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Galaxy S24 Debloating - ADB - list of commands

Introduction and general information

• Made for: Samsung Galaxy S24 SM-S921B-DS (Exynos, 256GB) - Android 14 - One UI 6.1 -
  • ✅Made originally for build UP1A.231005.007.S921BXXUIAWM9 - Baseband S921BXXUIAWM9
  • ✅February, March and April OTA updates didn't revert any disabled app, no bloat added. I will have to check for major updates, but it seems all my changes aren't being reverted.
• Commands are designed for Windows 11 with CMD.
• No root needed, only access to a computer to apply the ADB commands.
• This won't affect your warranty, Knox, etc.
• Last update: 2024-04-03
• Keywoards: debloat debloating bloatware adware spyware disable uninstall

Warning

Of course, you might lose some apps/features that you actually want to use, so before running the commands I provide as an example, make sure you won't miss anything. Disabling/uninstalling vital system apps may break your system.

Purpose

• Coming from a Pixel 6 running Graphene OS, I just can't stand Google, Samsung and my internet provider bloat. I don't like relying on premade / universal / GUI scripts that I don't have control with, therefore I made some very simple ADB commands to clean up my phone. In case you need to factory reset or if apps come back after an update, it's much faster to apply rather than manually uninstalling/disabling apps.
  • For system apps, I disable them instead of uninstalling them. Usually, this strategy sticks better. Also, you should know, that without root, you can't actually totally uninstall system apps. You can only uninstall them for a user, so they still exist in the system. That's why it's easy to recover them with other utilities.
• Debloatig may improve battery life, memory usage, performance (as less apps/services run in the background).
• Unrelated tip that however changed my life: use ADB for very large file transfers: with a USB 3 cable, I moved my entired music library with an average speed of 200MB/s. It'd be impossible to reach that with MTP.

Prerequisites

• Google USB drivers so your phone is properly detected
• Platform tools so you can use ADB commands, open CMD within the folder.

List of ADB commands to debloat

• adb uninstall uninstall user app
• adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 disable system app
• adb shell cmd package list packages list of all packages, including system and user apps
• adb shell cmd package list packages -3 list of all user apps
• Alternatively, you can find package names as well as their label very easily with this great app: https://github.com/SmartPack/PackageManager
• Other commands: https://gist.github.com/davidnunez/1404789?permalink_comment_id=3184514#gistcomment-3184514

Other useful ADB commands

• adb install install app. If it's not in the same location as the adb.exe file, write the file's full path
• for %f in ("[FOLDER'S PATH]\*.apk") do adb install "%f" install all apks stored in a folder
• adb push [source] [destination] copy files from your computer to your phone. Works for folders too.
• Example: adb push "C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\1-Music\4-Phone" "/sdcard/music" Quotation marks are useful in case there are spaces in your paths
• adb pull [device file location] [local file location] Copy files from phone to computer.
• Example: adb pull "/sdcard/download/test.pdf" "C:\Users\Tom\Downloads"

List of user apps installed

• Note: you can find easily what are the labels of Samsung apps by adding the package name to the following URL: https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/ (e.g. https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/com.samsung.android.voc)

Samsung Apps

• com.samsung.SMT.lang_en_us_l03
• com.samsung.SMT.lang_fr_fr_l01
• com.samsung.android.app.find
• com.samsung.android.app.notes
• com.samsung.android.app.reminder
• com.samsung.android.app.spage
• com.samsung.android.app.tips
• com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager
• com.samsung.android.arzone
• com.samsung.android.bixby.ondevice.enus
• com.samsung.android.bixby.ondevice.frfr
• com.samsung.android.calendar
• com.samsung.android.game.gamehome
• com.samsung.android.nmt.apps.t2t.languagepack.enfr
• com.samsung.android.oneconnect
• com.samsung.android.spay
• com.samsung.android.tvplus
• com.samsung.android.voc
• com.samsung.sree
• com.sec.android.app.clockpackage
• com.sec.android.app.kidshome
• com.sec.android.app.popupcalculator
• com.sec.android.app.sbrowser
• com.sec.android.app.shealth
• com.sec.android.app.voicenote

Google apps

• com.google.android.apps.docs
• com.google.android.apps.photos
• com.google.android.apps.youtube.music
• com.google.android.videos

Advertisement

• com.amazon.appmanager
• com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping
• com.booking
• com.booking.aidprovider
• com.facebook.katana
• com.microsoft.office.officehubrow
• com.microsoft.office.outlook

Network Provider (Orange, in my case)

• com.orange.appshop
• com.orange.mail.fr
• com.orange.orangeetmoi
• com.orange.owtv
• com.orange.phone
• com.orange.securite

List of system apps safe to disable

Samsung

• com.aura.oobe.samsung this is the app allowing your carrier to install apps for you...
• com.samsung.android.app.camera.sticker.facearavatar.preload AR stuff
• com.samsung.android.app.omcagent Samsung Recommended apps
• com.samsung.android.app.parentalcare Parental Controls
• com.samsung.android.appseparation Separated Apps
• com.samsung.android.ardrawing AR stuff
• com.samsung.android.aremoji AR stuff
• com.samsung.android.aremojieditor AR stuff
• com.samsung.android.bixby.agent Bixby Voice
• com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup Bixby wake-up
• com.samsung.android.bixbyvision.framework Bixby VisionFramework
• com.samsung.android.dkey Samsung Wallet Digital Key
• com.samsung.android.fmm Find My Mobile (Samsung)
• com.samsung.android.game.gametools Game Booster
• com.samsung.android.game.gos Game Optimizing Service
• com.samsung.android.ipsgeofence Samsung Visit In
• com.samsung.android.kidsinstaller Samsung Kids INstaller
• com.samsung.android.mdecservice Call & text on other devices
• com.samsung.android.mdx Link to Windows Service
• com.samsung.android.messaging Samsung Messages
• com.samsung.android.rubin.app Customization Service
• com.samsung.android.samsungpass Samsung Pass
• com.samsung.android.samsungpassautofill Autofill with Samsung Pass
• com.samsung.android.smartswitchassistant Samsung Smart Switch
• com.samsung.android.spayfw Samsung Pay Framework
• com.samsung.storyservice Gallery stories
• com.sec.android.app.billing Samsung Checkout
• com.sec.android.easyMover.Agent Smart Switch Agent
• com.sec.android.easyMover Samsung Smart Switch
• com.sec.android.mimage.avatarstickers AR Emoji Stickers

