Removing apps you know you are not going to use is one of the first things you should do when setting up a new Android phone. This is especially true for Galaxy devices since they come with so many pre-installed Samsung apps.

In this article, we're listing down the common Samsung and Google apps that you can safely uninstall or disable on your Galaxy phone to save storage, battery life, and processing power. You can easily find these apps in the App menu in your device settings.

Samsung Apps That Can Be Uninstalled

One of the worst things about Samsung phones is the number of bloatware apps that come pre-installed on your device. While some of them are quite useful, a lot of them don't really provide much value and you're better off uninstalling them.

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Here are the Samsung apps that you can uninstall from your Galaxy device:

  • Samsung Internet
  • Samsung Members
  • Samsung Music
  • Samsung Kids
  • Bixby Dictation
  • DECO PIC
  • Game Booster Plus
  • Health Platform
  • Samsung Health
  • Samsung Notes Add-ons
  • Smart Switch
  • Samsung Translator
  • Voice Recorder

Uninstalling these apps won't wreck your phone, but there are some useful pre-installed Samsung apps that you might want to consider keeping.

Samsung Apps That Can Be Disabled

Some Samsung apps are built into the system itself and can't be uninstalled, but you can still disable them. This way, they don't run in the background wasting your battery life, RAM, and processing power. In addition, you can hide apps you don't use from the Home screen or app drawer.

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Here are the Samsung apps that you can disable on your Galaxy device:

  • AR Doodle
  • AR Emoji
  • AR Emoji Stickers
  • AR Emoji Editor
  • Bixby Voice
  • Calendar
  • Game Launcher
  • Link to Windows
  • My Galaxy
  • OneDrive
  • Samsung Checkout
  • Samsung Max
  • Samsung Shop
  • Samsung Visit In

Google Apps That Can Be Removed

Alongside the Samsung apps, you can also remove some Google apps without worrying whether doing so will damage your phone. Since Google controls Android, many Google apps are tied very closely to the Android system at large and should hence not be tampered with.

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For instance, you should probably not remove important apps such as Google, Maps, Gmail, Photos, Chrome, Drive, and Google Play Services. But you can easily uninstall or disable the following apps if they are of no use to you:

  • Google Play Games
  • Google News
  • Google Play Services for AR
  • Google Translate
  • Speech Services by Google

Get Rid of Apps You Don't Use

While Android phones from other manufacturers such as Google, Asus, or Motorola come with mostly clean software, Samsung's One UI is filled with all kinds of apps that you may not find useful and should hence uninstall or disable.

And remember, aside from pre-installed bloatware, you no doubt have a lot of other apps that you should uninstall from your phone to make it work more smoothly and save storage.