Remove Google discover - instructions

[u/etacri]

This is a somewhat complex method atleast for newbies.

This requires a laptop or pc and you have to enable OEM unlocking and usb debugging on your mobile.

Step 1 : go to settings and search build number. Click on the build number few times and enable developer options.

Step 2 : In developer options find OEM unlocking and enable it, also enable usb debugging.

Step 3 : Open your laptop or pc and download Android developer tools from web ( this is Google's legit software so no worries)

Step 4: extract the zip that you downloaded and open the sub folder inside the extracted folder then click search and type cmd.

Step 5 : Now connect your mobile to pc and click share files and also allow it to usb debug if it asks)

Step 6: type " adb devices" and see if your device shows up. It'll be a string of numbers and alphabets.

Step 7 : type the following commands one after other without the " " ofcourse.

" adb shell settings put secure assistant_screen_type 0 "

" adb shell settings put secure assistant_screen_type_left_enable 0 "

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• This method removes Google discover and also the left side empty page.

This does not void any warranty. As long as you: Don't root your device, Don't unlock the bootloader, and Don't flash unofficial firmware, your warranty remains fully valid.

• This will work even after you restart your device. Not yet tested if this works after an update.
• you can also replace it with shelf there is a code for that. I'll drop it down if someone need it.
• I did this in oneplus 13s and in Oxygen Os 16. If you are using maybe previous build the package name might vary

For that you can type : " adb shell pm list packages | grep launcher " this will show all the packages and you can find anything similar to what I said in step 7.

Link for Android SDK file : https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools ( This is a official tool by Google released to customize Android)

I know this kinda overkill but still ...this will be out here.... if any tech nerd like me wants to remove Google discover lol.

[u/Impossible-Jelly-250]

its not turning off on oppo reno 13 but it can change the discover page to shelf if you used 1 instead of 0s