The Indian govt issued an order to remove more than 50 Chinese apps from the Google Play Store, following border tensions with China back in 2020. Some smartphones tend to have bloatware that consists of apps from China. The process of removing an app from your phone is fairly simple and doesn’t take a lot of time. In this article, we show you how to remove Chinese apps from your Android smartphone in a few simple and easy steps.
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Here’s the simplest way to remove any app from your phone
Step 1: Open the app drawer and select the app you want to delete.
Step 2: Long press the app until a pop-up menu shows up.
Step 3: Select Uninstall. The app will be removed from your Android phone.
Here’s how can remove any Chinese app from your Android phone settings
Step 1: Go to Settings.
Step 2: Scroll down and select ‘Apps’.
Step 3: From the list of apps, select the one you want to delete.
Step 4: Select the Uninstall option from the menu at the bottom of your screen.
The app will be removed from your phone.
Use a third-party app to delete Chinese apps from your Android phone
If you do not know which apps on your smartphone were developed in China, you can download a third-party app that runs a check on your phone and shows you which Chinese apps have been installed on it. ‘Find Chinese Apps’ is one such app that you can download to see which Chinese apps are installed on your phone. After this, you can simply remove those apps by following the two methods mentioned above.
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This is how you can remove any Chinese apps from your Android smartphone. If you want to be extra careful, you should look into the app publisher while downloading any app from the Google Play Store and check the location it is based in. We also advise against downloading any app outside of the Google Play Store, as they are more susceptible to data breaches and may come with additional adware and spam.
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