How To Uninstall System Apps Using Adb Without Root

How To Uninstall System Apps Using ADB Without Root

In this article, we discuss how to remove/uninstall system apps in the android phone using ADB (Android Debug Bridge).

Requirements:

1.USB Drivers For Your Device
2.Minimal ADB and Fastboot
3.Enable Developer Option & USB Debugging

To enable the developer option, go to your settings >> about section >> then tap 7 times on the build number.
In the developer option, you have to tick on USB Debugging.

Let's Do it,

Download and install Minimal ADB & Fastboot. 

Minimal ADB & Fastboot

Open Minimal ADB and Fastboot command prompt.
Connect the android phone with pc/laptop using a USB cable and make sure your USB Debugging is turned on.

Now run the below commands,

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb devices
List of devices attached
ZFXXXXXJMM device

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb shell

chef_sprout:/ $ pm list packages | grep 'camera'

In the above command, pm list packages | grep 'OEM/Carrier/App Name'
OEM/Carrier/App Name = Your app name which you want to delete, here in this example I choose camera app.
After running the above command you will get an output with the package name shown below.
In some cases, you will get many more package names but you are smart enough to find the perfect package name for the app which you want to delete.

package:com.motorola.ts.camera

chef_sprout:/ $ pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.ts.camera

SOME PROCESS GOING HERE

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>

In the above command, pm uninstall -k --user 0 (name of the package)
Change package name with your app's package name.

How To Get Back/Re-Install uninstalled Apps (APKs) with ADB

Open a command prompt or terminal window, and enter the following command

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb shell
chef_sprout:/ $ cmd package install-existing com.motorola.ts.camera

com.motorola.ts.camera = package name

so change it with your app's package name

This works because applications truly aren’t being fully uninstalled from the device, they are just being uninstalled for the current user (user 0 is the default/main user of the phone). That’s why, if you omit the “–user 0” and “-k” part of the uninstall command, the command won’t work. These two flags respectively specify that the system app will only be uninstalled for the current user (and not all users, which is something that requires root access) and that the cache/data of the system application will be preserved (which can’t be removed without root-access). Therefore, even if you “uninstall” a system application using this method, you can still receive official OTA updates from your carrier or OEM.

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