Hey guys,
I'm on OOS, rooted with TWRP and I want to uninstall Duo, Youtube Music, Drive and all this other pre-installed crap-apps.
TitaniumBackup does not work anymore (it fails to locate the apks when you click "uninstall") and the often quoted "uninstall system apps with adb"-method just removes the app from user space while it actually remains installed on the device in the root directory and keeps wasting space. So this method does not actually remove apps, it just sorta deactivates them in another way.
So, is there any known method to remove system apps?
Read up on how to use adb commands.. quite simple..
pm uninstall --user 0 package.name.example
You do need a laptop, it you don't have one this app is great... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.draco.ladb
lilbrat said:
Read up on how to use adb commands.. quite simple..
pm uninstall --user 0 package.name.example
You do need a laptop, it you don't have one this app is great... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.draco.ladb
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it is not for android 7 (i'm using android 7)
ai.Sanaul said:
it is not for android 7 (i'm using android 7)
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ADB still works .. or since your on 7 try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp.pro.
Wait you weren't the original poster... But since he has TWRP installed he could just use the file manager and delete the files from there..
lilbrat said:
ADB still works .. or since your on 7 try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp.pro.
Wait you weren't the original poster... But since he has TWRP installed he could just use the file manager and delete the files from there..
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and this is an alternative of Bloatware Remover app
but thanks for help i will try
lilbrat said:
Read up on how to use adb commands.. quite simple..
pm uninstall --user 0 package.name.example
You do need a laptop, it you don't have one this app is great... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.draco.ladb
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As I've already written.. It does NOT really actually remove the apps from the device:
How to uninstall carrier/OEM bloatware without root access
If you want to get rid of carrier/OEM apps from your phone, here's how you can uninstall bloatware from your device without root access!
www.xda-developers.com
[...] applications truly aren’t fully uninstalled from your device. They are just being uninstalled for the current user (user 0 is the default/main user of the phone). [...]
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lilbrat said:
ADB still works .. or since your on 7 try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp.pro.
Wait you weren't the original poster... But since he has TWRP installed he could just use the file manager and delete the files from there..
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Thanks, but according to my knowledge this cannot work either since the app does not require root access. And you cannot uninstall system apps without having root. It probably just follows an adb-like approach.
lilbrat said:
ADB still works .. or since your on 7 try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp.pro.
Wait you weren't the original poster... But since he has TWRP installed he could just use the file manager and delete the files from there..
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That TWRP method sounds promising. Do you happen to know if all app related files are in one place or are they spread accross several folders?
haitower said:
That TWRP method sounds promising. Do you happen to know if all app related files are in one place or are they spread accross several folders?
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Now with all due respect, you asked for a suggestion on how to remove the apps, they were given to you, you used every reason why not to use them... Have you even tried the various methods or just "read" about them ? Trying out the methods given then verifying through TWRP file manager would be nice learning experience once you "read " up and tinker with TWRP's file manager and different file locations...
But please make a backup before you start and have necessary programs handy in case you remove the wrong file... as it can really ruin your day..
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Now with all due respect, you asked for a suggestion on how to remove the apps, they were given to you, you used every reason why not to use them... Have you even tried the various methods or just "read" about them ? Trying out the methods given then verifying through TWRP file manager would be nice learning experience once you "read " up and tinker with TWRP's file manager and different file locations...
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It is simply NOT possible to uninstall system apps without root access. Thats why neither the adb method nor the other suggested app from questionable source can even work in theory. If it were otherwise, you would have found a major flaw in the android system, which, with all due respect, I doubt a tiny little bit.
You could also suggest to swim in a muddy pond for two days and look if this removed the system apps. But I hope you understand that I won't try that approach either because I prefer to not waste my time.
But thanks anyway for the TWRP idea, I'll look into that.
@haitower here's a Magisk module I use to remove a fair number of system apps. See the REPLACE variable in customize.sh
Use the magisk module "debloater". When you are done removing apps (don't really remove) just export the file. It will make text file in your storage. Then if you want to re-install any of the apps just reopen the app and import the file.
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Hey guys,
I'm on OOS, rooted with TWRP and I want to uninstall Duo, Youtube Music, Drive and all this other pre-installed crap-apps.
