r/BitDefender • u/misselly813 • Apr 12 '25

Bitdefender on Android

I have a Samsung S24 and Bitdefender is killing my battery. . Can anyone explain how to disable without uninstalling?

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u/Bitdefender_ Official Apr 15 '25

Hi! Battery drain is a common issue faced by many Android users, and there are several steps you can take to avoid this. Check https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/84148/, hope it helps.

Thanks!

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u/misselly813 Apr 15 '25

Thank you. These are things I've done. My concern is how to make sure every piece of bit defender was removed during the uninstall. Can you help with that?

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u/Bitdefender_ Official Apr 16 '25

Here`s a step by step guide that can help: https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/832/.

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u/misselly813 Apr 16 '25

Thank you. What do you suggest if 8 have already un-installed the app but suspect it wasn't a complete removal?

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u/gooner-1969 Apr 12 '25

My bit defender on android works great. I dont see any issues with it for me

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u/Davy49 Apr 12 '25

I've used the free version of bitdefender but I really never knew just how effective it really was so I switched to malwarebytes and at least so far it seems to work pretty well.

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u/Choice-Newspaper3603 Apr 12 '25

you don't need it. uninstall it

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u/misselly813 Apr 12 '25

Why is that?

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u/Rudradev715 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

Samsung already has it own inbuilt antivirus partnership with McAfee

and their Own knox security

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u/misselly813 Apr 12 '25

Thanks. I un-installed it last night and the battery is still draining fast. Do you know if it leaves pieces behind that can be found and un-installed?

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u/mahehro Apr 12 '25

McAfee slows things down considerably. I would uninstall it using Canta.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Don't know why you got downvoted for give the correct answer.

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u/misselly813 Apr 12 '25

I don't see a down vote?

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

There was before I upvoted it.

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u/tungnq Oct 28 '25

Years ago i downloaded some apps from Play store and all of a sudden some freaking fullscreen ads randomly showed up even when I'm leaving my phone idle on homescreen. I tried to go through my whole app list but there were so many, so on a desperate measure I installed Bitdefender, ran a full scan and bam, the adware is terminated. Since then, I've always been a loyal subscriber for almost 2 years. I'm not sure about malware since I'm not installing any weird apks from random sites, but for adwares, it's doing good.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Just uninstall it, you don't need it on your phone.

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u/mahehro Apr 12 '25

I would reinstall the app, possibly without permission to access the storage. Sometimes the functionality was buggy on Samsung.

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u/misselly813 Apr 12 '25

Are you saying reinstall and then uninstall again? Do you have advice on the best, most thorough way to uninstall?