{"id":9606,"date":"2022-09-17T17:51:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=9606"},"modified":"2025-06-20T22:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T20:42:37","slug":"how-to-degoogle-any-android-phone-without-root-degoogle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2022\/09\/17\/how-to-degoogle-any-android-phone-without-root-degoogle\/","title":{"rendered":"How to DeGoogle any Android phone WITHOUT root! : degoogle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just a link. I know it is a wide and hard issue, but this can be a start:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-degoogle-any-android-phone-without-root\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/degoogle\/comments\/jqxe1u\/tutorial_how_to_degoogle_any_android_phone\/\">How to DeGoogle any Android phone WITHOUT root!<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p>I will show you how to uninstall\/disable any system app without root, the process takes around 2 minutes and is reversible (therefore 100% safe) so if something goes wrong you can always reinstall or reenable the app. To get started, all you need is your phone and a PC. :)Preparation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Install App Manager on your phone: <a href=\"https:\/\/f-droid.org\/en\/packages\/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/f-droid.org\/en\/packages\/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable Developer Options (Settings > About phone > click on <strong>Build number<\/strong> until you get &#8220;You are now a developer!&#8221; prompt) and enable USB Debugging.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect your Android phone to your PC via USB and select &#8220;<strong>File transfer<\/strong>&#8221; mode.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Download ADB Platform Tools:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Windows: <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.google.com\/android\/repository\/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dl.google.com\/android\/repository\/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ubuntu: Just type in Terminal: <strong>sudo apt install android-tools-adb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>macOS: <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.google.com\/android\/repository\/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dl.google.com\/android\/repository\/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On Windows and macOS <strong>extract the archive<\/strong> and open the &#8220;platform-tools&#8221; folder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now open a CMD\/Terminal <strong>inside the platform-tools folder<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On Windows this can be done by opening a CMD and using the following commend: <strong>cd &lt;folder path&gt;<\/strong>Connecting to your phone via ADB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type in: <strong>adb devices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should see something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>List of devices attached<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>TCB7N16194009655 device<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It means that your phone is ready to connect. Now type: <strong>adb shell<\/strong> and confirm the connection on your phone (you can also check &#8220;Always trust this computer&#8221; so you won&#8217;t have to confirm this every single time). Now that&#8217;s what you should be seeing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>HWCLT:\/ $<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations! You&#8217;re ready to debloat your phone.<\/strong> I have a Huawei device so my phone&#8217;s name is HWCLT &#8211; it can vary depending on your phone&#8217;s model.Here&#8217;s the fun part!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On your phone, open the App Manager app and find the apps you want to uninstall. You have to remember the <strong>package name<\/strong> of the app (e.g. Google Play Store&#8217;s package name is <strong>com.android.vending<\/strong>, YouTube&#8217;s <strong>com.google.android.youtube<\/strong>, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below I&#8217;m giving you all commands you will ever need to get rid of Google. To use them, just copy them to your terminal and replace <strong>&lt;package name&gt;<\/strong> with your app&#8217;s package name. It&#8217;s that simple!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you&#8217;d want to uninstall Google Play Store, you&#8217;d enter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">&lt;strong&gt;pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.vending&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>And boom! Play Store is uninstalled!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below I&#8217;ll give you all commands you&#8217;ll need:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">pm list packages | grep &lt;OEM\/Carrier\/App Name&gt; \/\/ Shows you a list of all apps with the given keyword in name, e.g. google will show you apps like com.google.android.apps.photos, com.google.android.gms etc.\n\npm uninstall -k --user 0 &lt;package name&gt; \/\/ Uninstalls the given app\n\npm disable-user --user 0 &lt;package name&gt; \/\/ Disables the given app\n\ncmd package install-existing &lt;package name&gt; \/\/ Reinstalls a system app if you accidently uninstalled it (apps that you downloaded yourself cannot be reinstalled by this method)\n\npm default-state &lt;package name&gt; \/\/ Please try this reinstallation method if the one above doesn&#039;t work\n\npm enable &lt;package name&gt; \/\/ Enables the given app<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Just a link. I know it is a wide and hard issue, but this can be a start: How to DeGoogle any Android phone WITHOUT root!<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2022\/09\/17\/how-to-degoogle-any-android-phone-without-root-degoogle\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42,101,171,319,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android","category-android-2","category-ethics","category-operative-systems","category-smartphones"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-2uW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10710,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2023\/08\/13\/how-to-uninstall-any-android-app-with-adb-including-system-apps-and-bloatware\/","url_meta":{"origin":9606,"position":0},"title":"How to Uninstall Any Android App With ADB (Including System Apps and Bloatware)","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2023-08-13","format":false,"excerpt":"Android phones often come with lots of extra apps installed. 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