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Don't you just need to long press the app icon and choose disable/delete?

by kevindqc 8y ago

enriquto 8y ago
yes, but you cannot delete the google apps such as chrome or gmail (the option is not "enabled")
- digi_owl 8y ago
  Thankfully those are most often bundled as stubs that take barely any space. roll back the updates and then disable. Did that to Chrome for the longest time as i was using Firefox on my Android device (before Mozilla went nuts. Now i am flipflopping between Opera and Brave, while waiting for Vivaldi to get a mobile version).
  - mehrdadn 8y ago
    Keep in mind that (a) if the fact that you have to roll back updates is not obvious to people here, I'm not sure how a normal user is supposed to find it "easy", and (b) if you have to roll it back too, you'd lose your data in that app, so it's neither as consequence-free as disabling, nor as thorough as deleting (freeing all the space etc.).
    - kllrnohj 8y ago
      Simply hitting "disable" warns you that it will uninstall updates & delete user data. It's literally a single button press to get back 100% of the space possible, and it's the button called "disable" right in front at the top of the app's info section.
      - enriquto 8y ago
        It's infuriatingly confusing and it's not clear that you will get back 100% of the space. If they are sincere about this, why cannot you simply fucking uninstall the damn application ? No stub, no nothing. Just a normal app like the others, that you can install or not.
        kllrnohj 8y ago
        Because it's on the system partition which is fixed size and read-only. That's how factory reset works, by nuking the data partition. They probably should just lie and rename the button to uninstall. That's basically what it is.
- vetinari 8y ago
  You can disable both. (I have Chrome disabled, because I like Firefox more).
- kllrnohj 8y ago
  Yes, you can. Both gmail & chrome have working disable buttons. At least they do on a Pixel 2.
  - s73v3r_ 8y ago
    Disable is not delete.
    - kllrnohj 8y ago
      Yes, it is. It no longer exists on the data partition nor can it run any code or be loaded. It has no size impact to you. The only difference is a factory reset will restore it.
      - s73v3r_ 8y ago
        "Yes, it is" No, it isn't. That's why they call it "disable" and not "delete".
        kllrnohj 8y ago
        Ok so they just need to rename the button and you're happy. Got it.
mehrdadn 8y ago
For the ones that allow you to, yeah. But how would you e.g. easily disable/delete Google Play Services (say, if you didn't want Google on your phone)? The disable option is disabled. Also, even when I try disabling some of these built-in Google apps that I supposedly can disable, I get a prompt warning me that "If you disable a built-in app, other apps may misbehave"... you can't keep a straight face telling a user "oh but you can easily disable this!" when you yourself are telling them the consequence is that it might break other things on their phone. (!)
- testvox 8y ago
  They just mean apps that use Google play services will be broken. I don't think that's unreasonable. it seems you want it both ways, you want the ability to remove or disable Google play services, without losing access to them.
  - gmiller123456 8y ago
    A lot of built in apps do not offer services to other apps, but they still display the same message. Google Play Services is the exceptional case.
russdpale 8y ago
Some apps can't be disabled. The t-mobile application for instance.
ionised 8y ago
Some of them simply reactivate/redownload themselves every time you do this. You basically have to root the phone to remove a lot of the Google/vendor bloatware.

Don't you just need to long press the app icon and choose disable/delete?

enriquto 8y ago

yes, but you cannot delete the google apps such as chrome or gmail (the option is not "enabled")

digi_owl 8y ago
Thankfully those are most often bundled as stubs that take barely any space. roll back the updates and then disable. Did that to Chrome for the longest time as i was using Firefox on my Android device (before Mozilla went nuts. Now i am flipflopping between Opera and Brave, while waiting for Vivaldi to get a mobile version).
- mehrdadn 8y ago
  Keep in mind that (a) if the fact that you have to roll back updates is not obvious to people here, I'm not sure how a normal user is supposed to find it "easy", and (b) if you have to roll it back too, you'd lose your data in that app, so it's neither as consequence-free as disabling, nor as thorough as deleting (freeing all the space etc.).
  - kllrnohj 8y ago
    Simply hitting "disable" warns you that it will uninstall updates & delete user data. It's literally a single button press to get back 100% of the space possible, and it's the button called "disable" right in front at the top of the app's info section.
    - enriquto 8y ago
      It's infuriatingly confusing and it's not clear that you will get back 100% of the space. If they are sincere about this, why cannot you simply fucking uninstall the damn application ? No stub, no nothing. Just a normal app like the others, that you can install or not.
      - kllrnohj 8y ago
        Because it's on the system partition which is fixed size and read-only. That's how factory reset works, by nuking the data partition. They probably should just lie and rename the button to uninstall. That's basically what it is.
vetinari 8y ago
You can disable both. (I have Chrome disabled, because I like Firefox more).
kllrnohj 8y ago
Yes, you can. Both gmail & chrome have working disable buttons. At least they do on a Pixel 2.
- s73v3r_ 8y ago
  Disable is not delete.
  - kllrnohj 8y ago
    Yes, it is. It no longer exists on the data partition nor can it run any code or be loaded. It has no size impact to you. The only difference is a factory reset will restore it.
    - s73v3r_ 8y ago
      "Yes, it is" No, it isn't. That's why they call it "disable" and not "delete".
      - kllrnohj 8y ago
        Ok so they just need to rename the button and you're happy. Got it.

mehrdadn 8y ago

For the ones that allow you to, yeah. But how would you e.g. easily disable/delete Google Play Services (say, if you didn't want Google on your phone)? The disable option is disabled. Also, even when I try disabling some of these built-in Google apps that I supposedly can disable, I get a prompt warning me that "If you disable a built-in app, other apps may misbehave"... you can't keep a straight face telling a user "oh but you can easily disable this!" when you yourself are telling them the consequence is that it might break other things on their phone. (!)

testvox 8y ago
They just mean apps that use Google play services will be broken. I don't think that's unreasonable. it seems you want it both ways, you want the ability to remove or disable Google play services, without losing access to them.
- gmiller123456 8y ago
  A lot of built in apps do not offer services to other apps, but they still display the same message. Google Play Services is the exceptional case.

russdpale 8y ago

Some apps can't be disabled. The t-mobile application for instance.

ionised 8y ago

Some of them simply reactivate/redownload themselves every time you do this. You basically have to root the phone to remove a lot of the Google/vendor bloatware.