Speed Up any Android Phone or Tablet

[@ChrisTitusTech]

*Couple Things to note:* Cheatsheet - www.christitus.com/debloat-android/
It is dangerous to remove system apps that you don't see in the app drawer. It can lead to you doing a full system recovery.
On Non-Rooted phones some applications are installed as root and error with " [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]" - type this to bypass: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0
This will be able to delete most of the apps that you can't do by traditional means even if you don't root your phone. I do this on every android device and clean off a lot of junk I could only disable.

[@TheGuy-tc8wm]

I removed my default launcher cause I didnt like it and now my gestures dont work lol.

[@wolf2k143]

"adb devices" is not showing anything, please respond what I should do, I have permission to the phone's folders

[@vinithp2565]

In some of the China's phone(xiaomi, mi etc) they locked bootloader, it may don't work until we unlock bootloader 🙏

[@zsigmondforis6336]

@@chitrakshbhatia You should type the real appname.
e.g: youtube app real name is com.google.android.youtube
So to uninstall youtube you should type:
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.youtube

[@ragilmalik]

this kinda help but if you don't root your phone, some of the apps will probably be automatically installed soon or at leqst on the next update.
Root give you access to system partition which has the list of apps the system has to check after booting up. Kinda like windows. You can uninstall it sure, but if it's built into the ROM, you're fucked without rooting.

[@Jimmy_Jones]

Obviously it's Clean Master. The holy grail of all apps. Plagued with ads and requires every permission going.

[@ChrisTitusTech]

Clean Master is bloatware at this point haha. It even bloats your notification drawer.

[@orestisfraSPDR]

@@ChrisTitusTech woooosh..... xD

[@ChrisTitusTech]

@@orestisfraSPDR hehe obligatory response for those that don't get it. You'd be surprised how many people think the solution is to install more apps instead of using official Android tools like this.

[@orestisfraSPDR]

@@ChrisTitusTech Yeah... that is actually sad if you think about it :/

[@hellomine2849]

@@ChrisTitusTech I used clean master in the past because my phone didn't have any apps to clean it :/

[@DegenerateQuinn]

This helped a ton on my old government smartphone. Came pre-installed with a bunch of useless or problematic apps and I was able to get rid of it all! Thanks!

[@mondskiez309]

For non-rooted phones, the adb command after shell should be:
"pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.your.app.name"
Where com.your.app.name is the package name of the app that you want to uninstall..
Do remember that since the phone is NOT rooted, the uninstall is merely taking the app out of view of "user 0" space or the standard non-root user..

[@TennesseeFrank]

Thank You. It worked like a charm

[@memooooo715]

I uninstalled the contact app and dialer and the whatsapp doesnt work and nothing is working regarding to the phone app
How I reset or restore this package again , please ?

[@iurcic]

@@memooooo715 you have to travel back in time and tell to ur self not to do that

[@Bball2]

@@memooooo715 you could install an open source contact and dialer app, you've already fucked it up deleting those if you don't have another app that do the same

[@741Nikhil]

@@memooooo715 reset your phone

[@glibberglobber9358]

This is so damn helpful. I've wanted to remove things like gmail and play movies that I don't use for the longest time, but I didn't want to have to root my phone. This is a godsend.

[@DrAdityaReddy]

Your pfp is cursed

[@nyannaaurora]

the production value of these videos is great! i also love your voice and this chill setting

[@corneldutta]

Hey Chris.. Big fan of your content! For tech enthusiasts who don't want to go to the lengths of rooting and flashing this is a pretty neat method to get rid of all OEM stock apps.
However, the bypass mentioned by you for [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR] needed a little tweak to work on Windows cmd prompt -> adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 .
Thanks again.. you rock!

[@st2vik422]

Thanks for the useful tutorial, some of facebook packages I wasnt abble to uninstall with simple command "adb uninstall" I had to use "adb shell pm uninstall --user 0". Hope it helps to somebody with same issues.

[@ronymarques8340]

This video is awesome and helped me a lot. But I need to say two thing for Windows users like me. (1) "grip" just work at Linux. Te proper command line for Windows is the following: "adb shell pm list packages | findstr ". (2) To delete some apps you need to, first, use "adb shell". Then, "adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 " as Cornel Dutta mentioned in a comment here.

[@jaybrewer6769]

Dude!! Seriously thank you for this. I had no idea you could do that without rooting. I will note that if you do it on windows, you will leave off the package: and in powershell pipe it our and replace grep with findstr -i when searching for appnames.

