So-called bloatware is for most people a major disadvantage when buying a smartphone from a manufacturer like Samsung, HTC or LG. You have to deal with front-end interfaces such as Sense and TouchWiz. Of course, the first thing tech-savvy Android users do is getting root access and flash a custom ROM to get a more pure and modified Android experience. Another option is to use root access to completely delete all the unwanted apps.
Disable all your unwanted apps from your manufacturer without root
If you’re device is rooted, then I suggest you go for one of the two options. But, if you belong to the majority of Android users, you don’t have a rooted device and probably never heard about it. There’s still an easy way to get rid of bloatware by disabling unwanted apps in your phone’s settings. The keyword here is ‘disable’ because the apps won’t be actually deleted but rather disabled . That means that all disabled apps will be hidden and won’t run at all. They won’t use any of your phone’s resources. The only difference to deleting an app is that disabled apps are still stored on your phone. So let’s get to it:
Disabling all the unnecessary waste on your phone definitely improves both your phone’s performance and your experience with it. If you want to go one step further, you should check out all the different Launchers that substitute your manufacturer’s interface. But if you really want to have a pure and highly customizable version of Android, then you should really read about rooting and check out our rooting knowledge database.
