Samsung Smartphone App Deletion Guide

This article will walk you through the process of removing apps from a Samsung phone. You should be able to follow this guide regardless of the version of Android you have installed on your device, even though older Samsung models may have one or two menu items that are different.

On more recent mobile phones, the simplest and quickest way to delete applications from a device is to interact with the icon that represents the app that is located on the home screen.

1. To uninstall an app, tap and hold (long press) the app's icon on your device's home screen.

2. Pick the Uninstall option from the drop-down menu that appears. When prompted, select OK from the menu that appears.

   If the application in question was not one that you personally installed, the uninstall option will not be visible to you. You will instead be required to deactivate the application, which will effectively conceal it from view. To accomplish this, open the same popup menu as before, but this time select the "App Info" option, which is represented by an icon consisting of the letter i within a circle. Select Disable from the menu that appears on the screen, and then select OK from the prompt.

You can remove apps from your device in a flash by following the steps outlined in the previous section, with the exception that you will be interacting with the app icon located in the application tray rather than on the home screen. This is especially useful if the app in question does not appear on your home screen.

1. Swipe up from the bottom of the display on your home screen, or tap the icon for the app tray, if you are using a theme that enables it to be displayed.

2. Locate the icon of the application that you want to delete from your device permanently, then perform a long-press (tap and hold) on the icon to bring up the contextual menu.

3. Select the Uninstall option from the menu. When prompted, select OK from the menu that appears.

   The option to uninstall will not be available if the app in question is a system app rather than one that you installed yourself. You will instead be required to deactivate the application, which will effectively conceal it from view. To accomplish this, open the same popup menu as before, but this time select the "App Info" option, which is represented by an icon consisting of the letter i within a circle. Select Disable from the menu that appears on the screen, and then select OK from the prompt.

Utilizing your Samsung phone's menu for its system settings is a more conventional and permanent method for removing applications from your device.  

The Samsung settings are, for the most part, almost identical to the settings that come standard with Android. What this indicates is that the procedure for uninstalling applications ought to be comparable to how it is carried out on any other Android device. It is possible that one or two steps are different depending on the brand of handset you have, but the overall procedure should be straightforward and simple to understand.

1. Swipe down from the top of the display when using a phone that is already unlocked in order to access the notifications tray.

2. Choose the settings option, which is located in the top right corner of the notification tray and is represented by a gear icon.

3. You will need to scroll down until you find the Apps menu option, and then you can select it by tapping on it.

4. Following that, you will be presented with a list of all of the applications that have been downloaded to your device. You will need to scroll through the list in order to locate the application that you want to delete. When you find it, you can open the information page for the app by tapping on the app's name.

   The applications are going to be displayed in alphabetical order by default. You can sort the list of applications, in the top left corner, according to whether or not they are currently active. When you have a lot of apps installed, finding a specific one will be much simpler thanks to this.

5. You should see two buttons at the top of the following page: one that says "Uninstall," and another that says "Force Stop." Choose the Uninstall option to remove the application from your device in a way that cannot be undone, and then select OK from the prompt that appears.

   The option to uninstall will not be available if the app in question is a system app rather than one that you installed yourself. You will see a button that says "Disable" instead, which will essentially make it disappear from view. Choose "Disable" from the drop-down menu, and then click "OK" on any subsequent prompts.

You also have the option to delete apps that have been installed on your device by going into the Google Play store and doing so directly.

1. Launch the application known as Google Play.

2. Tap the image of your profile that appears in the top right corner.

3. Choose the option labeled My Apps & Games.

4. You can view a list of the applications that are currently installed on your device by selecting the Installed tab.

5. Scroll through the list until you locate the program that you want to delete. When you locate it, you can open the app's page in the Play store by tapping on the app's name or icon.

   The list of applications will, by default, be sorted in accordance with the order in which they received their most recent updates. You'll need to scroll down the list further if the app you want to delete hasn't been updated in quite some time; otherwise, you can skip it.

6. Choose the white Uninstall option that is located on the left, and then select OK from the prompt that appears after you make your selection.

The Galaxy Store is Samsung's alternative to the Google Play store, which is the company's primary online destination for mobile applications.

You are able to remove any applications that were downloaded from Samsung's marketplace in the same manner in which you remove any other application, by accessing the settings or the home screen. Additionally, you are able to do so directly through the mobile store.

1. Launch the application for the Galaxy Store.

2. To conduct a search, select the hourglass-shaped icon located in the upper right corner of the screen. Start typing the name of the application that you want to remove, and when the hourglass icon appears on your keyboard in place of the Enter key, tap it.

3. Locate the game from the list of search results that you do not want, and then tap on it to open the store page for that game.

4. On the page that then appears, choose the Uninstall option that is presented in white on the left. After the prompt has appeared, select OK from the menu.

Even though the process of deleting apps, or more accurately uninstalling them, on Android devices is relatively consistent, each handset may have its own set of steps that are particular to the brand. The process of removing applications from a device manufactured by Motorola or LG will vary from the process of removing applications from a device manufactured by Samsung, for example.