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Gradually switched to only the Chrome browser on mobile devices. Opera on Android has become annoying with its versions, and other browsers with its additions. Chrome is not perfect, but it’s just right for me, especially when you use all its functionality. Not very long ago I began to notice that as soon as the connection is lost, pages begin to be saved for offline access. We will now look at how to remove saved offline pages, especially from the browser’s quick access screen.

See for yourself. You went to the site looking for up-to-date information, the connection was interrupted, and then you are shown the old information, the one that was saved offline. There were a couple of times when such browser independence really let me down.

If the page is saved offline, then you can clear the quick access field by deleting the saved page. Open Chrome on Android (it is possible that it works in a similar way on other OSes) and go to the menu.

Finding the point Downloaded files and go to the list of files.

Here we see files, pictures and pages saved offline. In my case, this page was at the very top.

I delete the page and on the main screen there is again a link to the site, and not to the saved copy. Everything turned out easy and simple.

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Over the past few years, the Android operating system has broken all popularity records and was able to significantly displace iOS. Products manufactured under this operating system account for about 80% of all other devices. First of all, this, of course, is due to the affordable price of Android gadgets, and its convenience already plays a second role.

OS Android

The history of this OS began back in 2009, when Google bought the rights to it. And I was absolutely right. Users were delighted with the ease of use of Android and the variety of apps on their device. . Using a Google account, you can unleash the full potential of your gadget. And all the necessary add-ons, applications and content that is missing immediately after purchasing the device can be downloaded on the Internet. For this purpose, the Play Market store was created.

There the user can order a lot of different applications, books, pictures, themes, wallpapers, widgets and much more. The content is divided into many categories, the two largest being paid downloads and free downloads. But in the “life” of every device running the Android OS there comes a time when you need to free up free memory space. Or you might just want to get rid of content you don't need or don't use. There are quite a few ways to do this, but we will look at the simplest and most successful ones. Read about it below.

How to delete content from Android

Files such as pictures, music or videos can be deleted directly using the Android shell itself. You can go to the gallery, click on the selected file and select the trash can icon or click “delete”. But what about apps? To do this, your device has a File Manager. This is a built-in program that allows the user to perform various manipulations with files, such as:

• Copying;
• Move;
• Removal, etc.

With the help of such an “assistant” you can go into the memory of your phone or memory card (you can open directories sequentially or enter the path at once) and delete unnecessary content from there. If for some reason you don’t have a “dispatcher” or you want to have another one, with advanced capabilities and a more convenient interface for you, you can download it.

You can delete applications through the settings, there you need to select “Applications”, click on the one you are going to delete, and perform the appropriate action. There are also a number of utilities for this procedure, such as “Clean Master,” which allow you not only to get rid of content, but also to optimize the operation of the entire device.

In this practical guide, I will tell you how to delete an application on Android in various ways. This can be done without damaging the OS. You will also learn how to remove system (standard) and hidden applications. How to uninstall them from internal memory or SD card.

The best programs for uninstallation

Video instruction:

Why remove applications from Android?

• The phone slows down and responds slowly to user actions. As a result, working with the phone is inconvenient and access to important functions is slower.
• on a mobile device. This does not always happen because of the small amount of RAM, but because unnecessary applications are installed on the phone. Because of this, side and unnecessary functions run in the background.
• By deleting unnecessary applications, you will focus on the most useful ones (of the remaining ones) and will not be distracted by unnecessary ones.
• Some developers introduce advertising into their products - a popup screen is displayed on the phone screen or lockscreen (lock screen), which cannot be gotten rid of in any way except by uninstalling the “culprit”.

Reference. Uninstallation – removal of a mobile application (or computer program) from the operating system and from the storage device.

How to remove unnecessary apps from your phone

Through the standard Application Manager

You can find a section with a list of installed programs on Android at: Settings - Applications.

Standard Android Application Manager Toolkit

In the “Applications” section you can find out how much space a particular application takes up and where it is installed – in the internal memory or on the SD card. The bottom of the screen shows how much phone memory is free and occupied. By clicking on the line with the name, you will find out the cache size and data consumption in the OS.

Applications installed by the user can be stopped (that is, unloaded from memory), deleted, or (which is useful if you need to free up phone memory).

In the SD Memory Card tab – a list of applications installed on the phone’s SD card.

