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Disable Android Bloatware
Disable Android Bloatware

Disable Android Bloatware

If you have a modern Android smartphone, such as one of the Galaxy S range, you will almost certainly be sacrificing space and processing power to bloatware apps. Bloatware is the name given to applications or services on a device which are pre-installed either by the manufacturer or carrier which you may not have any need for, but also cannot remove. On Android devices running older versions of the operating system, you could do nothing about this problem unless you wanted to try rooting the phone.

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) introduced the option to disable most of these apps, freeing up RAM and processing resources. This guide will show you how to complete this process.

Step 1 – Recognizing Essential and Non-essential Software

Before you start disabling apps or other software on your phone, you need to understand the difference between essential and non-essential software.

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Just because you don't use, or don't think you use, a particular app or service, it might be essential to your phone running smoothly. Disable the wrong software and your phone may stop functioning altogether. Thankfully, even if that does happen, it is unlikely to be permanent. Restarting your phone will normally prompt that essential software to resume.

When looking through the list of software or applications on your phone, it is usually possible to recognize system software by the green Android icon. System software is very likely to be essential and should not be disabled. Indeed, on many phones, this software will have a Disable button, but it will be grayed out and unusable.

Step 2 – Disabling the First App

Although this is not a risky process, and very unlikely to cause your phone to stop working, the best way to put a stop to bloatware is to disable one app at a time.

Once you have disabled the app, check that your phone is still working as it should before you go ahead and disable the next bit of bloatware.

The exact process may be slightly different on different Android devices, but you should always be looking for the Application Manager in the main settings. On my Samsung Galaxy S4 the path to the application management screen is Settings > More > Application Manager.

The application manager will have four sections (viewed by swiping left and right): Downloaded, On SD Card, Running and All.

To find bloatware, go to the All tab. When you find an app or service that you think you would like to disable, tap on the name. If the app or service is not bloatware, you will see an uninstall button next to the Force Stop button (you might also see Uninstall Updates). When you find a bloatware app or service, the uninstall button will say disable instead of uninstall. As mentioned, some essential system services will have the disable button grayed out so it cannot be used.
Click disable on the bit of bloatware you want to stop. A warning will always appear to tell you that completing this action may cause some apps to work incorrectly or not at all. It is now worth leaving the application management screen and checking that your phone is still working in a normal way.
Disabled apps will not appear in the app drawer. Nor will they be able to run in the background and use up valuable RAM and processing power. Some bloatware apps will have been doing neither of these things, but if you don't need the app it still makes sense to disable it.

Step 3 – Reversing the Process

Because you are not removing the application or other software, the process is completely reversible at any time. Simply repeat the steps to find the app in the application manager and tap the enable button. Whenever you enable a previously disabled app, it is a good idea to reboot your phone to make sure that everything is up and running again.