[seasickseagull#CB]

I don't use Google HANGOUTS. When I tried to disable it, I got a pop-up window telling me "If I disable a built-in app, other apps might misbehave. My data will also be deleted. Since I have never used HANGOUTS, I was wondering what I can expect if I do delete HANGOUTS. Has anyone had any experience deleting HANGOUTS or any other factory installed app, where the same message appears? Thanks..... Jeff, Toronto Canada.

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[anon8380037]

Hello. Welcome to Android Central.

Yes you can disable most stock apps that have icons.

I had plenty disabled on my previous Samsung (no Hangouts on Samsung). On my current Moto G I had let everything running, until I had some heating and battery issues.

As it happens, I was getting pop ups about Hangouts failing, but thanks to your post I saw I had not turned off notifications while disabled. I hope that cures it.

You won't have any other issues, afaik.

[comk4ver]

It's alright to disable them or anything app you don't actually use. That's just a warning in case you actually use said app

[Rukbat]

Some apps actually are used by other apps (instead of wasting space duplicating a task, one app will call the task in another app), but Hangouts isn't one that I've had any problem with. I always disable it because I don't use it.

[myguruji]

It is safe to disable Google hangout & other Google bloatware

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[Jeff Solo]

Hangouts is pretty annoying

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[TheDarkAM]

Why would i be unsafe?

[recDNA]

If it screwed up gmail for example

[AlphaTango414]

You can disable Google services but then everything google related will quit work and you will constantly get error messages stating to enable google services.

Goes for several other apps.