Table of contents:
- Fastboot and ADB: everything you need to uninstall Huawei applications
- Activate development settings and USB debugging on your Huawei mobile
- Install App Inspector on your Huawei mobile
- List of junk applications that we can uninstall on Huawei
- Now yes, uninstall any Huawei application
You buy a brand new Huawei P30 Lite, complete the initial setup, and see that there are a ton of pre-installed Huawei apps that are factory installed. A priori, EMUI, the customization layer that moves under Android, prevents the uninstallation of Huawei applications. The only way to get rid of these is to disable them from the Settings application… Unfortunately, this method will not remove any application, but will serve to hide them from the user's view. The good news is that there is a method that allows us to uninstall Huawei applications from the factory without root. The only requirement? Have a Windows or Mac computer and a USB data cable.
Since the steps that we will detail below are applicable to any version of Android and EMUI, the tutorial is compatible with all Huawei and Honor phones. Huawei P9 Lite, P10, P8, Y5, Y6 2018, Y7, Y9, Mate 10 Lite, Mate 20 Lite, Mate 20, Mate 10, P30, Huawei P20, P20 Lite, P20 Pro, P8 Lite 2017, P30 Lite, P Smart and P Smart Plus, among others.
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Fastboot and ADB: everything you need to uninstall Huawei applications
ADB and Fastboot are the two tools that we will use to uninstall pre-installed Huawei applications that come by default on the mobile. Both tools use the Windows CMD and the Mac Terminal to execute commands that will remove any application from the system. We can download them from the links that we will leave you below.
After having downloaded the tool in question, we will execute the adb.exe file for Windows and adb for Mac and press the Y key to accept the ADB installation.
Then we will proceed with the installation of the drivers of our mobile phone through the HiSuite program.
This last step is optional, since generally the system will recognize the phone without any problem.
Activate development settings and USB debugging on your Huawei mobile
The next step to enable the phone connection with ADB and Fastboot is based on activating the developer settings. In Huawei we can proceed by accessing the System section within Settings. Next we will go to About the phone and press several times on Compilation number until the settings are activated. To access them, we will go back to System.
Once inside we will have to activate the USB Debugging option that we can find in the Debugging section. Now we just have to connect the phone to the computer and wait for a message similar to the one we can see just below this paragraph to appear. In the event that the message does not appear, we will have to activate USB debugging right after connecting the phone to the computer.
Finally we will accept the operation and mark the option to Always allow on this computer.
Install App Inspector on your Huawei mobile
Before proceeding with the uninstallation of Huawei factory applications, we will have to resort to the App Inspector application to know the exact path of the application in the Android registry. We can download it from the following link.
After having installed it on the phone, we will open it and select all the applications that we want to uninstall. To know the exact path of the applications we will have to access each of the applications through App Inspector and note the text string that will be indicated in the Package name section. The text format will be something similar to "com.swiftkey.swiftkeyconfigurator", and it is best to write it down in a text note or a WhatsApp or Telegram conversation.
Something that we must bear in mind before choosing an application is that we will not be able to uninstall those services that are necessary for the basic operation of the system. Applications such as Android Updater, SMS, MMS, Bluetooth, GPS… Uninstalling any of these services can lead to system failures that can only be solved by restoring Android.
List of junk applications that we can uninstall on Huawei
Not sure which application to delete on your Huawei mobile? Learn about some of the services that we can uninstall in Huawei.
- com.android.chrome (Google Chrome)
- com.android.email (Mail)
- com.google.android.apps.docs (Google Drive)
- com.google.android.apps.maps (Google Maps)
- com.google.android.apps.photos (Google Photos)
- com.google.android.apps.tachyon (Google Duo)
- com.google.android.gm (Gmail)
- com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox (Google)
- com.google.android.marvin.talkback (Talkback)
- com.google.android.music (Google Music)
- com.google.android.videos (Google Movies)
- com.google.android.youtube (YouTube)
- com.huawei.android.totemweatherapp (Weather)
- com.huawei.appmarket (Huawei App Store)
- com.huawei.phoneservice (Hi Care)
- com.touchtype.swiftkey (Swiftkey keyboard)
Now yes, uninstall any Huawei application
With everything prepared, we will only have to start either CMD on Windows or Terminal on Mac. In either of the two programs we will have to enter the following command:
- adb devices
If everything has gone well, and the system recognizes our phone with the development settings activated correctly, we can see a screen similar to this:
Next we will enter the following command to open the ADB tool:
- adb shell
Finally we will be shown a screen like the one we can see below:
Now, to uninstall any factory application that comes installed in EMUI we have to paste the following command:
- pm uninstall -k –user 0 com.xxx.xxxx (where X is the record that we have previously discovered through App Inspector)
If we want to uninstall the Swiftkey keyboard, for example, we will have to apply the following command:
- pm uninstall -k –user 0 com.swiftkey.swiftkeyconfigurator
Once the application has been uninstalled, ADB should show us a screen similar to this:
Now we will only have to repeat the same process as many times as we want to delete any application that we want to uninstall.
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