[@kingpretentious8427]

thank u

[@jimmaule1388]

Thank you, I am fumbling my way thru this and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong . Are these dos commands?

[@TVJAY]

I just bought an Amazon fire tablet for my wife and can't wait to see your video on it. I would also love to see you install the Google play store on the Amazon Fire tablet.

[@NEWNATURE777]

Thank you Chris for your support and dedication to all the communities! I'm a new sub to your channel...
Shalom 👍

[@aaronruiz816]

Thank you so much for this! This is just what I needed. My new S21 is nice and clean thanks to you ❤️

[@pennakira]

thank you for the video. I tried the command on win10 "adb shell pm list packages | grep samsung" and i get 'grep' not recognized.

[@Bradley-Thomsen]

grep is a linux specific command. You can install the linux commands on windows and that should fix the issue you are running into.

[@gopikrishnanr576]

Can you make a video on installation of open source custom ROM. I know most people don't need that, but I'm using an old phone with Android 7 (still working like a beast) and would like to explore newer version of Android in it.

[@mohdsaqib4454]

which phone are u using actually I also want to use custom rom on my lg stylus 2 plus (android 7)

[@cosmicpegasis7591]

Mate I don't know if Chris will make a video or not, but search for xda they are kind of your one stop shop for everything android modding related.
I'm pretty sure you can find at least a dozen videos from there to help you.
Cheers!

[@gopikrishnanr576]

I use Lenovo P2.

[@prashantprem1]

@@gopikrishnanr576 XDA

[@rsseguel]

By far, Nougat is still the best version of Android. Amazing performance and speed.

[@Leon_George]

Thank you, once again. You are right, the set up process is not very complicated, it's more confusing why other sources don't just describe the process straight away.

[@AnzanHoshinRoshi]

Thank you, Chris. Very useful.

[@MartinAhlman]

Looking forward to the debloating of a Kindle Fire! Great stuff!

[@adfjasjhf]

This way of removing apps doesn't uninstall the system apps. It just disables them and you can enable them again with some command. If you watch XDA Developers video they also mention this

[@GardenData61371]

I tried uninstalling Chrome via root and ended up soft bricking my phone.

[@hmmm5300]

Holy shit man I wanna disable Chrome. Can you do that without root?

[@cashbonanza963]

@@hmmm5300 yes you can. But you'll need a PC with google's android SDK manager, more specifically "platform tools". The command is PM uninstall. Googlw it, there's an article about this on xda

[@hellomine2849]

@@hmmm5300 I tried disabling google chrome and uninstall all the updates but after a couple of hours it's back. If I want to disable an app it should stay disabled.

[@dunkeykung1162]

@@cashbonanza963 you don't even need the whole thing, just the adb drivers. Fastboot comes along too but it's more of a nice bonus in case you wanna load up a custom ROM.

[@Void_Dragon]

Thats cool and all but how about fixing a broken usb c port? cant root or use adb.

[@robert58]

This is exactly the video I was looking for, thanks a lot

[@bamsemh1]

How about the phone only method? 🤔 Disabled apps doesn't run or use resources. But xiaomi needs a computer to disable/Uninstall. Samsung has 70+ bloatware, so good luck on that.

[@samuelschwager]

Neat! Just bought an Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet. Might debloat it ;)

[@MikeDragon]

Oh God, this is a God-sent thing! However, I could not get Facebook off of my Asus phone. Maybe I am doing something wrong? Maybe need to do it as Superuser? I always get the "Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]" error when trying to remove anything Facebook. For that matter, also got the same thing when I tried to remove Instagram.
EDIT: Nevermind, I just noticed Chris' pinned comment about this error. Problem solved!
Chris, my good sir. Thank you SO much for these tips! I've finally got rid of the junk without needing to go through the hassle of rooting my phone. I'm so happy, now!

[@4x4gear33]

Thank you Chris for taking the time to do this.

[@731Seba]

Thanks to you and debian, now I degoogled my phone without root

[@isekaiguy69]

Thank you! I have a Samsung note 20 ultra on the way and I plan to debloat! I do have a paid app from the app store that does debloat. However I would much rather do it independently and out of the phone or tablet completely

[@zerok37]

Hey Chris, can you make a tutorial on Android custom ROM? Like, what ROM to use, steps to install a ROM for newbies, how to avoid brick your device, etc?

[@22stunt45]

Buddy there are solo many of these on youtube. Just search for it. Also xda developers will help you tremendously.

[@ElaineGarcia-uo8qj]

I want to use ADB to uninstall Facebook on my Samsung smartphone. I don't know if it is tricky or not. I appreciate you giving me a cheat sheet, which I will copy and print. I just wish there was more information on how to do this on print. I need to be able to follow written instructions while I am "debugging" this phone. Anything that will actually help is appreciated.

