How to Delete Apps on Android Tablets in Easy Steps

In this post, you will learn how you can delete apps on Android tablets. Below are some of the key factors you need to have in mind before deleting.

Deleting unnecessary or very large applications can help improve your tablet’s performance and free up space. Not all applications can be deleted. Most applications that come preinstalled on your tablet cannot be deleted. You can refresh such applications by clearing the application cache.

Clearing cache and cleaning the applications list is one of the best ways to maintain your tablet’s health. Deleting crucial applications can cause functionality issues. Be careful not to delete essential apps.

How to Manage and Delete Apps on Android Tablets

1. Uninstalling Applications using the Settings Menu
2. Uninstalling Applications From the Home Screen
3. Disabling or Hiding Apps
4. Removing Apps from Google Play Library
5. Automatically removing applications 

How to delete apps on Android tablets

Deleting Applications simply refers to uninstalling them from your tablet. On Android tablets, you can remove applications using the Settings option or the Home Screen or Application drawer.

Uninstalling Applications using the Settings Menu

Step 1: Go to settings and choose storage, then other apps. A list of applications appears. Click on the top right buttons to sort the applications from the largest to the smallest.

Step 2: Click on an application that you do not need. The largest ones will appear on top and vice versa. 

A pop-up appears showing an option to either clear cache or clear storage. You will also see the storage and cache memory the application uses.

Step 3: To free space without uninstalling the application, choose clear cache.

Step 4: To totally remove or uninstall the application, click on the application icon and choose uninstall.

Step 5: A final prompt appears to accept the changes. Choose OK, and the application is removed.

Uninstalling Applications From the Home Screen

The easiest one involves deleting the application from the application drawer or tablet home screen.

Step 1: Click and hold on the application you want to remove. 

Step 2: The application icon is highlighted, and a small trash bin appears.

Step 3: Drag the application icon to the bin or bar labeled as uninstall.

Step 4: A pop-up with an OK prompt appears; click on it ‘OK,’ and the application is removed.

Deleting the application from the application drawer or tablet home screen is easy, but you will not know how much space you have saved after deleting it or how much of the processor the application was using.

To know this and choose the one that consumes the most space and RAM, you need to remove apps through the free space option.

How to Disable or Hide Apps on Android Tablets

If you have too many native applications that cannot be uninstalled, it is possible to hide or disable them. Below are steps you can follow to disable or hide apps on Android tablets.

Swipe down the top screen and choose the gear icon. This opens the settings menu. Choose applications, and a list of applications comes up. 

Click on the application you want to disable to bring up its info menu. Choose Disable. The application is disabled.

Removing Apps from Google Play Library

If your application list is cluttered, you can declutter it by removing irrelevant applications from Google Play. When you do this, applications will not be installed on your device but linked to your Google account.

When you log in to your account, you can always find the app again by searching the Play Store. Navigate to the Google Play Store. Click on the top right circle to choose the Gmail account to use. Choose My Library from the menu.

Select the application to remove from the applications list, then hit the uninstall button. A pop-up appears where you can confirm the uninstall request.

Automatically removing applications 

As applications run on Android tablets, they create junk unwanted files that, if not cleared, can fill up your storage or even slow down your tablet.

Step 1: Go to Menu > Files. And click on it.At the very bottom, you will notice a clean option.

Step 2: Click on it, and the tablet will look for large unused applications. From the list of applications that appear, choose one and click uninstall.

Step 3: Click OK to accept changes.

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