Questions tagged [disable-app]
To temporarily disable an app without uninstalling it, it can be "frozen". This has nothing to do with an "app freezing" in terms of "not responding to input".
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How to disable an activity containing a special character?
What is the correct way to disable the activity:
com.android.settings/.Settings$SystemDashboardActivity
When I try to disable it via pm disable command it disables the whole Settings activity and ...
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How to enable a disabled app in Samsung
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S9, Android 10, OneUI2.0
After updating my OS last month, the "Enable" button disappears from App info panel(Settings | Apps | (app) | Enable, said How to enable a disabled app)....
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How to disable redmi note 7 recommended apps
Since one of the last updates, my phone has started showing me recommended apps when opening a folder on my screen.
How do I disable such behavior?
I tried following some guides online involving ...
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Can disabled application influence / modify system and UI
This is somewhat a follow up to my 1,5 year old question (still not answered).
I already know that applications displayed as disabled may still be running in background in certain scenarios (mostly, ...
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How to safely remove, disable, freeze system apps on rooted device?
How to safely remove, disable, freeze system apps on rooted device (Xiaomi Mi9)?
I tried doing it old school on my Mi9 but after removing just absolute bloatware system doesn't boot, had to reinstall ...
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Disable specific apps access to stock browser?
With a productivity lock in place with an access code that is set by someone else, the phone user cannot directly open the "stock browser" unless Android asks:
Sign into public wifi network
if I ...
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How to uninstall/disable system apps on Fire HD 8?
I want to uninstall or disable system apps on my Amazon Fire HD 8 2017. How can I do this? The FireOS version in "System Updates" menu is 5.6.2.0.
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Getting rid of Samsung's Gallery app notifications? (or even the entire app)
I'm currently using a Galaxy S5 mini with Android 5.1.1 and one thing that I find particularly irritating is Samsung's Gallery app that keeps giving notifications. For some reason I can't seem to turn ...
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How can Android run a disabled application?
I have just run into a situation described in this blog:
Can any one explain this to me? How can Android run a disabled application? What good do we have from marking applications as disabled, if ...
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list disable package feature/component
we can use pm list packages -d to list disabled packages.
but how can I list disabled feature/component inside a package?
for example I disable all fitness related stuff from gms
pm disable com....
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How do some system apps prevent themselves from being disabled?
I have been researching about this for quite some time and frankly I haven't found anything that reproduces this effect in any phone that I have tried, as you know there are a few system apps that ...
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How to disable Google Apps in Mi Phones
I observed in case of Mi phones like Redmi Note 4 & Mi Max2.
We’re not able to disable Google Apps like Chrome, Play Music, Play Movies & TV, etc.
Please let me know, how to disable Google ...
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Android 7 ignoring Auto Updates turned OFF. Any solution?
In Settings -> System apps updater, I've turned "Auto updates" to OFF. However, I've just received a message "5 apps updated". In fact it has updated Gmail, Maps, Chrome, Google Photos and Telegram.
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how to disable system apps without root?
How to disable system apps without root?
My phone model is vivo x5 max+ and android 4.4.4
I have tried Debloater but it failed to connect (I am sure I've allowed USB debugging).
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How can Instagram cause wakelocks when disabled?
Can somebody explain me the logic behind how Instagram can still be the top app in my wakelook detector app even when it is disabled with Package disabler??:O
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