[@andreasmaximus6116]

The grep command didn't work (not recognized). Any suggestions?

[@JohnLaird7]

You're truly a live saver bud. Thank you!

[@tony001212]

the comand using " grep " does not work for me, it says : grep: The term 'grep' is not recognized as a cmdlet name ...what am I doing wrong ?

[@chiragwad]

same

[@AndreKochDre]

Nice! But I get Failure on the uninstall packagename command; what do I type in on the shell uninstall command?

[@muhammadfahim8746]

Thank You so much Titus.
It is so much helpful for every android users.

[@ghandigidget]

every time I paste the script into my powershell, it immediately closes. please help. I"ve used your toolbox in past too. An old script worked but looked nothing like your walkthrough. the newest script does not open like stated above...powershell immediately closes.

[@XxxcloackndaggerxxX]

Wow I'm so confused, I thought we were going to debloat my Samsung Android smartphone S 20! You were talking about things right from the beginning I had just no idea!

[@LouisHansell]

FYI, an update to this video...
I took the steps in this video to uninstall Facebook on my Android phone. It worked.
I just my phone to Android 12, checked the apps, and - whaaa? - Facebook was installed!
Now, going to Apps/Facebook, there was a 'uninstall' at the bottom. I chose that and it appears to have been uninstalled.

[@gauravmitra2187]

If you are de-bloating and it shows some error as in Failed and it does not show success after typing the command adb uninstall then only you can use this command :
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 then the package name

[@davidnickel3949]

thank you for this you just helped me flash my phone to e/OS

[@zsigmondforis6336]

The error Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR] indicates that you probably do not have the necessary permissions for such operation.
In this case the parameter --user can be used for disabling the application only for the given user:
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 package.name
for example: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.linkedin.android
It should work even on non-rooted samsung devices!

[@zsigmondforis6336]

With this metode you can safely uninstall applications like chrome, samsung pass, gmail, etc. Even you can easily reinstall them if you want.

[@XMorpheus3000]

I've never done anything like this with my phone so I'm trying it on an old phone but I'm running into an issue. I installed chocolatey, turned on usb debugging on the phone, ran adb devices, clicked "always allow" "ok" on the prompt onthe phone. Then tells me this: "List of devices attached
5d7fea23 device emulator-5554 offline" then I put in "adb shell pm list packages" and it tells me "adb.exe: more than one device/emulator" What did I do wrong?

[@NishiAAAddiction]

I get the error "grep : The term 'grep' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check
the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
etc"
What am I doing wrong? :( I'm on Windows 10 PowerShell btw should I use some other command?

[@IntrovertedTechie]

Life saver for miui users

[@IntrovertedTechie]

@@oguzhanicelliler9167 yeah that's what I'm doing

[@colombianosanti14]

When I do this on Linux Mint, I get the error message "adb shell pm list packages" I'm using an LG MS345 running Android 5.1.1. Any help, please?

[@PS_Tube]

Hey thanks Chris. It's really informative piece.

[@gamegamesoumic]

Hello there @Chris ! I followed your tutorial to uninstall Facebook from my Samsung A6+ using my Debian 10 Testing. At first I failed, but then I saw your comment. So I tried `adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.REST_OF_THE_NAME` from your comment and viola! Worked like a charm! :D

[@fred-youtube]

Why did you censor the rest of the FB package name?

[@gamegamesoumic]

@@fred-youtube I don't remember why I did that, lol.
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.katana

[@TheMcMonster]

Can uninstalling any packages affect the ability to do a hard reset? I'm contemplating buying a Samsung phone and I would like to first uninstall all the Samsung bloatware. Will I still be able to hard reset and start from scratch if something breaks? Asking just in case.

[@3dSensei952]

'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[@3dSensei952]

I figured it out

[@3dSensei952]

You just to insert quotes before pm like,
adb shell "pm list packages | grep facebook"

[@J.0.E]

Thank you ☺️

[@MrSinister0201]

so when i go to use "grep" command it says grep is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

[@rfdiego777]

thanks a lot, I also have a samsung and those things are full of bloatware, now it's a lot snappier!

[@Ratteler]

This was great. I have a bunch of old phones that I can probably now make use of thanks to this..
Any chance of a similar guide to rooting a phone?

