Android devices come pre-installed with all sorts of apps and it is getting worse with every passing day. The users are stuck with these apps no matter they use them or not. These pre-installed apps, also called as bloatware, take up space and memory on your device for no good reason. Samsung devices are some of the most affected devices when it comes to this issue. Samsung installs tons of apps that are no good and also there are tons of unnecessary system apps pre-installed in most Samsung devices. In this guide, we are bringing a list of bloatware/system apps that are safe to remove from Samsung Galaxy devices.

Samsung devices come with a lot of apps that are installed as system apps. Now, it is important to note here that almost all the apps in Samsung devices, out of the box, are installed as system apps. Meaning that you cannot simply remove/uninstall these apps unless you have root on your device. Not all these apps are unnecessary and removing a core app which is needed for the device to function properly may cause undesired results. So, it is very important that you only remove the apps that are actually safe to remove. Before getting to the list, here’s a small information to help understand bloatware better.

What is bloatware?

The term “bloatware” stands for a software/app that comes preinstalled on your device which is of no use to the user. These apps are installed as system app which means that the user will not be able to simply ‘uninstall’ the app like they would with the normal apps. This way, the user is forced to have/use the app on their device. The OEMs do that mostly when they collaborate with a specific app/company to promote a particular app in question. Also, the carriers install quite a bit of bloatware on the devices they carry.

Why is bloatware bad?

• They take up space. And they grow bigger in size with every update.
• They run the background and constantly consume RAM.
• They pollute the app drawer and spoil the whole user experience.
• The user doesn’t have a choice to install them.

How to remove the bloatware from your Samsung device?

If your Samsung device is rooted, you can use apps like System App Remover and Bloatware Remover from the Google Play Store to easily uninstall them.

On the other hand, if your Samsung device is not rooted (which is the case most of the time), you can still get rid of them for good. Read ahead.

What you need to know to remove bloatware apps on your Samsung?

In order to remove bloatware from your Samsung device, you need to know the below details:

1. The package name of the app you want to remove/uninstall.
2. Is the app actually safe to uninstall/remove?

And here’s how to find these details:

How to find the app package name?

There are more than one ways to get this information and we will see all of them here.

1. Using ADB

1. Install ADB and Fastboot on your Windows machine.
2. Make sure to enable USB Debugging on your Samsung device.
3. Use the following ADB Commands to pull out the app package names:
   Get the list of all apps:
   adb shell pm list packages
   Get the list of all system apps only
   adb shell pm list packages -s
   Get the list of all Samsung apps only
   adb shell pm list packages | grep 'samsung'
4. The above will list out package names of all the Samsung apps installed on your device.

Simply copy/paste it from the command/powershell window into a notepad.

2. Using App:

There are apps on the Google Play Store that will list out the package names of all the apps installed on your device. These are pretty easy to use. Here are some of my favorties:

1. Package Name Viewer 2.0
2. App Inspector by Projectoria
3. App Inspector by UBQSoft

Simply install them on your Samsung device and open them follow the on-screen instructions, if any. They are as straightforward as it gets. Look for the app you want to uninstall and note down the package name.

List of Bloatware / System Apps on Samsung device that are safe to Remove

Here comes the ultimate list of all the bloatware apps that you can safely remove from your Samsung Galaxy device. Please note that that you may not find all of them on your Galaxy. For example, one app might be present in Galaxy S7 but not in the Galaxy S10 or the vice versa. This list covers all the Samsung Galaxy devices that have ever existed.

In case if you are wondering how to remove the below apps, we have a short guide in the next section. Be sure to check it out!