TitaniumBackup does not work anymore (it fails to locate the apks when you click "uninstall") and the often quoted "uninstall system apps with adb"-method just removes the app from user space while it actually remains installed on the device in the root directory and keeps wasting space. So this method does not actually remove apps, it just sorta deactivates them in another way.
So, is there any known method to remove system apps?
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Maybe @BillGoss will help to clarify things a bit.
As far as i understand. On 8T (or better to say from Android 10 and latter) /system partition is read only and furthermore is located inside Super partition.
I suppose even with root access you will not be able to directly uninstall system apps without remounting /system/ as writable.
From Magisk manual we can learn that:
Since / is read-only on system-as-root devices, Magisk provides an overlay system to enable developers to replace files in rootdir or add new *.rc scripts. This feature is designed mostly for custom kernel developers.
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For each module, the folder $MODPATH/system will be recursively merged into the real /system; that is: existing files in the real system will be replaced by the one in modules’ system, and new files in modules’ system will be added to the real system.
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So as Magisk overlays modules /system folder to actual system with debloater module blank files android "thinks" those files specified in MODPATH/system don't exist.
Though a presume, in reality they are there.
So is magisk solutions really delete files from /system and not just "hide" them from Android?
haitower said:
Hey guys,
I'm on OOS, rooted with TWRP and I want to uninstall Duo, Youtube Music, Drive and all this other pre-installed crap-apps.
TitaniumBackup does not work anymore (it fails to locate the apks when you click "uninstall") and the often quoted "uninstall system apps with adb",method just removes the app from user space while it actually remains installed on the device in the root directory and keeps wasting space. So this method does not actually remove apps, it just sorta deactivates them in another way.
So, is there any known method to remove system apps?
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For Xiaomi phones, first install the “Hidden Settings for MIUI” app.
1. Open “Hidden Settings for MIUI.”
2. Go to “Manage applications” and find the application you want to disable.
3. Tap on the “Disable” button.
BillGoss said:
@haitower here's a Magisk module I use to remove a fair number of system apps. See the REPLACE variable in customize.sh
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Thank you, very reasonable and necessary.
Related
Once you have achieved root (see other thread), to update the Superuser.apk to the latest version, run these commands:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
rm /system/app/Superuser.apk
pm uninstall com.noshufou.android.su
Then search on the market for Superuser and download the one by ChainsDD. Confirmed working on latest Droid2 2.2 ota.
EDIT: To be safe, go to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications and find Superuser. Then clear the data. This should prevent any of the Superuser issues discussed.
sorry..new to the whole android scene. are there any advantages to updating the superuser app the the latest version and can this command be input on the droid itself through the terminal app?
metman87 said:
sorry..new to the whole android scene. are there any advantages to updating the superuser app the the latest version and can this command be input on the droid itself through the terminal app?
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i like the interface much more and its got a new autoaccept after 10 seconds if you arent paying attention when the popup shows. it's up to you. i'm sure future root tools will just include it.
alright thanks. is it as simple as installing the new version and uninstalling the old? or does one need to enter the command prompts listed above?
metman87 said:
alright thanks. is it as simple as installing the new version and uninstalling the old? or does one need to enter the command prompts listed above?
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that is what the commands do. unfortuantely, the old version is on the system partiton. this means that we must first mount the system and read/write and then manually delete the old version ourself. then the new version can be easily downloaded through the market. anyways, adb shell means it's done via your computer so its very easy to copy and paste like 3 commands.
Instructions work perfectly... thanks!
I need Mac instructions
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greg25 said:
I need Mac instructions
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These instructions are not specific to the OS on your computer, they work with anything.
Perfect!
Worked great! Thank you!
Instructions worked fine (I just made them up for Linux), but the newest SuperUser is giving me weird results. Every program that requests root access will ask me numerous times, like it never remembers that I gave the app access. Like removing one app with titanium will it will ask me 4 seperate times to accept or deny permission. Other apps do this also. Anyone have a copy of the old apk I could reinstall? Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks
n0yd said:
Instructions worked fine (I just made them up for Linux), but the newest SuperUser is giving me weird results. Every program that requests root access will ask me numerous times, like it never remembers that I gave the app access. Like removing one app with titanium will it will ask me 4 seperate times to accept or deny permission. Other apps do this also. Anyone have a copy of the old apk I could reinstall? Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks
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I had the same thing happen to me. Launch the new superuser app and go to settings. Unselect and reselect Notifications. Apparently it shows it being checked, but you have to recheck it for the actual setting to get saved.
