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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, December 31, 2023
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to remove or disable bloatware apps on Android
• How to make your Google account virtually hack-proof
• Where to find help for using any Microsoft product
• Video: Visit to Barrow, Alaska – The northernmost city in America
• My Monthly Tech Giveaway is back – Brother DCPL2550DW Multifunction Laser Printer
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Today’s featured tech tip….
How to remove or disable bloatware apps on Android
Have you ever taken a good look at the list of all the apps that are installed on your Android phone or tablet?
If so, you probably noticed that there are dozens of apps on there that were never installed by you.
Those “bloatware” apps were preinstalled on the device at the factory, and truth be told you’ll probably never use most of them.
All of those unwanted apps use a portion of your device’s limited storage capacity.
Even worse, some of them run in the background which consumes precious CPU and RAM resources, makes your device run slower than it should, and prematurely drains its battery charge.
The good news is many of those unwanted bloatware apps can be completely removed from the device, and the ones that can’t be uninstalled can be disabled to free up the precious resources they’re currently consuming.
Follow the steps below to uninstall or disable all the unwanted apps from your Android device:
Note: The exact steps for uninstalling and disabling apps can vary just a bit from device to device. Therefore you should use the procedure detailed below as a general guide.
1 – Tap the gear-shaped Settings icon.
2 – Tap either Apps or Apps & notifications (depending on which label your device uses).
3 – Tap See all [X] apps to view the full list of apps that are currently installed on your device.
4 – Scroll through the list until you find the first app you want to uninstall (or disable) and then tap on its name.
5 – Tap Uninstall if that option is available. Otherwise, tap Disable.
6 – Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each of the other apps you don’t plan to ever use.
That’s all there is to it. Your phone or tablet should now be (at least a bit) faster and have a little extra free storage space.
And as a bonus, its battery charges might even last a little longer than they did in the past.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• How to make your Google account virtually hack-proof
Protect your Google account and every other account that’s associated with it.
• Where to find help for using any Microsoft product
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Video: Visit to Barrow, Alaska – The northernmost city in America
Cold, but absolutely fascinating.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• It’s a record: Microsoft Edge stopped 127 million phishing attacks this year
• TikTok blames bug for pop-up that requested iPhone users’ passcodes
• Hospitals ask courts to force cloud storage firm to return stolen data
• Li-Fi data transmission could be over 100 times faster than Wi-Fi
• AirTag helps track down stolen luggage and thief in North Carolina
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