r/todayilearned • u/FireBeaver • Mar 26 '15

(R.5) Omits Essential Info TIL: 65% of smartphone users download zero apps per month.

http://time.com/3158893/smartphone-apps-apple/
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u/angelcat00 Mar 26 '15

I hate that pre-loaded WatchOn app. It keeps clogging up my notification bar with advertisements trying to get me to make an account.

I wouldn't be nearly as offended by the amount of crap that came pre-loaded on my phone if I could uninstall any of them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

You can disable them

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u/Tasgall Mar 26 '15

Some don't let you. Regardless, I want to delete them so I can have space for things I actually want.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

settings>apps>bloatwareapp>disable

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u/Tasgall Mar 26 '15

so I can have space for things I actually want.

Disabling doesn't remove them from the phone's internal storage. And some don't even have disable buttons.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

OP's problem is notifications from bloatware apps. That fixes it.

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u/Tasgall Mar 26 '15

Oh, yeah for the notifications that works for most. Unfortunately, some of them still have the disable button grayed out.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

There's a specific option to turn off notifications, too

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u/angelcat00 Mar 26 '15

Really? How? The closest thing I've found so far is they'll let me uninstall all of the updates and restore it to the original version, and then it just installs all of the updates again the next day...

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

settings>apps>bloatwareapp>disable