HOW TO UNINSTALL ANDROID APPS USING ADB COMMANDS

HOW TO UNINSTALL ANDROID APPS USING ADB COMMANDS:  Sometimes uninstalling android apps becomes troublesome when you actually realize the  app you uninstalled reappears after phone restart or after some time.  This is especially true when it comes to bloatware.  Using adb commands to uninstall apps is one of the simplest way to get rid of such issues.  In this article, let us look at how apps can be uninstalled using adb commands.

Requirements:

1.  Minimal adb and fastboot setup:  This tool will be used to run the adb commands.  Some sources are recommending using that android SDK tools but since I am not a software developer, I can not decide which is best but, I found this easy and quick.  To download Minimal adb and fastboot setup for windows, follow the link below.

Download minimal adb and fastboot setup for windows

2.  Computer running windows

3.  Original USB cable of the phone

4.  The smartphone onto which you want to uninstall the app

5.  USB drivers of the phone.  You can follow the link below to download USB drivers for your smartphone.

Download windows drivers for smartphones

Steps

1.  Right click on the Minimal adb and fastboot setup on the desktop of you PC and choose "Run as administrator"

2.  Connect the smart phone to the PC and make sure USB debugging in your phone is active.  If you don't know how to ativate USB debugging, click here.

3.  In the blank window type the command, "adb devices" to see whether your phone is detected.

4.  Then enter the command "adb uninstall" followed by the package name of the app you want to uninstall.  If you don't know how to check for the package name of the app you want to uninstall, click here for help.

5.  Wait for the uninstallation process and that's all.  And it will take just a matter of seconds

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