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Remove bloatware in android without rooting

Instructions

  • Download adb tools for your mac/linux/windows from here
  • Extract zip package and keep it in location e.g Desktop
  • Open terminal and change directory to the extracted folder
  • Plug in your android phone to PC and check if adb tool is able to find your phone
./adb devices
  • If you are not able to see the devices like below, check if USB debugging is switched on your phone

Screen Shot 2023-01-21 at 11 10 28 PM

  • If you are able to see your device, like below, you can proceed further

Screen Shot 2023-01-21 at 11 13 59 PM

  • Find the android app package you want to uninstall for e.g. 'youtube'. Run following command
./adb shell pm list packages | grep 'youtube'

The output should like below

Screen Shot 2023-01-21 at 11 15 01 PM

  • Remove app by executing following command. You should see success message if its uninstalled
./adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
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