[@joejoedot]

Great bro, its amazing all that stuff, i knew on the bottom of my heart that, there was commands like theese to do thinks like this i guess that there is a lot of much more adb commands to different purposes

[@tomschallschauer]

is it save to removoe all the huawei service stuff? Anything i should not touch if iam a noob?

[@infotruther]

I Don't know if you will see my comments but I'm sort of lost on how to debloat android.

[@morphedrenegade]

Hi i, followed all steps and in ADB it even said success by ut the apps are still there on my Note9. What have I done wrong?

[@rosemarieosborn8625]

ok I made it to the adb shell, I got the list of junk on my kindle, I type the adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 and the appname and got this output: Failure - not installed for 0 what does this mean, I am frustrated right now I want the junk off of my tablet.

[@Dayzjuniestarz821]

love your videos. let us know when you have one for windows 10 (Speed Up any Android Phone or Tablet)

[@panic_seller]

Thanks this could be a life saver on Android TV, I'm using the Xiaomi Mi Box, I installed some apps just to check them out and suddenly they stuck there as system apps, things like Hulu, Pandora, RedBull TV, Showtime, Sling TV

[@Nsfwstar]

My fast android phone:
So You are saying im slow ??

[@eno3291]

For me it said 'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

[@paristath6773]

Me with an iPhone with no ads: Interesting

[@wxckd]

when I tried using the 'adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.samsungapps' command, I got : Error: Unknown option: --user. Can someone help me?

[@premier69]

since i already have it I'll continue with titanium backup, but this would have been nice to know years back

[@sahaaf7563]

Sir my cmd shows grep is not recogenised as an internal or external command. Please help me to fix this. I'm using windows 7

[@hasiburrahmanjitu2734]

Please do an updated video on "How to Remove Viruses From Your Computer (2020 version)"
Previous method still works well though....

[@SevenPure]

New to all of this - is it possible to use ADB to do the following: Debloat, DeGoogle, install MicroG and retain full S-Pen functionality on a Samsung Note device?

[@SHREDTILLDEAD]

I have a moto x2 that I like alot is there anyway to use adb tools to flash a newer build onto it?

[@26CT1520]

Awesome stuff! Thank you Chris.

[@wv1swlamatswl523]

I just purchased an Android pre-pay Orbic Wonder which will only ever be used at home on wifi. I had plugged it into my Linux Mint computer intending to just let it charge via USB, and was unexpectedly surprised that it popped up an Android icon on the screen. I can open up and transfer files between the two. Didn't expect that at all. But there are a few apps on the phone I'd certainly like to get rid of. Thanks for uploading this. Will try to see if I can make this work.

[@wv1swlamatswl523]

6 months later, I can get the phone on the laptop screen with scrcpy.. but durned if I can do anything with adb commands in the terminal. Just doesn't do anything for me.

[@angelchiriboga3904]

i need to get chocolatey first. correct?
which version for windows 10 proffesional?

[@suddenleaf]

I have a Samsung and the DeBloater only shows 2 packages, both related to Amazon. What did I do wrong

[@roku-toiletpapersquad8664]

After uninstall, the application is still within my phone but the size is below 500 KB. im not sure why it didnt fully uninstall instead.

[@JohnGuillorykf5qeo]

I'd love to use adb on my lg stylo 6, unfortunately, it shows nothing when I type adb devices. I tried installing the device driver, and there is no option for selecting charge mode / file transfer / etc.

[@G0NMY]

Can adb search for the google covid19 service and remove it???
Great tutorial but I couldnt find how to search and remove services. any hints?
I did get rid of a shed load of Samsung rubbish on my old galaxy s4
The next thing to do is to find out what all the Huawei apps I can remove on my P9

[@doh2934]

Hi. After listening to your tutorial I am thinking I will need to live with bloatware. But lets try a few questions and see if that helps. I have an LG. Under settings I do not have "about" but I have "about phone". I assume that is what you mean? Under this I do not have a "Build number" to tap 7 times on. I have a phone name if that is what you mean? but no build number. Can you help me at this point? Thanks

[@voiceofreason314]

Needed this! Thank you!

[@theopinion9452]

"Right,quick parole"
Austin Powers

[@RichardLBartlett]

I've got an old Samsung 7.0 Tab that is slow as all hell. I've rooted it and tried a myriad of custom android builds that purport to be minimalist but to no avail. I've even tried rolling back to factory settings. I'm starting to think it's not just a software issue. Is it possible there is something going on internally and the system is throttling to compensate for heat? I just can't rationalize how rolling the software back has no effect on a device with no moving parts. I suppose one day I'll consider the tablet a loss either way and try cracking it open and cleaning it / replacing thermal paste.