In the Running section - useful information about how long a particular program has been running and how much RAM is consumed. Thus, if an application is wasting resources, it can and should be removed.

It should be noted that the standard Android tools are not suitable for mass removal of Android applications, although they are useful for single removal of a particular package.

Uninstalling applications using CCleaner

CCleaner is a simple but effective utility for uninstalling applications on Android. An intuitive interface allows you to remove everything unnecessary in a few clicks: applications and cache (sometimes occupying hundreds of megabytes), apk installers and temporary files, and other “garbage”. The full version of the application is free, but contains advertising.

Sequence of steps to remove applications using CCleaner:

1. and install the utility
2. Through the main menu, go to the “Application Management” section.
3. Installed, system and disabled applications are distributed among the tabs. Select the desired section.
4. By clicking on the line with the application, information is available: name, program and cache size, installation date, version, etc.
5. Select the items and click on the Trash icon to remove programs from Android.
6. Click “Delete” again and confirm the operation.

Uninstalling applications using CCleaner for Android

Through CCleaner, you can remove applications in batches, and not individually, as the standard manager offers.

CCleaner is suitable for regularly cleaning Android and uninstalling applications from your phone. It is not possible to remove standard Android applications (such as Google Drive, Gmail) in CCleaner - neither with root access nor without it.

Clean Master – removal of standard and custom applications

Clean Master is another program for comprehensively cleaning your phone from garbage: temporary files, duplicates and remaining data that one or another application was “too lazy” to clean up. Clean Master does not specialize in uninstalling programs, but it does include a module called Application Manager.

A batch mode for uninstalling applications on your phone is available here. You can also manage apk packages and move apps from your memory card. This will help redistribute space and clear the phone's internal memory.

Removing Android system applications is not available in Clean Master; you can only uninstall user programs - those you installed yourself.

Removing system applications using System App Remover Pro

Removing Android system applications will help speed up the OS. However, it only makes sense to undertake this if you clearly know what can be deleted. To do this you will need root rights and System App Remover.

Remove unnecessary applications from your phone

Through the System Applications section, you can remove things that regular managers do not allow you to do. However, we advise you to follow the uninstaller’s recommendations and deactivate only applications that are marked “Can be removed.” Otherwise, you can disable the Android OS or cause system errors.

To remove Android system components:

1. In the System App Remover menu, go to the "System Applications" section;
2. In the list, tick the items to be deleted;
3. Click the "Delete" button.

By the way, this method will help to remove uninstallable applications hidden in the standard Android manager, available. As an example, spyware.

Advice. If your goal is to free up space in your phone's memory, we strongly advise against deleting system applications. It’s better to buy a large memory card and install all applications on it.

System App Remover requires payment for its full-featured work in the pro version (the free version displays advertising at the bottom of the window). A symbolic $1.88 gives you access to the following features:

• Management of system and user applications;
• Moving any installed application to an SD memory card or internal phone memory;
• Use as ;
• Allows you to remove Android system applications;
• Batch uninstallation mode: you can select only the necessary applications with checkboxes and remove them in a few clicks.
• Flexible management of standard and custom applications: sorting, filtering by name, package name and path, searching for applications, etc.

What applications can be safely removed on Android

Let's note applications that make sense to remove in order to improve the performance of the mobile device.

1. Uninstall social network clients. In particular, the Facebook/Messenger app consumes a lot of memory on Android, and you're constantly distracted by notifications.
2. Feel free to remove unnecessary user programs - those that you installed yourself via Google Play or by downloading an apk file from an unverified source.
3. Uninstall antiviruses. It would seem a controversial decision, but if you are confident in the security of your mobile device or you do not have a particular need for constant protection, remove the antivirus.
4. You can remove optimizers and cleaners. Programs like CleanMaster and DU Battery Saver are useful on an occasional basis. Over time, they begin to get boring and hang like a dead weight in the Android RAM.
5. Games are not only the main time killers: they take up a significant amount of megabytes in the memory of a mobile device.

Final tip: install only necessary applications on your phone

Keep only the apps you need on your phone. Try alternatives, experiment, but always control what is installed.

If you install any program, be sure to test it and make a conclusion: keep the program or remove it. On the one hand, this approach requires time and patience, on the other hand, it saves your nerves. A phone loaded with dozens of applications will not work as quickly as after purchase.

