Uninstall System Apps on Galaxy S9/S9 Plus Using ADB Commands
You can easily uninstall, disable or remove the pre-installed system apps on your Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus by executing the commands mentioned below. All you need is to install ADB and Fastboot tool on your computer and the name of the app’s package name you want to uninstall. This method works on all Samsung devices.
- Download the setup ADB and Fastboot on your computer.
- Enable USB debugging on your phone by going to Settings> Developer options.
- To know app package names for the apps installed on your Galaxy S9, install App Inspector from the Play Store. App InspectorPrice: Free
- Note down the app package names on a notepad app for future reference.
- Connect your phone to the computer and ‘Allow USB debugging’ if prompted.
- Well, now launch a command prompt window. To do so, place the mouse pointer on the Windows icon and do a right-click on the mouse. Select the Command Prompt option to launch the cmd window.
- Now type the following command in it and hit the Enter key.
adb shell
- On hitting the Enter key, you’ll get the codename for your device (‘starlte’ for the Galaxy S9 and ‘star2lte’ for the S9 Plus).
- Now issue the following command (pm uninstall -k –user 0…….) followed by the app package name (To See Packages: pm list packages / pm list packages -f / pm list packages | grep X) and press the Enter key. In the following command “com.samsung.android.messaging” is the app name for Samsung’s stock message app.
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.messaging - Just keep executing the above command with the app package names of the system apps you want to disable until you have removed all desired apps.
- To enable the disabled apps, you’ll have to perform a factory reset.
List of Bloat Apps on Samsung Galaxy S9/S9 Plus
For your convenience, we have made a list of system apps with their app package names.
Samsung Message
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.messaging
Samsung Keyboard
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.inputmethod
My Files
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.myfiles
Voice Service (S-Voice)
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.svoice.sync
Samsung Voice Input
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.svoiceime
Voice Service Framework (S-Voice)
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.svoice
Galaxy Apps
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.samsungapps
Galaxy Essentials Widget
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.widgetapp.samsungapps
Samsung Themes
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.themestore
Link Sharing
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.simplesharing
Smart Things
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.easysetup pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.beaconmanager
Carmode Stub
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.drivelink.stub
Email
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.email.provider
Configuration message
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.wsomacp
LED Cover Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.cover.ledcover pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.ledcoverdream
Samsung Dex Home
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.desktoplauncher
Samsung Dex
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.desktopmode.uiservice
Secure Folder
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.knox.securefolder
Smart Switch Agent
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.easyMover.Agent
Smart View
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.smartmirroring
withTV (Samsung TV)
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.withtv
Finance (Yahoo)
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.widgetapp.yahooedge.finance
Sports (Yahoo)
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.widgetapp.yahooedge.sport
Photo Screensavers
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.dreams.phototable
Gear VR Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.hmt.vrsvc
Health Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.service.health
Yelp Edge Panel
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.yelp.android.samsungedge
Samsung Internet Panel
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.sbrowseredge
CNN for Edge Panel
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.cnn.mobile.android.phone.edgepanel
Workspace
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.knox.containeragent
Samsung Mirror 1.1
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.mirrorlink
Samsung Pass
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.samsungpass
Autofill with Samsung Pass
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.samsungpassautofill
Samsung PaymentFramework
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.spayfw
Samsung Billing
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.billing
Dual Messenger
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.da.daagent
Emergency Information
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.emergency
Emergency Manager Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.emergencymode.service
Chrome
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.chrome
Google VR Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.vr.vrcore
Samsung Cloud
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.scloud
Facebook App Installer
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.system
Facebook App Manager
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager
Briefing
pm uninstall -k --user 0 flipboard.boxer.app
Hancom Office Editor
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.hancom.office.editor.hidden
Game Launcher
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gamehome
Game Optimizing Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.enhance.gameservice
Game Tools
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gametools
ANT + DUT
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.dsi.ant.sample.acquirechannels
ANT RADIO Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.dsi.ant.service.socket
ANT + HAL Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.dsi.ant.server
ANT + Plugins Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus
EasyOneHand
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.easyonehand
Android Easter Egg
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.egg
Keyguard Wallpaper Updator
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.keyguardwallpaperupdator
T-mobile Name ID
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.tmobile.services.nameid
Visual Voicemail
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.tmovvm
Google Print Service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.printservice.recommendation
Google Print Spooler
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.printspooler
Android Daemon
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.daemonapp
Provision Manager
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.managedprovisioning
Push Notification
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.spp.push
