How to completely uninstall Android apps for clean reinstallation

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Sat, August 24, 2019

Here’s how to completely uninstall and reinstall Android apps in Android app development.

Android

Prerequisites

  • Device: OnePlus 6T
  • OS: Android 9
  • PC: macOS version 10.14.6

Complete Android app removal

The procedure for clean installing an Android app is as follows:

  1. Turn OFF backup on Android device
  2. Delete app storage
  3. Uninstall app
  4. Install app

Turn OFF backup

Go to [Settings] - [System] - [Backup] - [Back up to Google Drive] and turn it OFF.

Android Setting Backup

Delete app storage and cache

  • Delete storage
  • Delete cache

Uninstall and install app

After completely deleting the app data as described above, uninstall and install the app to complete the clean installation.

That’s all from the Gemba.

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