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How to delete apps on android phone in bulk from Windows 11?
Only 10GB free space available on my Android phone. I need to clean up my Android phone and want to remove a bunch of unused apps at once. Doing it one by one takes too long. I have a lot of unused a...
When it comes to how to delete apps on Android phone. Why not use ADB (Android Debug Bridge) for bulk uninstallation, this is a powerful method that allows you to remove multiple apps via command line from your Windows PC.
Steps:
1. Enable Developer Options and USB Debugging on your Android device:
- Go to Settings > About Phone.
- Tap Build Number 7 times to enable Developer Options.
- Go to Settings > Developer Options.
- Enable USB Debugging.
2. To install ADB on Windows 11:
- Download the ADB platform-tools.
- Extract the ZIP file to a folder (for example, C:\adb).
3. Connect your Android device to Windows:
- Use a USB cable.
- When prompted on your phone, allow USB debugging.
4. Identify installed apps:
- Open a command prompt in the ADB folder.
- Type: adb shell pm list packages to view all installed packages.
- To filter for user installed apps, use: adb shell pm list packages -3 (list third-party apps).
5. How to delete Apps on Android phone:
- For each app, run: adb uninstall <package_name>
- Example: adb uninstall com.example.app
- You can use batch files to write scripts to automatically uninstall multiple apps.