When we acquire or buy an Android phone, we may notice that it comes with apps already installed, or pre-installed, rather. Although we do not usually use most of these, as they are not our preference or we do not like completely, we cannot uninstall them, unfortunately, unless let's root the device in order to have full access and control of it, since this requires root permissions.
However, in the case of not being able to uninstall them, we can always disable them. This action can be very useful. Therefore, in this post We explain how you can carry it out and what is the use of disabling a phone app.
Disabling an application is an Android function. With it we prevent these apps from running and taking up space in RAM. Of course, safely, so we will not have to worry about the stability of the system. Similarly, if the application that we disable works together with others that we will continue to use, the action may affect their functions.
Another fact to keep in mind is that If we disable an application, all the data in it is deleted. That is, for example, if we disable a pre-installed game in which we keep a progress and records, all the information in it will be deleted.
How to disable an application on Android
The process is very simple. It may change slightly depending on the phone model, brand, customization layer and Android version, as well as the nomenclature of the terms. To do this, we must carry out the following process, which consists of a few simple steps:
- We must go to Settings o Configuration.
- In the section of Device, we came in Applications.
- Once there, we look for and select the application that we want to disable and click on Disable o Disable. Once this is done, a dialog box will appear in which we must confirm the action. It is worth noting that we can only disable those of the system, most of them.
- To reverse this action, we simply have to click on Activate o Enable and ready. The app will be available again as usual. Of course, without the previously registered data.