After I did this, it only asks once for a program, and then I never see it again.
facelessuser said:
I had the same thing happen to me. Launch the new superuser app and go to settings. Unselect and reselect Notifications. Apparently it shows it being checked, but you have to recheck it for the actual setting to get saved.
After I did this, it only asks once for a program, and then I never see it again.
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Nice, thanks!
I had that issue too. I ironically un-installed superuser and re-installed it and it worked fine too
I used Root Explorer to delete the old Superuser.apk from /system/app. Then I rebooted and installed the new version from the market. Worked great.
jmonte345 said:
I used Root Explorer to delete the old Superuser.apk from /system/app. Then I rebooted and installed the new version from the market. Worked great.
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that works too though without having the superuser apk and rebooting, that could be a little dangerous for others hence my adb tutorial. no need for a restart either. could easily just use root explorer, delete the old, download new from market.
Worked great
I just renamed Superuser.apk to .bak then tried to install. Don't forget the last step. I had to adb (I was using terminal emulator) to do the last step then installed fine and removed Superuser.bak.
Thanks I like the New look.
yeah i can't get superuser from the market to install, keeps telling me unsuccessful
jerseyh22accord said:
yeah i can't get superuser from the market to install, keeps telling me unsuccessful
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I had the same problem. I rebooted my phone and then it installed fine. Not sure if it's risky to reboot once you remove the apk or not. However, it didn't cause any problems for me.
jmonte345 said:
I used Root Explorer to delete the old Superuser.apk from /system/app. Then I rebooted and installed the new version from the market. Worked great.
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I basically did the same thing except I renamed instead of deleting it. Well, once I installed SU from the market, I can't find the .apk file even though it's running and launching correctly. I assumed it would be called superuser.apk in the system/app folder but only my old renamed superuser.bak is there. I'm just worried if there is an update in the future, I won't be able to rename since I can't find the .apk file. Anyone know where the .apk file is for this new version of superuser?
facelessuser said:
I had the same thing happen to me. Launch the new superuser app and go to settings. Unselect and reselect Notifications. Apparently it shows it being checked, but you have to recheck it for the actual setting to get saved.
After I did this, it only asks once for a program, and then I never see it again.
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Tried this, and it didn't work for me. With Titanium Backup in particular, it will literally ask upwards of twenty times for permission. It's insanely annoying. Any other tips?
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Hello everyone.. How can i delete a pre-installed application in my phone?
You will have to root your device and remove them from the system partition
binhafidz said:
Hello everyone.. How can i delete a pre-installed application in my phone?
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Do u know how to root ?
or you are a total noob *.*
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binhafidz said:
Hello everyone.. How can i delete a pre-installed application in my phone?
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And then something long and complicated although the explanation may seem simple.
You have to unlock the bootloader. (if you do not know what it is, look on google)
You must obtain permissions Root (if not even know this always tries)
After installing the play archives Store manager who is able to get into the system folder of your smartphone (with root permission of course)
and so you can start to clean up everything.
NB: if you look carefully you will find here on XDA some guide that will explain what you need to do well. you just try
Thank you
Sorry.. i am just a beginner and trying to learn more.. and likewise i just want to make clear on how to do it.. i guess asking a query is not bad..
At first root your device if already done skip it download titanium backup app from Google play store after installation open it and del. The apps what ever you want .don't remove important system app other wise your system may brick.
For safety you can use clean master app. This app automatically give you details that which app you can remove withot risk and what happened if you remove that app.
you need root access and system app uninstaller if you don't have of them then you can try to disable pre-installed app from setting
i have same problem can't uninstall pre installed apps
Dear early adopters, I recently switched to Android 10 without any hassle. Root and TWRP have been contained after taking the necessary steps, already mentioned over and over.
The one thing I do not get however is why the app "System App Remover (root needed)" seems to be softbricking my device.
I am on the latest TWRP 3.3.1-65 by mauronofrio, Magisk beta 19.4. Everything is working fine, until I use the app mentioned above.
