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41 41  1. **Using ADB command**
42 42  11. Launch the Command prompt or PowerShell window.
43 -111. Enable **USB Debugging** on your Samsung Galaxy phone or Tab.
44 -111. Connect your device to the computer.
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 -11. **#1 Get the list of all apps**
47 -111. ##{{code language="none"}}adb shell pm list packages{{/code}}##
48 -11. **#2 Get the list of system apps only**
49 -111. {{code language="none"}}adb shell pm list packages -s{{/code}}
50 -11. **#3 Get the list of all Samsung apps**
51 -111. {{code language="bash"}}adb shell pm list packages | grep 'samsung'{{/code}}
43 +11. Enable **USB Debugging** on your Samsung Galaxy phone or Tab.
44 +11. Connect your device to the computer.
45 +11. 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 +**#1 Get the list of all apps**
47 +{{code language="bash"}}adb shell pm list packages{{/code}}
48 +**#2 Get the list of system apps only**
49 +{{code language="bash"}}adb shell pm list packages -s{{/code}}
50 +**#3 Get the list of all Samsung apps**
51 +{{code language="bash"}}adb shell pm list packages | grep 'samsung'{{/code}}
52 52  ('pm' in the above commands stands for "package manager")
53 -111. You’ll now have the list of package names of all Samsung apps and other Android apps installed on your device.
53 +11. You’ll now have the list of package names of all Samsung apps and other Android apps installed on your device.
54 54  [[image:SamNoteUser_0-1594509216501.png]]
55 55  ADB shell pm list packages command
56 56  You can copy the list of apps from the command windows and copy it to a text file.
57 +111. {{code language="bash"}}adb shell pm list packages -s{{/code}}
58 +**#3 Get the list of all Samsung apps**
57 57  1. **Using an Android App**
58 58  You can find some good apps in the Google Play Store that can help you with finding the app package names. [[App Inspector>>url:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubqsoft.sec01]], [[Package Browser>>url:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=by4a.reflect]], [[Package Name Viewer 2.0>>url:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.csdroid.pkg]], and [[Apps Inspector>>url:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bg.projectoria.appinspector]] are some worthy options that you should try.
59 59  1. **Via Play Store URL**
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247 247  [[image:SamNoteUser_3-1594509216507.jpg]]
248 248  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]]
249 249  1. Now, execute the following command.
250 -adb shell
252 +{{code language="bash"}}adb shell{{/code}}
251 251  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.
252 252  1. pm uninstall -k ~-~-user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider
253 253  1. pm uninstall ~-~-user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider
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262 262  
263 263  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.
264 264  
267 +{{code language="bash"}}
265 265  cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup
269 +{{/code}}
266 266  
267 267  Simply execute the above command as shown below to restore an app package that you uninstalled earlier.
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272 272  
273 273  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.
274 274  
279 +{{code language="bash"}}
275 275  adb shell pm disable-user ~-~-user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup
281 +{{/code}}
276 276  
277 277  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.