way to find package name.

Step 4 : Remove app

Please be sure to not remove any app which may be crucial for your system to run.

Open adb shell

adb shell

Google podcast app came pre-installed in my phone. It’s package name is

com.google.android.apps.podcasts

Let’s remove it :

pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.podcasts

Output:

Success

If you enter wrong package name which is not installed in your phone you will see :

Failure [not installed for 0]

Remove apps bloating your phone!!