Batch installer; uninstall app on a future date and filter dormant apps by time.

Component

Batch Uninstaller is an open source app that allows users to uninstall multiple apps at once. It works under two conditions

When the phone is rooted
When the phone is not rooted

If root permission is available on the phone, users will be able to delete any app on the device(system apps and user apps). However, a device that is not rooted cannot uninstall system apps. Only user apps can be uninstalled. Users can filter by system apps, user apps, and all apps. Also, it has the sort feature where users can sort by name, size, date and so on. The app is designed in a way that made it easy to uninstall apps. However, an improvement in the filtering process would add more uniqueness to it.

Proposals

The batch installer app has three filtration features that make it easy to search for apps to be uninstalled. However, I would like to propose a feature that will make the process more unique.

The feature I’m proposing is

Dormant app.

This feature will have strata which are the filtering of dormant apps based on time/period.

Filter dormant apps by time/period: This feature will give users the opportunity to filter apps that have been dormant on the device for a certain period. There are usually many apps on devices and the way we use them varies. Some might be used once or twice and abandoned. I have several games on my device and if I want to talk about the ones I play often, I will point out just two to three. Others were played maybe at the point of their installation after which I don’t play them again or seldom visit them. There are other apps like that too lying fallow on the device. This proposed feature will fetch these apps regarding the period of their dormancy. E.g. apps dormant for 1 month, 2 weeks, 3 months and so on.

Another feature I will propose is “set time to uninstall dormant apps: This is a fast way to uninstall dormant apps on the device. User will set the period they want dormant apps to be uninstalled on their device. For instance, I can set that any dormant app for a particular period should be filtered and uninstalled. I wouldn’t need to search for dormant apps on my device because every app that falls into that category will be uninstalled by the batch Uninstaller when the time I set for it reaches. This feature will only work for user apps. It will have no effect on system apps in order not to delete vital apps that might for one reason or another be dormant on the device. Also, there will be a time limit for apps to be tagged as dormant. It can’t be less than a month. Apps can only be tagged as dormant from a month upward. So the feature will be implemented in such a way that users won’t be able to set time/period below 1 month.

Mock ups/Examples

The original look of the app

Filtering dormant apps based on the time they are lying fallow on the device

From the image above, when app is filtered from January to April,all dormant apps within that period will be displayed.

Setting time to uninstall dormant apps at will depending on the settings

The above image explains how user can set the app to uninstall dormant app in a future date. Once the date reaches and the app detect or find any dormant app, it will be deleted straight away.

Benefits

Filter dormant apps by time will make it easy to get all dormant apps based on their usage. If, for instance, every dormant app are filtered by 5 weeks, every app that has not been used within that period will be filtered and they can be selected and uninstalled or Uninstall all in a batch.

The set time to uninstall dormant apps is a very nice feature that will always help users to remove apps even when they are not aware. Once the time is set for dormant apps to be uninstalled, the app carries out its operation at the due time. These features are nice and it would be nice if they are considered and implemented on batch Uninstaller.

sarbajitsaha / Batch-Uninstaller