1. Airmotiontryactually.apk
2. Alarmwidget.apk
3. AllShareCastPlayer.apk
4. AllshareControlShare.apk
5. AllshareFileShare.apk
6. AllshareFileShareClient.apk
7. AllshareFileShareServer.apk
8. AllshareMediaServer.apk
9. AllshareMediaShare.apk
10. AllSharePlay15.apk
11. BasicDreams.apk
12. Blurb.apk
13. Books.apk
14. ChatON_feature.apk
15. ChatONV_J.apk
16. ChocoEUKor.apk
17. Chrome.apk
18. CHS_J_Device_only.apk
19. CloudAgent.apk
20. Clockpackage.apk
21. Collage_fhd.apk
22. Colourblind.apk
23. Com2usPoker_ASGC.apk
24. CoolEUKor.apk
25. DigitalClock21.apk
26. DigitalClock.apk
27. DioDict3service.apk
28. Directconnect.apk
29. DirectshareManager.apk
30. DroidSansSherifItalic.apk
31. Dropbox.apk
32. DropboxOOBE.apk
33. DSMForwarding.apk
34. DSMLawmo.apk
35. DualClockDigital.apk
36. Earth.apk
37. EasyFavouritesContactsWidget.apk
38. Easylauncher.apk
39. ELMAgent.apk
40. Episodes.apk
41. Eraser.apk
42. Flipboard.apk
43. FotaClient.apk
44. FWUpgrade.apk
45. GroupPlay_20.apk
46. GroupPlay_20.apk
47. HealthContentProvider.apk
48. Hearingdro.apk
49. InteractiveTutorial.apk
50. Kies.apk
51. kieswifi.apk
52. KikinSearch.apk
53. KnoxAgent.apk
54. LocalFOTA.apk
55. Magazines.apk
56. Match3VS.apk
57. Minimode-res.apk
58. MobilePrint2.apk
59. MobilePrintSvc_CUPS.apk
60. MobilePrintSvc_Epson.apk
61. MobilePrintSvc_HP.apk
62. MobilePrintSvc_Samsung.apk
63. MobileTrackerEngineTwo.apk
64. MusicLiveShare.apk
65. MusicPlayerWT.apk
66. Music2.apk
67. Navigator_Select_Samsung.apk
68. NfcTest.apk
69. NoiseField.apk
70. OmaCP.apk
71. Peel.apk
72. PageBuddyNotiSvc2.apk
73. PhaseBeam.apk
74. PicAction.apk
75. PickUpTutorial.apk
76. PlusOne.apk
77. PolarisViewer5.apk
78. PreloadInstaller.apk
79. PrismBooks.apk
80. PrismGames.apk
81. PrismLearning.apk
82. PrismMusic.apk
83. PrismStore.apk
84. PrismVideo.apk
85. RoseEUKor.apk
86. S-Voice_Android_Phone_J.apk
87. S_Translator_CSLi.apk
88. SamsungApps_J_Only.apk
89. SamsungAppsUNA3.apk
90. SamsungBooks.apk
91. SamsungGames.apk
92. SamsungHub.apk
93. SamsungHubUpdater.apk
94. SamsungLearning.apk
95. SamsungOCR2.apk
96. SamsungSans.apk
97. Samsungservice.apk
98. SamsungTTS.apk
99. SamsungTTS_white.apk
100. SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk
101. SamsungSans.apk
102. SBrowser.apk
103. SBrowserTry.apk
104. sCloudBackupApp.apk
105. sCloudBackupProvider.apk
106. sCloudDataRelay.apk
107. sCloudDataSync.apk
108. sCloudQuotaApp.apk
109. sCloudSyncCalendar.apk
110. sCloudSyncContacts.apk
111. sCloudSyncSBrowserBookmark.apk
112. sCloudSyncSBrowserTabs.apk
113. sCloudSyncSNote.apk
114. SecDownloadProviderUi.apk
115. SecEmail_J.apk
116. SecExchange.apk
117. SecSafetyAssurance.apk
118. SecNoteMyFiles.apk
119. SecSetupWizard2013.apk
120. SecVideoList.apk
121. SecWalletManager.apk
122. SetupWizard.apk
123. SHealth2.apk
124. SimpleWidget.apk
125. SmartBriefing4x2.apk
126. SNS.apk
127. SMemo2.apk
128. SNoteProvider.apk
129. SphericalMosaic.apk
130. SPlannerAppWidget.apk
131. SPPPushClient_Prod.apk
132. StoryAlbumWidget.apk
133. S_Translator_CSLi.apk
134. S-Voice_Android_phone_J.apk
135. Talk.apk
136. Talkback.apk
137. TravelService.apk
138. TravelWidget.apk
139. TrimApp_phone_J.apk
140. TripAdvisor.apk
141. Velvet.apk
142. VoiceRecorder.apk
143. VoiceSearchStub.apk
144. WeatherWidgetDaemon.apk
145. WebManual.apk
146. WfdBroker.apk
147. WlanTest.apk
148. wssyncmlnps.apk
149. YahoonewsPhone2013.apk
150. YahoostockPhone2013.apk
151. YosemitePHN.apk
152. YouTube.apk

How to Uninstall Bloatware on Samsung Devices

As we have already said before, the bloatware apps are usually installed as system apps on Samsung Galaxy devices. So, you would need root access on your Galaxy to get rid of them. Once you have rooted your device, you have to install a root explorer on your device. There are many options but we prefer the below two:

1. MiXplorer
2. File Explorer Root Browser

After you install any of the root explorers, simply go to the System > App folder on your device and look for the package name you want to remove (from the list above) and simply delete the same. Be sure to reboot your device for the changes to take effect.

That is the complete list of bloatware that you can remove from the Samsung Galaxy Android device. Hope the list helps. If you have more apps that can be added to the list, do let us know in the comments down below.