How to uninstall system (standard) applications in Android. How to remove Google search bar

After the release of the Android 7.0 update, quite a few new features have appeared, including a completely redesigned settings menu. And in our editorial office they often began to write questions about how to delete Google account on Android 7.0 quickly. Although many this question seems pretty silly, however, problems with its removal occur quite often.

Such a need may arise during the sale of the device, or transferring it to another person for long-term use.

Two options for how to delete Google account on Android 7.0

« Rude»Option provides for deleting your Google account together with unpleasant consequences... In this case, all personal data, contacts, photos, calendar notes, and so on will be deleted along with the account. Therefore, you should take care of the backup first.

« Soft»The same option - this is the standard way to delete your Google account. Using this method, you will delete the account itself or simply untie the smartphone from it, but this will not have any effect on the materials stored in the operating system. Unfortunately, this method is not suitable for all devices, that's the whole problem.

Roughly deleting Google account

This paragraph provides two possible ways of developing a further situation:

• Flashing the device

Using one of the named methods, you will definitely erase the old Google account from Android. But they are not very convenient, because along with the account, all data that may be useful and necessary for you will be deleted. If you want to keep them, it is better to make a backup of the device.

We recommend choosing this option only if when you don't have access to your smartphone at all, the password is lost and cannot be recovered. But surprisingly, a factory reset might be the best solution. Have you decided to sell your phone or give it to a friend? It is the reset that will return the device to its original factory appearance and "stuffing".

It is more difficult with a flashing. And if an experienced user can reflash Xiaomi phones without significant problems, then other brands, and especially budget and unpopular models, do not always have an alternative in the form of another firmware.

Removing Google account in a gentle way

Removal via standard settings

1. Go to Settings;
2. Next, you need to find the sub-item Accounts;
3. After we select accounts Google;
4. If you have several accounts, then click on the desired one;
5. Now at the very bottom (or above) we are looking for three dots icon, click on them and select the item Delete;
6. If the account disappeared from the list, then the deletion was completed successfully, if not, then try other methods.

Deleting an account through Google services

1. Go to the menu again Settings;
2. Looking for an item Applications;
3. After you need to find the sub-item Application management;
4. Next, we enter the section GoogleServices;
5. Click on the item Clear data.
6. All is ready.

By deleting the accounts.db file

To use this method, you will need. You can get them in several ways, which ones are written in our other article. You can also read about the importance of obtaining Superuser rights to use all the capabilities of a smartphone using the link that we published above.

1. Download the application Root Explorer from Google Play;
2. After installing the application, you need to go to the following directory : / data / System /;
3. Here you need to find the file accounts.db and highlight it;
4. Next, you just need to reboot Android using the shutdown button;
5. If your Google account is missing, then everything was done correctly.

All data and applications remained intact, and now you can create a new account, or use the old one.

Frequently asked questions / answers

I have two Google accounts, can I somehow switch between them, or do I only need one, and the second will have to be deleted?

There are restrictions on the number of accounts, but you can freely have even more than 5 accounts. Switching between them takes place online, just click on the account icon in the upper right corner. Password and login are not always requested.

Go to the item "Account settings", click "Delete services" and click "OK" opposite the unnecessary one. Ready.

Video instruction

Hello, friends! After buying a new phone with the Android operating system, you probably noticed that many different services from Google are installed on the device. Let's talk about one of them in this article - the Google search bar.

Many users do not use it at all, but simply open the Chrome browser and search for the necessary information there. So why is it needed at all? This service is called Google Now. You can type in the line or, by clicking on the microphone, dictate the text for the search. By adding this widget to the screen, the company is simply trying to make the product itself more popular.

If you have never written anything there, you want to place icons on the screen at will, or just the widget itself interferes and takes up a lot of space, then let's figure out how to remove Google search from the phone screen on Android.

Disable the corresponding application

You can remove Google search from the main screen of your smartphone by simply disabling the application that is responsible for it in the settings. Therefore, open the "Settings".

Earlier versions of Android called it Google Search. Go to the "All" tab and click on it.

A window like this should appear. In it, click "OK".

Now the button will turn gray, which means that the application is stopped.

For those who have one of the latest versions of Android installed, search for “Google” in the list of applications on the “All” tab.

Stop his work and agree that you are doing it forcibly.

After the button becomes inactive, the problem will be solved.

In earlier versions of Android, there may be a “Delete” button next to “Stop” - use it. It's just that if the OS is higher than version 5, then complete removal is impossible there. It will only work to stop the application, but after restarting the phone, it will be launched again and the line will appear on the screen.

Removing Google Search by dragging the widget

You can also remove the Google search bar from the screen by simply dragging and dropping, since this is a regular widget. But this is done differently on different devices.

Press on the stitch and hold your finger.

If a basket image appears at the top of the screen, just drag the widget onto it. After that, it will disappear from the desktop.

There may be such an option: hold your finger on the line, a small context menu will open. In it, select the "Delete" item.

Google search will disappear from the home screen, and if necessary, you can always return it back by selecting from the list of widgets.

If you want to remove Google search on your tablet from your desktop, then the actions are very similar to those that need to be done on the phone. Hold your finger on the widget, and then either move it up to the image of the trash can or the word "Delete", or select the appropriate item from the context menu.

By installing another Launcher

If you do not just need to remove Google search from the screen on your Android phone, but customize the desktop completely "for yourself", then you can use the installation of a third-party launcher. You can find them in the Play Store, just write "launcher" in the search bar. They are both paid and free. Consider Nova Launcer, which is free and customizable.

Once installed, simply press the Home button on your device. It can be sensory or mechanical. Then a window will appear: "What to use?". Specify the application you just installed and select "Always". Your desktop will change. Customize it as you like. To delete a Google search line, just hold your finger on it and select "Delete" from the list.

Using Root rights

And the last way is to get full rights for your Android smartphone. If you already have Root rights, you can use them to remove the Google search bar. If you haven't set them up for yourself and you have a desire, then you can do it. You just need to take into account that after you have the opportunity to fully control your phone, the possibility of warranty service for the device disappears.

I think you still managed to remove the Google search bar from the desktop of your phone or tablet.

Google Apps and Services (GApps) are installed on almost any Android device. Many owners of gadgets cannot imagine their life without them, others consider it unnecessary and do not use it. Regardless of the usefulness rating, you have to acknowledge the disadvantages of GApps, such as faster battery drain or the transfer of personal information. Do not want to be spied on, and the gadget slowed down and wasted energy for something incomprehensible? Then get rid of GApps - by uninstalling them, you will not lose the ability to install mobile applications.

Few people care about the presence of pre-installed Google applications on the system. For the most part, they only add to the convenience of using the gadget, but GApps also have drawbacks that can motivate an angry device owner to remove them.

Collecting information about the user. Google not only does it openly, but also openly admits it. Why is she watching us? Officially - for selling targeted advertising. (Yes, yes, and even our letters from Gmail are scanned for this.) Unofficially, you can build a whole pyramid of theories, starting with an alien conspiracy and crowning with the slogan "scandals, intrigues, investigations." For example, a couple of years ago, Google began to massively buy up companies involved in the development of artificial intelligence. Especially those who have succeeded in this at least to some extent. Do you dare?

One way or another, there is absolutely official surveillance, and many people do not like it. A side nuisance of all this is traffic consumption.

The service, which was not used in principle, managed to eat 13 MB in a few months.

Increased battery consumption. Avast Software recently compiled a list of auto-launch applications that reduce battery life and take up RAM. Six of the ten most "voracious" apps in this anti-rating are Google apps. But not everyone wants to carry an external battery with them or use a high-capacity battery.

Top 10 most voracious apps according to Avast

The occupied space in ROM and RAM. For advanced gadgets, this is not very relevant, but not everyone is chasing new products, and even smartphones with 16 GB of flash memory are sensitive to those approximately one hundred and fifty megabytes that GApps occupy. Finally, Google apps take up memory space, and the further you go, the more appetites grow not only for Android OS, but also for GApps. Every megabyte of at least 2 GB of RAM is worth its weight in gold for an active gadget lover today, and all these gluttonous applications are taking them away and taking them away.

So, you decided to experiment and try to live without Google apps and services. Naturally, you do everything at your own peril and risk, so first, assess your own strengths and ability to get out of a difficult situation if something goes wrong. And it is in this case that the first step is to make a backup of the system.

Creating a system backup. To create a backup of the entire system (), you need to use the built-in recovery capabilities. Recovery (from the English recovery mode - "recovery mode") is a kind of mini-OS, which is in any smartphone. It is stored in a special area of ​​memory and has a very limited set of system functions such as resetting to factory settings. We are interested in third-party recovery with much richer functionality. The most popular third-party recoveries are CWM (ClockworkMod) and. How to enter Recovery read -

Among other things, third-party recovery allows you to do backup images systems in the form of a single archive that contains firmware and other files from the internal memory of the device. This makes it possible to create and restore backups in just two clicks - ideal for all kinds of experiments with the gadget. You need to save backups to a memory card or external drive.

To do backup to TWRP it is necessary to select the item in the main menu Backup, and in CWM - Backup and restore... In most cases, the default settings will be fine.

We get Ruth ... In the vast majority of cases rooting process is simple and does not carry any risks. You will need to connect your smartphone to your computer and run the utility or run a special application on the smartphone itself.

Removing Google services and applications. Actually, the very process of getting rid of Google applications is that you simply delete the application and library files from the corresponding folders. Delete those that you think are superfluous. Here's a list.

/ System / app folder (most applications):

• Books.apk - Google Books
• Magazines.apk - Google Logs
• Maps.apk - Google Maps
• Music2.apk - Google Music
• CalendarGoogle.apk - Google Calendar
• Chrome.apk - Google Chrome
• Drive.apk - Google Drive
• GoogleEars.apk - Google Ears (analogue of Shazam)
• GoogleEarth.apk - Google Earth
• Hangouts.apk - Google Hangouts
• Keep.apk - Google Keep
• PlayGames.apk - Google PlayGames
• PlusOne.apk - Google+
• Gmail2.apk - Gmail
• GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk - sync contacts
• CloudPrint.apk - cloud printing system
• GenieWidget.apk - news and weather widget
• GoogleHome.apk - home screen with integrated Google Now
• GoogleTTS.apk - speech synthesis system
• LatinImeGoogle.apk - keyboard with gesture support
• QuickOffice.apk - QuickOffice
• Street.apk - Google Street
• SunBeam.apk - SunBeam live wallpaper
• Videos.apk - Google Movies
• YouTube.apk - YouTube

Since the applications are scattered across several folders, let's move on to others. In folder / system / priv-app there are services and frameworks for the synchronization mechanism ... and tracking, of course:

• CalendarProvider.apk - keeper of calendar data
• GoogleFeedback.apk - a system for sending reports on the use of Google Play
• GoogleOneTimeInitilalizer.apk - installation wizard for additional Google applications
• GoogleBackupTransport.apk - data synchronization of installed applications, Wi-Fi passwords and some settings
• GoogleLoginService.apk - a service that connects the device with a Google account
• GooglePartnerSetup.apk - a service that allows third-party applications to access Google services
• GoogleServicesFramwork.apk - framework with additional functionality
• Phonesky.apk - Play Store
• talkback.apk - voice notification about events on the device
• PrebuiltGmsCore.apk - Google Services, the core of the entire GApps suite;
• SetupWizard.apk - setup wizard on first launch
• Wallet.apk - Google Wallet
• Velvet.apk - Google search, includes desktop search bar and Google Now

And finally, in the folder / system / framework are the frameworks necessary for the operation of Google applications:

• com.google.android.maps.jar
• com.google.android.media.effects.jar
• com.google.widevine.software.drm.jar

After removing unnecessary applications, you need to reboot, and then check the functioning of the remaining system applications - if any of them have failed due to the lack of part of Google services.

Life without GApps, but with apps

So, we got rid of unnecessary Google applications and took a deep breath. But what do you do when you need to install a game or application? There is no official app store on the device now. But, as usual, there are several ways to solve the problem that has arisen.

Downloading and installing apk files. Keep in mind, now you often have to manually install applications via apk files that you yourself download somewhere. APK file- this is the format of archives for Android programs; they are required to install the application. To do this manually, you need first of all in the system settings. Then run the apk file - you can directly download it from the Internet (again at your own risk and risk, of course) or, for example, use the help of the service APK Downloader: on this site you can download the apk of those applications that are presented in the Google Play Store. There is a search system and a catalog by sections - everything is just like in a regular Play Store. You download the apk, transfer it to your smartphone, start the installation and hope that this application does not need any of the remote GApps to work.

By the way, it is even easier to search for applications: find the required application on the desktop in Google Play in the browser and replace the part “ play.google.com" on " apk-dl.com". It's simple.

Installing alternative app stores. You can do without manipulating apk-files and install app store clients in which all programs are legal and checked for viruses.

An application store, which is installed when entering from a mobile device using this link. There is no Russian language and the choice of the country "Russia" in the settings, so this service is suitable for those who have no special problems with English. The store, according to Wikipedia, contains more than 800 thousand applications.

Online store from Yandex company, which contains more than 100 thousand applications, and all are checked by Kaspersky Anti-Virus. One of the features of the store is the ability to pay for purchases using the Yandex.Money service or from a mobile phone account. Apparently, work on this service in Yandex is frozen, but programs continue to be added there.

Another application store, which contains about half a million programs, and they are exclusively free. They can only be downloaded as an apk to a smartphone or desktop. The smartphone has its own application that simplifies installation. The market does not require registration, which is important for maintaining anonymity.

Using Google services without GApps

There are many free alternatives to email, maps, and Google Drive. But you don't have to install any applications at all, because if you need to use one of Google's services, you can open its web version. By the way, we advise you to check how their web versions work before uninstalling certain Google applications and services. The functionality of a service in a browser is often less than in a dedicated client application. Plus, not all of them store your data. For example, YouTube in the browser will not remember the moment at which you stopped playing the video. At the same time, sometimes web versions take up less RAM space and generally consume less resources.

How to get Google apps and services back

If something is hopelessly messed up or you don't like life without Google, you can restore all services and applications in one of three ways.

Installation through recovery. You need to find an archive file with GApps specifically for your smartphone, and ideally for your firmware version, stock or third-party. Open GApps application will help to select and download such a file. Read more here ( How to install Google services). It automatically detects the system version and architecture and prompts you to download the correct file. The archive downloaded in one way or another must be placed on an SD card.

Restore firmware from backup. If you made a backup using CWM or TWRP, you need to reboot into recovery mode. Usually, this requires holding the volume down or volume up button when turning on the smartphone. Having entered the recovery, the first step is to clean the drive from the remnants of a non-working system. If you have installed TWRP, select item Wipe, then Advanced Wipe and check the boxes as shown in the screenshots.

In case of CWM just select the item Wipe Data / Factory Reset and confirm the action. After that, return to the main recovery menu and click on Restore(for TWRP) or Backup and restore(for CWM). Regardless of what kind of recovery you use, further actions will be intuitive: you need to select the archive with your backup and confirm the action. If there is no backup, after reset ( Wipe), you can install the same or a different firmware on your smartphone through recovery, supplied as a zip file. More details here:

Google services are convenient because they are easy to use, you only need one password and one login in order to enter the mailbox, as well as use tools, which is very important for webmasters, in addition, you have access to all sorts of useful settings and functions. To register or, on the contrary, delete a Google account, the user will need to spend only a few minutes of time. Of course, this is all provided that he knows how to do it.

If you have not yet faced such a task and do not know how to delete your Google account, but you urgently need to do this, then read the article to the end and follow the step-by-step instructions. In order not to be bothered by the question of how remove google, you need a little of your time, patience and a few clicks.

Procedure for deleting a Google account

• First, you will need to open a browser and write the address accounts.google.com in the address bar, then go through it.

• In the authorization windows that appear, enter your username and password and enter your account. Attention! You should specify the Google login that you want to delete.
• An optional menu will open in front of you at the top of the site page, in it you should select the "Data Management" section and click on it.

• You will see the section "Account Management", you will need to go to it and click on the link "Delete account and data". Note. If you only need to delete from Gmail, then in the "Data Management" window you will need to select another section - "Delete services". After that, a special page in the browser will open in front of you, in which you will need to select and click on the link "Permanently delete the Gmail service".

• The removal form will need to be carefully examined. Particular attention should be paid to restricting access, since after completely deleting your account, the number of incoming letters that remain in the Gmail service will be completely destroyed.

Advice! In order to copy or transfer all your existing data from Google servers to your own computer, you will need to click on the "Download" link, which is located in the "All content will be deleted" section.

• Before you at the bottom of the site page there will be the phrases "I admit" and "Yes, I want" opposite these words, you will need to check the boxes. By such action, you confirm your desire to delete your Google account, while it will be deleted permanently and completely. So we figured out the question how to delete google account.

• Re-weigh all the positive and negative aspects of this decision judiciously. If the decision is final and not subject to discussion, then feel free to click on the "Delete account" icon.

• To avoid any accidents and fatal mistakes, the Google service will require you to re-confirm the firmness of your intentions. You just have to tick the icons "Also .." and "Required ...", and then you will need to click the "Delete" link.

How to delete a Google account on mobile devices

1. First you need to install root-rights on your phone.
2. Then you should download the "Root Explorer" application for yourself, you can also install a similar application.
3. Using the installed application, you need to open the "system" folder in the root directory, you can find it in the "data" folder.
4. In the opened folder, you will need to delete the "accounts.db" file. In order for the delete function to become available, you will need to hold your finger on the icon for a long time.

There is nothing difficult in deleting a Google account, you can see for yourself, you just need to spend a few minutes of your time on it.

Internet users want to delete their Google account for various reasons. Someone believes in the revelations of Edward Snowden and wants to "disconnect from the Matrix forever." Other people just get bored with intrusive ads that come in large numbers to their Inbox. You can delete your Google account in various ways.

Removing an account in the Windows operating system

1. Open your browser and enter the address "myaccount.google.com";
2. Click on the "Login" button, then tell the system your account name and password;
3. Find the menu item "Account Settings" and click on the button "Disable services and delete account";
4. Activate the function "Delete account and data";
5. The system may prompt you to enter your password and username in the appropriate fields. Re-enter the data. A list of Google services that will be blocked will appear on the screen. If you want to delete your Google account while preserving user information, then you should click the "Download data" button. After that, you can use the Google Archiver and download a file with user data;
6. Confirm your intention to delete your Google account;
7. Activate the menu item "Delete account". Access to some Google services and information associated with them will be blocked.

If you erased your account by accident, it will be possible to restore it for some time. To do this, you need to enter "accounts.google.com/signin/recovery" in the address bar and click the "Try to restore account" button. Log in to your account and try to recover your information.

Deleting a Gmail inbox

1. To delete Gmail-mail, open a web browser and enter “myaccount.google.com” in the address bar;
2. Log in to the site using the account you are planning to delete;
3. Click on the icon "Disable services and delete account", and then activate the item "Delete services";
4. Re-enter your account password in order to delete Gmail-mail;
5. Find the "Delete" button and click on it;
6. Enter a new mailbox address;
7. Select "Send verification letter";
8. Enter the mailbox registered on the alternative service and open the Inbox folder;
9. Activate the link that is in the verification email. It will help you delete your Gmail account.