[@coonstation]

Thank You. This is very helpful to me. I took some apps off that I don't use. Play Music is one of those because they stop using the service on this app. I don't read so I took these off as well. Let anyone know that this doesn't remove what inside of the locked system. When you restore your phone like new everything will be put back. You will have to remove those again.

[@archlinus5066]

3:25 in some types of recovery (like twrp) you can use adb too

[@asifkaka5052]

'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file.
please help me why am I seeing this?

[@JadenHybrid]

Please put this Fire Tablet video soon you mentionned.

[@MrGrape-fd4mz]

Both operating systems, whether it be Android or iOS have pros and cons. Android has freedom and customizability and iOS has the long term reliability where it will keep getting updates.

[@verbaljudo3173]

Hey chris Im a noob but does my phone have to rooted to do this? Because when i type adb devices it doesnt show any devices

[@kc4qq1023]

Phillip Cyr
when I entered "choco adb devices" in power shell, command returned "RF8N32K3NRL unauthorized". The phone's serial number + unauthorized. What did I do wrong. Phone is Samsung Galaxy A10 E.

[@vishalkaushal4311]

Would this tutorial work on redmi devices. Specifically MIUI with bootloader locked?
I hate MIUI but am stuck due to 2 reasons
1. Laziness
2. Hardware is good for price and had to buy redmi device in place of other near-vanilla androids.

[@adityamadhu5085]

There is a different tool for debloating MIUI using adb, without unlocking bootloader.

[@vishalkaushal4311]

@@adityamadhu5085 could you please point me to the right direction for it. I want to get rid of the MI crap.

[@cosmicpegasis7591]

@@vishalkaushal4311 Mate I would recommend going all the way and installing a custom rom.
This is because the Mi apps will always come back after you update your phone. Not updating your phone is not such a great idea considering the security patches you'll be missing

[@nitingaikwad30]

@@vishalkaushal4311 same problem here. Somebody please provide solution.

[@erriezzanslounge1380]

just throw your laziness and do a google search.be smart cause u holding a smartphone.
tick usb debugging on phone.
connect.
open adb command
type adb device
type adb shell
type pm uninstall -k --user (appname)
done.

[@beskeptic]

Help please! That didnt work well for me... most 'adb uninstall com.packagename' just got 'Failure' response and a lot of apps wasnt listed on the 'adb shell pm list packages'. I think i need to root the phone to uninstall those apps

[@sergiomc]

Hello, what Linux distribution are you using in this video?

[@enoughmuskspam2490]

What about a custom rom install guide Chris?

[@brunomoli86]

that grep command doesnt work for me on powershell, tried typing it in different combinations witht the spaces but it doesnt recognize it. Any thoughts?

[@ariloguecom]

is it possible to uninstall gapps and disable google services with this method? sametime is it possible to disable telemetry ?

[@uryaar7216]

Thanks! Just wondering - is removing stock apps like this voids the warranty?
I have a Xiaomi phone and it has so much unnecessary Xiaomi apps...

[@jathinpandit9353]

No. I have a xiaomi phone. There is a toolkit called xiaomi adb/ fastboot tools. It's a Gui. It shows which are safe to uninstall through adb. There are steps on how to pair with the phone and its easier for a beginner. Maybe try through this method if you aren't flexible nor confident with entering package names and all. That program can delete most of the Google and Xiaomi apps except the essentials. And don't try to delete the themes and the security apps. You can remove the cleaner app and even the G keyboard. Check out XDA forums or there are some YT videos on the subject if you are confused. (personal advice, try to install different drivers if one doesn't work out. You can get the official Xiaomi one in the Web and it usually works)

[@daloser09]

so for some reason, my computer is basically giving me the middle finger every time I try to use the grep command. It keeps saying it is an unrecognized command. anyway to get my windows laptop to recognize that command?

[@russellhaskett6830]

I wish I could do this. Something is corrupted either on my phone or PC that renders USB connection impossible.

[@FSerpentxnitro]

greb is not working
adb shell pm list packages | grep google 'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
The rest works fine

[@naughtylittlepuppy5062]

This doesn't work on my android 10 Samsung m31. Any suggestion? Thanks.

[@angelchiriboga3904]

i REMEMBER WHEN a phone just dialed another phone.

[@derangedape2204]

amazing video finally got rid of bixby,now have a button that does nothing but better than bixby.

[@hwthingzwork]

i tried this on my samsung galaxy j3 (2016) the app only disappears no storage space freed. same as disabling

[@fnkcgxgkgcfu]

What theme is that on oh my bash, if that is oh my bash?