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44 44  111. Connect your device to the computer.
45 45  111. Execute the following ADB shell commands. The first for the list of all apps, and the second one for the list of all system apps.
46 46  11. **#1 Get the list of all apps**
47 -111. ##{{code language="none"}}adb shell pm list packages{{/code}}##
47 +111. ##{{code language="bash"}}adb shell pm list packages{{/code}}##
48 48  11. **#2 Get the list of system apps only**
49 -111. {{code language="none"}}adb shell pm list packages -s{{/code}}
49 +111. {{code language="bash"}}adb shell pm list packages -s{{/code}}
50 50  11. **#3 Get the list of all Samsung apps**
51 -111. adb shell pm list packages | grep 'samsung' ('pm' in the above commands stands for "package manager")
51 +111. {{code language="bash"}}adb shell pm list packages | grep 'samsung'{{/code}}
52 +('pm' in the above commands stands for "package manager")
52 52  111. You’ll now have the list of package names of all Samsung apps and other Android apps installed on your device.
53 53  [[image:SamNoteUser_0-1594509216501.png]]
54 54  ADB shell pm list packages command
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246 246  [[image:SamNoteUser_3-1594509216507.jpg]]
247 247  1. This should return the ID of your device in the form of an alphanumeric string to show that your phone is properly connected and is ready to interact with ADB via computer.[[image:SamNoteUser_4-1594509216508.png]]
248 248  1. Now, execute the following command.
249 -adb shell
250 +{{code language="bash"}}adb shell{{/code}}
250 250  1. You can now execute  **pm uninstall -k ~-~-user 0**  (this will keep the app data and cache), or **pm uninstall ~-~-user 0**  (delete app data as well) followed by the package name of the system app to uninstall to remove it from your phone. You can view the [[full list of safe to remove Samsung apps along with the command extension>>url:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wuH2k0IafCCjxDnVLgnE26l-hsuYgmGl/view]] on Google Drive. For example, if you want to remove Samsung Email from your device, use the following command.
251 251  1. pm uninstall -k ~-~-user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider
252 252  1. pm uninstall ~-~-user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider
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261 261  
262 262  It simply means that if you need the uninstalled system app sometime later, you can easily re-install the removed app using another ADB shell command.
263 263  
264 -cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup
265 +{{code language="bash"}}cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup{{/code}}
265 265  
266 266  Simply execute the above command as shown below to restore an app package that you uninstalled earlier.
267 267  
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271 271  
272 272  There is one ADB shell command that lets you just disable an app package on your Samsung or Android. Below is an example command for disabling Bixby on Samsung devices.
273 273  
274 -adb shell pm disable-user ~-~-user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup
275 +{{code language="bash"}}adb shell pm disable-user ~-~-user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup{{/code}}
275 275  
276 276  That’s all about how we can remove bloatware on Samsung Galaxy devices and re-install the uninstalled apps without root using ADB shell commands. I’ll keep updating the list of safe to remove Samsung bloatware for the phones that will be launched in the future.