How to disable Apps on Android
Disabling apps on phone is an easy task but it can be impossible when there is no disable feature for that app.
You can disable an app on Android phone just by clicking on disable under the App info though it’s easy but sometime it can be impossible if there is no disable option, like this app( refer above image) on my android phone…You can’t click on the disable option and even can’t uninstall this.
To overcome this problem I came with this blog where I’ll guide you through the steps so that you can disable any app on an android device.
To do this, I have used adb(Android Debug Bridge) program/command-line tool on my Linux machine and you can do the same on any machine i.e. Windows OS, Linux, Mac.
To do this we need two programs — adb and App inspector ( to get the package name of App easily), a computer machine (Windows or Linux), and a USB cable to connect the phone to the computer.
- To install adb on Windows/Linux(Debian) download this package
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
extract it and open CMD in that location or run this command on Linux,
sudo apt install adb
- Download app inspector on your android device
Now that you have successfully installed all the necessary software on both devices mobile and computer…
- Connect your phone to the computer through USB and turn on Debugging mode under the developer option. To configure the device on developer mode follow these steps :
Setting -> About Phone -> Version -> Build Number -> tap 7 time
Setting -> Developer options -> USB debugging -> turn ON
After turning on USB debugging, open terminal and CMD in Window and type adb and press enter, you’ll be getting pop up on your mobile device click on allow and now you are good to go.
Now run following command in terminal it will list the connected device to the computer.
adb devices
If everything you have done correctly you’ll be getting the list of devices, if not do perform the above steps again correctly.
Now open the application (app inspector) that you have install on phone and click on the app that you want to disable and look for the package name :
Go to the terminal and run this command
BOOM! you have successfully disabled an app that wasn’t possible in a normal way.
And you can perform these steps for almost any application on any Android device.
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