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1 -Originally from: [[https:~~/~~/r1.community.samsung.com/t5/others/how-to-remove-samsung-bloatware-without-root/td-p/5817510>>https://r1.community.samsung.com/t5/others/how-to-remove-samsung-bloatware-without-root/td-p/5817510]]
1 +{{info}}
2 +Originally from:
3 +[[https:~~/~~/r1.community.samsung.com/t5/others/how-to-remove-samsung-bloatware-without-root/td-p/5817510>>https://r1.community.samsung.com/t5/others/how-to-remove-samsung-bloatware-without-root/td-p/5817510]]
4 +{{/info}}
2 2  
3 -== Installing adb on Mac ==
4 -
5 -[[https:~~/~~/stackoverflow.com/questions/31374085/installing-adb-on-macos>>https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31374085/installing-adb-on-macos]]
6 -
7 7  == How to Remove Samsung Bloatware without Root ==
8 8  
9 9  [[[[image:2.png]]>>https://r1.community.samsung.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/9419552]]
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249 249  1. Connect your Samsung phone to the PC.
250 250  1. Now open the platform-tools folder and launch a Power Shell or Command Prompt window. To do that, just type ‘**cmd**‘ in the folder address bar and press the **Enter** key.[[image:SamNoteUser_2-1594509216506.png]]
251 251  1. Now, type the following ADB command and hit the **Enter** key. Keep an eye on your phone’s screen as you do it and **Allow USB debugging** when prompted.
252 -adb devices
251 +{{code language="bash"}}adb devices{{/code}}
253 253  [[image:SamNoteUser_3-1594509216507.jpg]]
254 254  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]]
255 255  1. Now, execute the following command.
256 256  {{code language="bash"}}adb shell{{/code}}
257 -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.
258 -1. pm uninstall -k ~-~-user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider
259 -1. pm uninstall ~-~-user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider
256 +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 one of the the following commands:
257 +{{code language="bash"}}pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider{{/code}}
258 +or
259 +{{code language="bash"}}pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider{{/code}}
260 260  1. After the execution of each app uninstallation command, you’ll get a “**Success**” message to indicate that the app package has been removed.
261 261  [[image:SamNoteUser_5-1594509216508.png]]
262 262  
263 263  You can thus uninstall as many preinstalled apps on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone or tablet as you want to without root
264 264  
265 +{{info}}
266 +**Note**: If you get “**Failure [not installed for 0]**” error while trying to uninstall a Samsung bloatware, it means one of these 2 things:
267 +
268 +1. The app package you are trying to remove is not available on your device.
269 +1. You have typed the app package name incorrectly.
270 +{{/info}}
271 +
265 265  === Restore Uninstalled System Apps ===
266 266  
267 -If you notice the bloatware removal command we used above, it contains ‘**user 0**‘ parameter. It means that the apps you uninstalled using ADB shell pm uninstall -k ~-~-user 0, were only removed for the current user (user 0). If someone else uses your phone with a guest account, all the removed apps will still be available to him.
274 +If you notice the bloatware removal command we used above, it contains ‘**user 0**‘ parameter. It means that the apps you uninstalled using //ADB shell pm uninstall -k ~-~-user 0//, were only removed for the current user (user 0). If someone else uses your phone with a guest account, all the removed apps will still be available to him.
268 268  
269 269  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.
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