• Gestrid@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    You can’t delete system apps on Android, but you can disable the ones that won’t break your phone if they’re disabled. I currently have Chrome, the Play Store (and, at least to an extent, Google Play Services), YouTube, and YouTube Music all disabled.

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      1 year ago

      You can, pretty easily. Enable developer mode and use adb. Doesn’t need root. (At least I didn’t for YouTube; not sure about the rest)

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        1 year ago

        Hm. I’ll see if this works for YouTube, YouTube Music, and Chrome. They’re only collecting dust right now since I switched to ReVanced and Firefox. Thanks! (I still need the Play Store since Google Play System Updates are run through it.)

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        1 year ago

        This is true, but I’m not at the point where I feel the need to do that. There are things I like about Google’s Android and things I dislike about it. I just try to mitigate what I dislike about it as much as possible.

        If Google stopped allowing 3rd party app installs, I’d definitely switch, though.