The apps I am deleting did not yet ever cause any problem at all getting deleted by this exact app so this seems to be app-specific.
Apps I am deleting e.g.:
Chrome
Netflix
Gmail
Google
Google Movies
Google Music
Google Books (or slightly different)
In general just some bloatware. Everything is working flawlessly until I reboot. I am then shown the typical safetynet screen for about 30 seconds and then taken to the fastboot screen, rendering the device useless-as-is. I did try deleting Netflix only as well with the same results.
The only thing reverting those steps is flashing the ROM in TWRP, flashing TWRP and magisk for obvious reasons and trying all over again.
I did try deleting the same apps in Titanium Backup. Deleting Netlix worked without any hickups it seemed. A reboot brought it back up again.
Google apps such as Chrome and Gmail are even getting me a nice "apk-file could not be found/located" message.
How do you guys get rid off those unwanted apps on Android 10 then? Am I missing something? I would appreciate a more technical explanation on the topic as to why things are the way they are if anyone of you guys experiences the same.
I had the same problem until I flashed Magisk Stable. Now no problem to remove system apps on android 10.
You can manually remove system apps using a file manager with root access. Go to system/app and delete the apks. If you mess up, just reflash the rom.
Yes with root file manager I was having the same problem with apps returning after reboot. Canary Magisk was the problem. After installing Magisk Stable all problems were gone. hope this helps someone.
I meanwhile flashed the 19.3 stable magisk. Seems like I had a broken instance of 19.3 on my device as well which caused the same bootloop as the beta. Thanks for the hint.
dtown808 said:
Yes with root file manager I was having the same problem with apps returning after reboot. Canary Magisk was the problem. After installing Magisk Stable all problems were gone. hope this helps someone.
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tropical cactus said:
You can manually remove system apps using a file manager with root access. Go to system/app and delete the apks. If you mess up, just reflash the rom.
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Yes, I know that is possible. Still I would prefer some more technical insight on the topic. Status quo at magisk 19.4 is that the apps can be deleted in "root remover"-apps and else, but show up again after a reboot.
Titanium still tells me the apks could not be found. What has been changed by switching to Android Q causing this to happen? After all it was still working fine that way in Pie.
why not disable them ? all this hassle
RfBob said:
Titanium still tells me the apks could not be found. What has been changed by switching to Android Q causing this to happen? After all it was still working fine that way in Pie.
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Take a look at this post
Toutatis_ said:
Take a look at this post
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Thank you a lot. This clears the fog. Exactly what I was looking for.
Yandvoiris said:
why not disable them ? all this hassle
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I don't like freezing/disabling apps instead of deleting them so this is a no-no. Probably more of a personal preference in attempt to keep the device relatively bloatware free.
It's the same with storage extension back in the days. Of course you could go for the 32gb version of the phone and expand by SD card. But I'd rather take the 64gb one and still be able to but not necessarily have to use the SD slot. You get the point, I guess.
Why not just use ADB to remove them? It works fine and is simple enough.
You can also boot in twrp. In mount option put check mark on System. Then in the advanced option use the file manager and navigate to system/system/product/app OR /priv-app. There are the google and other apps. Delete what you wish. when done, unmount system and reboot
There's a magisk modules I used to use on pie that worked flawlessly. Its called debloater or debloat. It removes system apps by using a terminal app by typing the command 'debloat', and its self explanatory from there. Also if there's any issue, you can reinstall the app right back the same way you uninstalled. Haven't tried on Android 10 just yet tho. Worth a try.
One other thing, I'm the same way, if I'm never going to use certain apps, I want them gone. However, phones these days that are coming with base model of 128gb and 8gb( like the one plus 7 pro) I'm not as worried as I used to be with removing the bloat.
P.s. im guessing by the apps you named you also have a 7pro, but I might be wrong. If you a Samsung device, there is the Package disabler app on the play store. And now, I guess they have a version for all Android devices and you don't need root. Here it is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pdp.deviceowner
Good Luck
Debloat indeed does still work. I used it today on 10
Sheetzie03 said:
There's a magisk modules I used to use on pie that worked flawlessly. Its called debloater or debloat. It removes system apps by using a terminal app by typing the command 'debloat', and its self explanatory from there. Also if there's any issue, you can reinstall the app right back the same way you uninstalled. Haven't tried on Android 10 just yet tho. Worth a try.
