this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2025
50 points (100.0% liked)

DeGoogle Yourself

13011 readers
157 users here now

A community for those that would like to get away from Google.

Here you may post anything related to DeGoogling, why we should do it or good software alternatives!

Rules

  1. Be respectful even in disagreement

  2. No advertising unless it is very relevent and justified. Do not do this excessively.

  3. No low value posts / memes. We or you need to learn, or discuss something.

Related communities

!privacyguides@lemmy.one !privacy@lemmy.ml !privatelife@lemmy.ml !linuxphones@lemmy.ml !fossdroid@social.fossware.space !fdroid@lemmy.ml

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I'm not buying a Pixel because I'm not giving Google any money. I'm in the US so the other OSs will not work for me. I just need this crap off my phone. I can't uninstall Youtube, and it came with Facebook. It's just infuriating. Can I just root it and connect it to my Linux laptop and just force uninstalls or something without bricking the device?

Any help appreciated!

top 24 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Canta+shizuku no need for extra pain

[–] caos@feddit.org 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

In my experience, the easiest way to get rid of bloatware junk is to use Universal Android Debloater. This gives you a GUI/wizard to execute the ADB commands. Here is an introduction (in German): Google-Apps und weitere Bloatware loswerden mit dem "Universal Android Debloater Next Generation"

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 33 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

You need to return that phone ASAP and get something that will let you install a custom ROM on it, like a Pixel or a OnePlus.

Edit: shitsung just recently sent out an update that finally kills off bootloader unlocking for all shitsung devices. Us Americans haven't been able to do it for quite a long time, but Europe and Asia could, and now they no longer can. So shitsung is absolutely not a brand to be using at all.

[–] Clepsydrae@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Source on the edit? I believe you, just curious about the details.

[–] Matt 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago

Hey, thanks for finding that.

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 14 points 14 hours ago

I'm not buying a Pixel because I'm not giving Google any money.

Refurbished pixels :D

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 14 hours ago

You can use ADB and Universal Android De-bloater to disable them completely: https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater/releases

[–] slackness@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Wtf I thought Samsung did that for the cheaper models only.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Top end samsung stuff is pure bloatware as well. Reviewers never mention the bloatware.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

for most people it's not "bloatware" 🤷

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 13 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.youtube

you can start there and than you know how to uninstall the rest of the bloat

adb shell pm list packages

will give you a list of all the installed packages

you don't even need to root to uninstall through adb

but, with an unlocked phone it should be better to just install a degoogled android

https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater already has a list for samsung debloating

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Bear in mind, this isn't actually uninstalling the binaries, it is just masking them for that user account. Samsung/Google can turn them back on whenever they choose.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

indeed, if you update, they will all be back on

[–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Never seen them come back after update

[–] jay@mbin.zerojay.com 1 points 10 hours ago

Everything's uninstallable for me.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

ADB AppControl

That is what I used to debloat my S23U, even banished Bixby to the shadow realm.

[–] Dr_Necropolis@lemmy.zip 5 points 16 hours ago
[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I had a Samsung phone once through the mobile company....never - ever - again. seriously made me contemplate a old school flip phone but all our banking is done on the phone app because their website is shit

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 12 hours ago

Change banks

[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

You should be able to root it with odin and install TWRP as a custom recovery. From there install a cfw of your choice.

Or just use your new root power to uninstall the bloatware.

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Not on Qualcomm chipsets. Which is most these days.

[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

OP stated the device is already unlocked.

[–] Avitus@ioc.exchange 1 points 15 hours ago

@ScoffingLizard You can remove whatever you want with adb shell or this: https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater