DISCLAIMER: Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that could happen to your phone.
This software is still in an early stage of development. Check out the issues, and feel free to contribute!
This is a complete rewrite in Rust of the UAD project, which aims to improve privacy and battery performance by removing unnecessary and obscure system apps. This can also contribute to improve security by reducing the attack surface.
Packages are as well documented as possible in order to provide a better understanding of what you can delete or not. The worst issue that could happen is removing an essential system package needed during boot causing then an unfortunate bootloop. After about 5 failed system boots, the phone will automatically reboot in recovery mode, and you'll have to perform a FACTORY RESET. Make a backup first!
In any case, you CANNOT brick your device with this software! That's the main point, right?
uad_exported_selection.txt
NB : System apps cannot truly be uninstalled without root (see the FAQ)
Country | Carriers |
---|---|
France | Orange, SFR, Free, Bouygues |
USA | T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T |
Germany | Telekom |
UK | EE |
Read the FAQ!
Do a proper backup of your data! You can never be too careful!
Enable Developer Options on your smartphone.
Turn on USB Debugging from the developer panel.
From the settings, disconnect from any OEM accounts (when you delete an OEM account package it could lock you on the lockscreen because the phone can't associate your identity anymore)
Install ADB (see the intructions by clicking on your OS below):
LINUX
- Install _Android platform tools_ on your PC :
Debian Base:
```bash
sudo apt install android-sdk-platform-tools
```
Arch-Linux Base:
```bash
sudo pacman -S android-tools
```
Red Hat Base:
```bash
sudo yum install android-tools
```
OpenSUSE Base:
```bash
sudo zypper install android-tools
```
MAC OS
- Install [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
- Install _Android platform tools_
```bash
brew install android-platform-tools
```
WINDOWS
- Download [android platform tools](https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip)
and unzip it somewhere.
- [Add the android platform tools to your PATH](https://www.architectryan.com/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/)
**OR** make sure to launch UAD from the same directory.
- [Install USB drivers for your device](https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb#Drivers)
- Check your device is detected:
```bash
adb devices
```
Download the latest release of UAD GUI for your Operating System here.
Take the opengl
version only if the default version (with a Vulkan backend)
doesn't launch.
NOTE: Chinese phones users may need to use the AOSP list for removing some stock apps because those Chinese manufacturers (especially Xiaomi and Huawei) have been using the name of AOSP packages for their own (modified & closed-source) apps.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You will have to run this software whenever your OEM pushes an update to your phone as some uninstalled system apps could be reinstalled.
Hey-hey-hey! Don't go away so fast! This is a community project. That means I need you! I'm sure you want to make this project better anyway.