I removed Samsung's unremovable apps, and now my phone zips along
The author removed preinstalled Samsung and Microsoft apps from their Galaxy phone using Android SDK Platform Tools to improve performance. After disabling auto-installs from the Galaxy Store, they targeted bloatware like Bixby, Samsung Free, and carrier apps that consumed resources. The result was faster operation, reduced background activity, and reclaimed storage.
- ▪The Galaxy Store was auto-installing unwanted apps over Wi-Fi until its settings were disabled.
- ▪The author used ADB to permanently remove Samsung apps like Bixby, Galaxy Store, Samsung Free, and carrier-specific software.
- ▪Microsoft apps such as Outlook and LinkedIn were also removed due to redundancy with the Google ecosystem.
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| Original publisher | Android Police |
| Canonical URL | https://www.androidpolice.com/removed-samsungs-unremovable-apps-now-phone-zips-along/ |
| Publication time | Sun, 17 May 2026 11:00:12 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-17T11:02:13.075Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-17T11:02:13.075Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | bjaZE2T36ZYD |
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| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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