If you’ve owned your Android phone for a while, there’s a good chance it is packed with apps taking up storage space. Here are the ones you should uninstall.
With the millions of apps available on the Google Play Store, it’s easy to get carried away with downloading all sorts of software for your Android device. This is especially true if you’re a new phone user who wants to explore everything that the Play Store has to offer. You probably want to try all the newest mobile games or get into the top productivity apps.
However, a word of caution: not every app you install on your phone is actually worth having. Sooner or later, you’ll notice the consequence of having too many applications as you watch your device slowly freezing on you. That’s why it’s highly encouraged that you clean your phone every once in a while and uninstall all of the unnecessary apps that only eat your storage. Here are five of the apps you need to start removing if you want your phone to be as good as new.
Every Android phone that you buy isn’t as fresh as you think; it almost always comes preloaded with a bunch of extra software that isn’t really essential for the device’s operation. These apps are called bloatware and can come in many forms, from silly games to manufacturer-owned apps. As you might have guessed, they’re referred to as bloatware because they gobble up — or bloat — your storage space.
Unfortunately, more often than not, we don’t have a use for these bloatware apps as there are other alternatives we prefer. If that’s the case for you, you’re better off removing these apps from your phone. Here’s how you can do so (via Google):
One thing you should note, though, is that not every pre-installed app can be deleted; some of them are required to keep your device running smoothly, so it’s better to leave them be.
