What to know how to uninstall some apps that came on phone

[valinda82]

I would like to uninstall talk back and few other apps that a android apps that came on the phone when bought brand new but I don't use them so they are useless for me and taking up space on phone that I need is there away to uninstall android apps that came on the phone??

 

[chanchan05]

Uninstalling them won't give you back space apart from space taken up by updates. You can disable them from the apps menu so they won't take up space. However those that can't be disabled are core apps and the phone is using them even if you think you're not.

 

[Tim1954]

And the device will reinstall them in any case if they are bloat on boot up.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Moved from the Android Apps forum to the General Help forum, since the former is intended for developers to promote their apps.

Disabled apps won't be automatically updated, so at least you can prevent the app from increasing in size (which usually happens with updates).

 

[kramer5150]

You cant completely remove many bloat apps, but you can deactivate them. It depends on the device and carrier what you can and can not do.

For me simply disabling unused apps is sufficient. I just use application manager. Force stop, clear cache + clear data, turn off permissions, turn of notifications, restrict background data, disable. Note that disabling the app will not free up storage space, although it will prevent the app from updating and getting any bigger.

If the app has the uninstall / remove option... use that. AFIAK this will (or at least should) free up space. I have never actually verified it.

If you are unsure how important the app is, google search the name. On Verizon the go90 carrier bloat is the bad one, it installs games and other junk in the background. There may be others as well, so its good practice to kill off whatever you can.

On Verizon these are the bloat apps I deactivate. The 4-5 that I have completely un-installed don't appear on this list. You mention talkback specifically... I have not noticed any negative side effects from deleting it.