How to delete apps on Android tablets

In this article, I will show you how to delete apps on Android tablets. You will either do this for applications that are too large and slow down your tablet or applications that you do not need anymore.

There are a number of ways you can do this.

1. Method 1: Delete Apps on Android Tablets using the Home screen or App drawer
2. Method 2: Through the Settings Menu
3. Method 3: Using the Google Play Store

Delete Apps on Android Tablets using the Home screen or App drawer

This is the easiest method that you can use. Just follow the below steps.

Step 1: Go to Home screen or App drawer and look for the application you intend to delete

Step 2: Press and hold the application icon until a menu pops up

Step 3: Choose the Uninstall option. If you can not see it, drag and drop your application icon towards the trash bin at the bottom.

Step 4: Click OK on the confirm delete prompt that appears.

Although this method is easy, it is very hard to tell how much space the application was occupying and how much of the processor it was consuming. To know these, you can try removing the applications using the free space option on your Android tablet.

Method 2: Delete apps on Android tablets from 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.

Method 3: Using the Google Play Store

Step 1: First, Go to the Google Play Store app on your tablet.

Step 2: Click on your profile picture on the top-right corner of your screen and choose Manage apps & device.

Step 3: Find the applications you want to remove and click on it.

Step 4: Choose Uninstall from the Pop up and accept deletion from the next prompt.

How to Free Space on Android tablets automatically.

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: Tap Ok to accept changes.

Conclusion

Deleting applications from Android tablets is not very complicated. You can use a number of different methods depending on your preference. You can use the Home screen or Draw Menu, the Settings menu or Google Play Store.

All the 3 methods are easy and straightforward. However, the Home screen method will not allow you to know how much storage space, RAM and processor power the removed application was consuming. For this we recommend the Settings Menu method.

You will not be able to remove preinstalled applications from your tablet. These pre installed applications are bloatware. If you have too much and need to free up space, you can either disable them or clear your tablets cache. This will optimize your tablet for performance.

Alternatively, you can move all large applications to an external Micro SD card to further speed up your tablet and save space. Most Android tablets have a free expandable Micro SD slot up to 1 TB. A good example is the Samsung Galaxy S6 Lite 2024.

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