One other thing, I'm the same way, if I'm never going to use certain apps, I want them gone. However, phones these days that are coming with base model of 128gb and 8gb( like the one plus 7 pro) I'm not as worried as I used to be with removing the bloat.
P.s. im guessing by the apps you named you also have a 7pro, but I might be wrong. If you a Samsung device, there is the Package disabler app on the play store. And now, I guess they have a version for all Android devices and you don't need root. Here it is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pdp.deviceowner
Good Luck
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Well I don't know what happened me, but youtube (system app) was gone from my phone this morning for no apparent reason. Had to reinstall it from the store as just a normal user apk. Very strange
equlizer said:
Debloat indeed does still work. I used it today on 10
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Well here you go @RfBob confirmation from @equlizer that Debloat works on 10.
Good to know equlizer, I appreciate you jumping in and confirming this.
On pie, it was my go to, because it worked so well.
Neat little mod. And if you run into issues by uninstalling an app and the system goes haywire, because it has happen to me before where I was sure removing a certain system app would be fine, but it found out it was not, so you can easily reinstall the app the same you uninstalled it.
Take care.
Meanwhile I found some time to play around with the debloater terminal module.
Unfortunately most of the apps good to go are nowhere to be found. E.g. chrome, duo and else. I guess they should be located in vendor apps but they're not. Any suggestions?
I have not yet tried the adb method but guess it should work. For sake of simplicity I'd prefer the debloater module though as my devices are rooted anyway and reverting back to stock apps is no hassle.
RfBob said:
Meanwhile I found some time to play around with the debloater terminal module.
Unfortunately most of the apps good to go are nowhere to be found. E.g. chrome, duo and else. I guess they should be located in vendor apps but they're not. Any suggestions?
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Three of the first four choices you can search for apps you want to uninstall. The fourth choice you can insert yourself ie., /system/product/app or priv-app. That will give you more choices also.
jcsww said:
Why not just use ADB to remove them? It works fine and is simple enough.
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Indeed, if you are rooted, then a couple of basic linux commands will do.
You just have to remount the /system partition as writeable.
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /system
# cd /system/app/
# rm -rf Netflix_Stub
# rm -rf xxx
# rm -rf yyy
# ...
# sync
# reboot
Above is example to remove the Netflix_Stub ...
If the above is like Chinese for you ... then stay away from it.
Yep, also usually prefer ADB...
foobar66 said:
Indeed, if you are rooted, then a couple of basic linux commands will do.
You just have to remount the /system partition as writeable.
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /system
# cd /system/app/
# rm -rf Netflix_Stub
# rm -rf xxx
# rm -rf yyy
# ...
# sync
# reboot
Above is example to remove the Netflix_Stub ...
If the above is like Chinese for you ... then stay away from it.
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You cannot mount system as rw anymore on android 10, even if rooted.
Code:
flame:/ # mount -o rw,remount /system
mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts
Code:
flame:/ # mount -o rw,remount /
'/dev/block/dm-4' is read-only
Worked using debloater, but...
Sheetzie03 said:
Well here you go @RfBob confirmation from @equlizer that Debloat works on 10.
Good to know equlizer, I appreciate you jumping in and confirming this.
On pie, it was my go to, because it worked so well.
Neat little mod. And if you run into issues by uninstalling an app and the system goes haywire, because it has happen to me before where I was sure removing a certain system app would be fine, but it found out it was not, so you can easily reinstall the app the same you uninstalled it.
Take care.
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I did follow the steps to remove youtube app from OOS 10 on One plus 6 and rebooted but it didn't completely remove it, instead it converted it to user app. I simply uninstalled it like a user app, did a reboot and then installed youtube vanced from Magisk. So far everything is working fine.
I'm trying to run vanced YouTube on my pixel 7 Pro. Vanced manager manager still working on my op9pro...but I need to delete all remnants of the stock YouTube app from my device.
I'm unlocked and rooted. Titanium backup shows the error "can't locate APK". I'm trying to do it manually with root explorer. The YouTube and YouTube music APKs are located in /product/app/YouTube. I cannot delete these files and root explorer won't allow me to change the permissions of these folders. I also tried adb but that just hides them, I need to remove any and all files associated with the stock YouTube system app.
