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+&&gb [Managing Android apps with ADB (and without root)](/tutorials/managing-apps-with-adb-without-root)
+: `Android` `ADB` `Apps` `Linux` `Windows`
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+# Managing apps with ADB (and without root)
+
+## Contents
+
+1. [Installing](#installing)
+2. [Opening a shell and connecting to your device](#opening-a-shell-and-connecting-to-your-device)
+3. [Managing applications](#managing-applications)
+4. [What to remove](#what-to-remove)
+
+Often new phones, especially Samsung ones, come with a whole lot of bloatware, which usually cannot be uninstalled from within the phone.
+This could be circumvated by rooting your phone, essentially gaining full administrative control over the device, however this process can be somewhat involved and could [cause issues](https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-3-unlock-bootloader-broken-camera/).
+A better solution is using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB), a developer tool with which you can more fluently control your device.
+Of course, you still won't get full control, but it is as close as it gets, without requiring any permanent and involved configurations.
+
+If you're having trouble, [XDA's article](https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/), as well as [these](https://www.maketecheasier.com/uninstall-system-apps-without-root-android/) [maketecheasier](https://www.maketecheasier.com/get-started-with-android-debug-bridge-adb/) [articles](https://www.maketecheasier.com/enable-developer-options-in-android-42/) go into more detail and show pictures.
+
+## Installing
+
+Windows:
+
+1. Download the official platform tools from [here](https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip)
+2. Extract the files in a folder and navigate to it
+
+Linux (or MacOS):
+
+- With your package manager, it should be called `android-tools`, `android-tools-adb` or `android-platform-tools`
+- Worst case scenario, download and extract it from [here](https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip) for Linux, and [here](https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip) for MacOS.
+
+## Opening a shell and connecting to your device
+
+ADB is very powerfull, so by default phones don't allow you to connect to the device with it.
+First, we'll allow such a connection:
+
+1. Go to `Settings/About phone` (depending on your Android skin, this might be located in a slightly different place)
+2. Tap "Build number" 7 times, until a message says you're done
+3. Navigate to the Developer options, which is often in `Settings/Developer options`, but could also be inside the `Settings/System` menu
+4. Enable the "USB debugging option" (if a popup appears, click OK)
+
+ADB is a command-line only tool, so first open a terminal inside the platform-tools directory:
+
+- On Window, Right-click in the directory and press "Open PowerShell window here" or "Open command window here" or "Open in Terminal" (different OS versions show a different option)
+- On Linux (and MacOS), open a terminal window and `cd` to the platform-tools directory
+
+Connect your phone to the computer with a USB cable, change the transfer mode to "File transfer" and in the terminal enter:
+
+```
+adb devices
+```
+
+On your phone you should get a poppup asking "Allow USB debugging?", press OK.
+You should get a "List of devices attached", and it should have one entry (a line below it, with some number and letters and then the word "device").
+
+Now, we'll open a shell[^interactive-shell], a program with which to directly enter commands that the device understands:
+
+```
+adb shell
+```
+
+## Managing applications
+
+There are 3 general commands that you would want to use:
+
+```
+pm list packages
+```
+
+Which prints the internal names of all applications that are installed on the device.
+All of the other commands use those names (without the leading "package:", if it exists) for referring to applications.
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 PACKAGE
+```
+
+Where PACKAGE is an aforementioned application name.
+This command just uninstalls the app for the normal user, meaning it will be brought back on factory reset.
+
+```
+pm disable --user 0 PACKAGE
+```
+
+Disabled PACKAGE, so it wouldn't work but you wouldn't need to reinstall it (just enable it).
+Beware that, if it shows some sort of error (anything that isn't "Success"), you'll probably need to use `disable-user`, rather than just `disable`.
+
+After you're done, you can pretty much just unplug your device, but remember to **turn back off the "USB debugging" option!**
+
+## What to remove
+
+This is a lost of commands, which remove a whole lot of arguably unnecessary apps.
+Use **AT YOUR OWN RISK!**
+Although they shouldn't, they might cause problems **FOR WHICH I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE!**
+
+- Facebook
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 package:com.facebook.services
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 package:com.facebook.katana
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 package:com.facebook.system
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 package:com.facebook.appmanager
+```
+
+- Netflix
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.netflix.partner.activation
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.netflix.mediaclient
+```
+
+- Microsoft apps
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.microsoft.skydrive
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.skype.raider
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.microsoft.office.excel
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.microsoft.office.word
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.microsoft.office.powerpoint
+```
+
+- Google apps
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.gm
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.tachyon
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.music
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.docs
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.maps
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.chrome
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.photos
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.vr.vrcore
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.videos
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.talk
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.books
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.magazines
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.plus
+```
+
+- Windows 10 Phone comanion
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.microsoft.appmanager
+```
+
+- AR Emoji
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.aremoji
+```
+
+- Bixby
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.agent
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.es.globalaction
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixbyvision.framework
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.plmsync
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.voiceinput
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.systemui.bixby
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.agent.dummy
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.settings.bixby
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.systemui.bixby2
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.service
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.routines
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.visionintelligence
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.spage
+```
+
+- Samsung Pass/Pay
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.samsungpassautofill
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.authfw
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.samsungpass
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.spay
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.spayfw
+```
+
+- Samsung Kids
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.kidsinstaller
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.camera.sticker.facearavatar.preload
+```
+
+- Samsung Game Launcher
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gamehome
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.enhance.gameservice
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gametools
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gos
+```
+
+- Galaxy Friends
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.mateagent
+```
+
+- Samsung Smartthings
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.easysetup
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.beaconmanager
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.oneconnect
+```
+
+- Carmode
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.drivelink.stub
+```
+
+- Stickers
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.mimage.avatarstickers
+```
+
+- Samsung Global Goals
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.sree
+```
+
+- Samsung Members
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.voc
+```
+
+- Samsung LED cover
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.ledbackcover
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.cover.ledcover
+```
+
+- Samsung TV
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.withtv
+```
+
+- Knox
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.knox.securefolder
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.knox.vpn.proxyhandler
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.knox.keychain
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.enterprise.knox.cloudmdm.smdms
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.knox.analytics.uploader
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.enterprise.knox.attestation
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.knox.containercore
+```
+
+- Samsung DEX
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.desktopmode.uiservice
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.desktopsystemui
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.desktoplauncher
+```
+
+- Samsung Browser
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.sbrowser
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.sbrowseredge
+```
+
+- Samsung Email
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.wsomacp
+```
+
+- Samsung Smartthings
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.easysetup
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.beaconmanager
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.oneconnect 
+```
+
+- Gear VR
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.hmt.vrsvc
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.vrsetupwizardstub
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.hmt.vrshell
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.vr.vrcore
+```
+
+- Printings
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.bips
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.printservice.recommendation
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.printspooler
+```
+
+- Upday news
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 de.axelspringer.yana.zeropage
+```
+
+- Verizon
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.vcast.mediamanager
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.vmmhux
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.vzw.hss.myverizon
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.asurion.android.verizon.vms
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motricity.verizon.ssodownloadable
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.vzw.hs.android.modlite
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.vvm
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.vznavigator.[You_Model_Here]
+```
+
+- T-mobile
+
+```
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.mobitv.client.tmobiletvhd
+pm uninstall -k --user 0 us.com.dt.iq.appsource.tmobile
+```
+
+<br>
+
+More information on available package commands can be shown with `pm help`.
+You can learn more about the adb tool from [developer.android.com](https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb).
+
+[^interactive-shell]: You could just run every command like `adb shell COMMAND`, which wouldn't give you an interactive shell, so it is less convinient