Google

• com.android.apps.tag Tags
• com.android.bookmarkprovider Bookmarks Provider
• com.android.chrome Chrome
• com.android.dreams.basic ScreenSaver
• com.android.dreams.phototable ScreenSaver
• com.android.hotwordenrollment.okgoogle Google Assistant
• com.android.hotwordenrollment.xgoogle Google Assistant
• com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks Bookmarks
• com.google.android.apps.googleassistant Assistant
• com.google.android.apps.tachyon Google Meet
• com.google.android.gm Gmail
• com.google.android.gms.location.history Google Location History
• com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox Google App
• com.google.android.health.connect.backuprestore Google Health
• com.google.android.healthconnect.controller Google Health
• com.google.android.onetimeinitializer Google One Time Init
• com.google.android.projection.gearhead Android Auto
• com.google.android.setupwizard Android Setup
• com.google.android.syncadapters.calendar Google Calendar Sync
• com.google.android.youtube YouTube
• com.google.ar.core Google Play Service for AR
• com.sec.android.app.chromecustomizations Chrome Customizations (e.g. home button)
• com.sec.android.daemonapp Android Weather Wather
• com.sec.android.mimage.avatarstickers AR stuff

Advertisements

• com.facebook.services Facebook crap
• com.facebook.appmanager Facebook crap
• com.microsoft.appmanager Link to Windows
• com.microsoft.skydrive Microsoft OneDrive

Orange

• com.orange.update App Center

Example of mass / bulk debloating

User apps - Samsung+Google+Advertisement

• adb uninstall com.microsoft.office.outlook && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.bixby.ondevice.frfr && adb uninstall com.google.android.apps.photos && adb uninstall com.sec.android.app.sbrowser && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.calendar && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.app.reminder && adb uninstall com.google.android.apps.youtube.music && adb uninstall com.sec.android.app.shealth && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.nmt.apps.t2t.languagepack.enfr && adb uninstall com.sec.android.app.popupcalculator && adb uninstall com.booking.aidprovider && adb uninstall com.samsung.SMT.lang_en_us_l03 && adb uninstall && com.samsung.android.bixby.ondevice.enus && adb uninstall com.google.android.apps.docs && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.arzone && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.voc && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.app.tips && adb uninstall com.sec.android.app.clockpackage && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.app.find && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.app.notes && adb uninstall com.amazon.appmanager && adb uninstall com.google.android.videos && adb uninstall com.sec.android.app.voicenote && adb uninstall com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping && adb uninstall com.facebook.katana && adb uninstall com.samsung.sree && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.app.spage && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.oneconnect && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.game.gamehome && adb uninstall com.samsung.SMT.lang_fr_fr_l01 && adb uninstall com.microsoft.office.officehubrow && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.spay && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager && adb uninstall com.samsung.android.tvplus && adb uninstall com.sec.android.app.kidshome && adb uninstall com.booking

User apps - Orange

• adb uninstall com.orange.appshop && adb uninstall com.orange.orangeetmoi && adb uninstall com.orange.phone && adb uninstall com.orange.securite && adb uninstall com.orange.owtv && adb uninstall com.orange.mail.fr

System apps - Samsung+Google+Advertisement

• adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.aura.oobe.samsung && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.camera.sticker.facearavatar.preload && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.omcagent && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.parentalcare && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.appseparation && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.ardrawing && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.aremoji && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.aremojieditor && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.agent && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixbyvision.framework && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.dkey && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.fmm && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gametools && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gos && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.ipsgeofence && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.kidsinstaller && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.mdecservice && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.mdx && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.messaging && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.samsungpass && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.samsungpassautofill && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.smartswitchassistant && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.spayfw && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.rubin.app && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.storyservice && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.sec.android.app.billing && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.sec.android.easyMover.Agent && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.sec.android.easyMover && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.sec.android.mimage.avatarstickers && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.apps.tag && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.bookmarkprovider && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.chrome && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.dreams.basic && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.dreams.phototable && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.hotwordenrollment.okgoogle && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.hotwordenrollment.xgoogle && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.apps.googleassistant && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.apps.tachyon && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.gm && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.gms.location.history && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.health.connect.backuprestore && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.healthconnect.controller && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.onetimeinitializer && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.projection.gearhead && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.setupwizard && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.syncadapters.calendar && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.youtube && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.ar.core && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.sec.android.app.chromecustomizations && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.sec.android.daemonapp Android Weather && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.sec.android.mimage.avatarstickers && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.facebook.services && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.microsoft.appmanager && adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.microsoft.skydrive

System apps - Orange

• adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.orange.update