Anyone have any ideas? I'm not looking to hide these apps, I'm looking to permanently remove them from the phone.
Pain-N-Panic said:
I'm trying to run vanced YouTube on my pixel 7 Pro. Vanced manager manager still working on my op9pro...but I need to delete all remnants of the stock YouTube app from my device.
I'm unlocked and rooted. Titanium backup shows the error "can't locate APK". I'm trying to do it manually with root explorer. The YouTube and YouTube music APKs are located in /product/app/YouTube. I cannot delete these files and root explorer won't allow me to change the permissions of these folders. I also tried adb but that just hides them, I need to remove any and all files associated with the stock YouTube system app.
Anyone have any ideas? I'm not looking to hide these apps, I'm looking to permanently remove them from the phone.
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[SOLVED] Revanced working?
Did anyone try installing revanced manager on the P7P? Get it working? I installed the manager and it doesn't seem to see when I patch the youtube apk. It goes through the process of patching the youtube apk. I installed using non-root methods...
forum.xda-developers.com
@rester555, @EtherealRemnant, and some others got it working well enough....and I don't think they had to go through the trouble of deleting "all remnants" of the stock app. You might be used to a bit of an outdated method or particular to your previous device method because I believe it's been a long time since you had to remove the stock app to get it to work -- at the very least on my Pixel 5 A11 rooted, I used Vanced manager and it would merely overwrite/replace my stock app; I just had to make sure to turn off auto-update as Google would insist on re-installing/updating it back to stock...
In any case, the thread below is where a bunch of them got it to work well enough on the P7P (without the need to remove the stock app, i believe)
[SOLVED] Revanced working?
Did anyone try installing revanced manager on the P7P? Get it working? I installed the manager and it doesn't seem to see when I patch the youtube apk. It goes through the process of patching the youtube apk. I installed using non-root methods...
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EDIT
Sorry for re-iterating what netgar posted. He got his post in before while I was still drafting mine...
Just disable the app. You can do it natively. Go like you're going to uninstall the app and you'll see disable.
I did disable it. Only problem now is I can't install an older YouTube APK from APK mirror in order to patch it with revanced lol. Phone is giving me an error when I try to install an older version of YouTube.
Pain-N-Panic said:
I did disable it. Only problem now is I can't install an older YouTube APK from APK mirror in order to patch it with revanced lol. Phone is giving me an error when I try to install an older version of YouTube.
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I literally installed ReVanced yesterday. All I did was disable YouTube, build with ReVanced Builder, install micro G, and install the patched APK.
EtherealRemnant said:
I literally installed ReVanced yesterday. All I did was disable YouTube, build with ReVanced Builder, install micro G, and install the patched APK.
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I'm not using revanced builder. I'm trying to use the manager app on my phone. Maybe I'll try the builder instead
EtherealRemnant said:
I literally installed ReVanced yesterday. All I did was disable YouTube, build with ReVanced Builder, install micro G, and install the patched APK.
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Pain-N-Panic said:
I'm not using revanced builder. I'm trying to use the manager app on my phone. Maybe I'll try the builder instead
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I'm not familiar with using the builder, but I saw EtherealRemnant have success with it, so that's why I @'d him. Glad he/it helped!
I got it working. Although I'm rooted, I had to use the non root method with microg in order to get it working
Even though I got it working, I'm still kind of pissed I can't delete certain system apps off my device. Huge reasoning for rooting in the first place is to have ultimate control over my device. Can anyone shed some light on why I can't remove certain system apps or provide a working method to do so?
Just did the "Install as root" option and it installed just fine. I did uninstall all updates followed by installing apk of recommended version with no issues on my end
Pain-N-Panic said:
Even though I got it working, I'm still kind of pissed I can't delete certain system apps off my device. Huge reasoning for rooting in the first place is to have ultimate control over my device. Can anyone shed some light on why I can't remove certain system apps or provide a working method to do so?
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Root these days is systemless. The best you can do is disable apps or uninstall them from your user profile with adb.
Pain-N-Panic said:
Even though I got it working, I'm still kind of pissed I can't delete certain system apps off my device. Huge reasoning for rooting in the first place is to have ultimate control over my device. Can anyone shed some light on why I can't remove certain system apps or provide a working method to do so?
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Have you tried uninstalling via ADB
Pain-N-Panic said:
Even though I got it working, I'm still kind of pissed I can't delete certain system apps off my device. Huge reasoning for rooting in the first place is to have ultimate control over my device. Can anyone shed some light on why I can't remove certain system apps or provide a working method to do so?
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EtherealRemnant said:
Root these days is systemless. The best you can do is disable apps or uninstall them from your user profile with adb.
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i know it's old and EOL, but can't Titanium Backup "freeze" system apps? It's been a while (years), so I'm working off of memory and just basing it off of what I kinda remember and can't be too sure...
Open a Command Terminal, grant root access by typing "su"
This command works for me to delete system apps (youtube for example):
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.youtube.music
Have you tried that one?
[MODULE][Terminal] Debloater v17.3.2 - Debloat Systemlessly!
[TERMINAL] DEBLOATER Debloat your phone Systemlessly! Debloating can sometimes be device specific. OEM apps can sometimes be a trash to a user but not to the other. So I decided to make a module to Customize the uninstallation of a system app...
forum.xda-developers.com
netgar said:
Have you tried that one?
[MODULE][Terminal] Debloater v17.3.2 - Debloat Systemlessly!
[TERMINAL] DEBLOATER Debloat your phone Systemlessly! Debloating can sometimes be device specific. OEM apps can sometimes be a trash to a user but not to the other. So I decided to make a module to Customize the uninstallation of a system app...
forum.xda-developers.com
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I'll look into it, thank youv
simplepinoi177 said:
i know it's old and EOL, but can't Titanium Backup "freeze" system apps? It's been a while (years), so I'm working off of memory and just basing it off of what I kinda remember and can't be too sure...
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I don't know if it works on A13 but that's what I used to use on my OP9 to freeze apps, yeah.
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I don't know if it works on A13 but that's what I used to use on my OP9 to freeze apps, yeah.
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TiBu still works. I'm using it currently. Does a fine job of disabling or freezing system apps as needed.
I am having a problem to fully delete an system app on android.
I tried to delete the Netflix app on an android car radio. Because the app was already pre-installed I think it´s a system app. Then I tried to remove it using adb with powershell. It said that the app was removed, but was still visible in the system processes on the radio. Any ideas except rooting the system?
You can't fully delete system apps without root. You can disable them only
TheMadScientist said:
You can't fully delete system apps without root. You can disable them only
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Thanks. So I need to root my device and remove the app using su rights?
NettyExploit said:
Thanks. So I need to root my device and remove the app using su rights?
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That or magisk. Non root only allows for adb pm disable. They are still on the device. Just not running
TheMadScientist said:
That or magisk. Non root only allows for adb pm disable. They are still on the device. Just not running
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Okay, that´s the reason it says Success after removing the app.
Just for my understanding magisk just root the system and then I have to remove the app manual or is there an option within the app to remove system apps
NettyExploit said:
Okay, that´s the reason it says Success after removing the app.
Just for my understanding magisk just root the system and then I have to remove the app manual or is there an option within the app to remove system apps
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Either a system app remover app. Or if you know what your doing Amy root file explorer. You can individually remove each apk and coincided files
TheMadScientist said:
Either a system app remover app. Or if you know what your doing Amy root file explorer. You can individually remove each apk and coincided files
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Thanks, any recommendations for an system app remover?
System apps are those that belong to Android, means Android will not properly work if deleted. Hence not stupidly delete apps stored in partition /system.
jwoegerbauer said:
System apps are those that belong to Android, means Android will not properly work if deleted. Hence not stupidly delete apps stored in partition /system.
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Netflix belongs to Android?
NettyExploit said:
Netflix belongs to Android?
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NO, by type it's an ordinary user app installed as system-privileged app, hence it's located in /system/priv-app, the partition OEMs store the bloatware.
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NO, by type it's an ordinary user app installed as system-privileged app, hence it's located in /system/priv-app.
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Okay, but in this case it´s not system critical to remove it?
All apps in /system/priv-app can safely get deleted / removed, so also Netflix.
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All apps in /system/priv-app can safely get deleted / removed, so also Netflix.
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Thank you for that hint. Do you got any idea for an app that removes such apps?