Answers to readers' questions

I can’t update apps on my phone, they say there’s not enough memory. But I deleted some of them, except the standard ones, and still I can’t download or install anything. There are very few programs on the phone, and it is impossible to do anything. What should I do, why can’t I install applications on my phone?

Answer. The first tip is to buy a high-capacity SD card. This is the easiest and fastest way to solve the problem with missing memory on your phone. There is no need to delete applications and constantly clear memory in order to “carve out” space in the internal storage.

We also advise you to carefully read the guide on how to remove applications on Android. Perhaps you need not only an Android application manager, but something more flexible, like the uninstaller from the developer Jumobile (see above). It will allow you to remove even hidden applications on your phone, as well as Chinese or system ones.

The phone (Sony Xperia M4 Aqua) receives notifications that the memory on the phone is low. I decided to transfer some applications to the SD card and leave them only in the internal memory. A little time passed and notifications began to arrive again, there was no more space on the SD card and I decided to clear it out of my mind, forgetting that I had once transferred applications there, and now the icons of these applications are lit on my screen, but I can’t go into them , and on top of these icons the SD card icon is lit. And most importantly, I can’t download the programs again and I can’t delete the application from my phone.

Answer. All applications transferred to the SD card (or even deleted user applications) can be easily returned - just go to Google Play and use the search to find this or that program for Android, then click on the Install button.

You can transfer applications to an SD card as follows:

1. Go to Settings - Applications (Application Manager).
2. Go to SD Card or USB Drive Section
3. Find in the list the application that you want to transfer to the SD card
4. Confirm the action

By the way, it is impossible to remove unnecessary or transfer Android system applications in this way; this will require third-party programs such as Jumobile.

I installed a memory card on my smartphone, I want to download the application. It does not install, it says: remove applications, there is not enough memory. The phone's memory is full. How to remove unnecessary applications from Android?

Answer. If you wish, you can remove unnecessary applications using CCleaner, CleanMaster or the application manager from Jumobile. These same utilities, by the way, will allow you to clear up free space by deleting cache, temporary files and other unnecessary data on your phone.

If the system memory is full of applications, it is better to transfer them to an SD card (I wrote about how to do this above in the text).

I uninstalled some program on my phone. The message “Safe Mode” appeared on the screen (in the lower left corner). Some applications are no longer visible. I downloaded the Undelete recovery program, but I can’t log in, but this program is installed in the Play Store. What kind of program could it be that is causing problems after uninstalling it?

Answer. You may have uninstalled the system application on Android, or the installed program conflicts with the phone. Rebooting the device helps exit safe mode. If after rebooting you still enter this mode, try turning off the phone and turning it on using the power and volume down buttons held down at the same time.

Tip: do not delete system or user applications on Android without knowing their purpose. Deleting it can lead to serious consequences: at best, you will have to reflash the phone.

Having rummaged through dictionaries, you can easily find out that “online” means “on line”, “in touch” (from the English “online”). And “offline” is quite the opposite when there is no connection. We are not too interested in semantic details; we will talk about the practical meaning of the above concepts. About how to live with all this.

ChromeOS and other webOS

Since online-only operating systems are advertised with such monstrous force, some clarification is necessary. For educational purposes.

Your computer is a personal item. You can store private data on the disk. All the things you don't want to show to anyone. However, these days there is an intensive washing of the gray matter between the ears, propaganda of “cloud” operating systems, ChromeOS and others like them.

The bottom line is that to work with such an OS you need to be constantly online, because nothing is stored on the computer at all. Everything is in the cloud, on a server on the Internet. Even the most private things. And you never know who has access to the files, who is viewing them, so that a new WikiLeaks does not arise. A warrant is only needed to search household items, including computers.

But the owners of Google recently gave up all the personal data of European users to the US intelligence services. According to the laws of the European Union, they did not have the right to do this, but they gave it up anyway, since they are an American company and cannot disobey their masters. And how can you then trust them and use their ChromeOS?

But the attitude towards confidentiality is not so bad. Few people today respect privacy even without “clouds”. The real problem is functionality that is tied to the network almost one hundred percent, except for a short-term cache in case of connection failures.

Let's give a small but concrete and quite real-life example. You urgently need to print a document, but you don’t have access to the Internet. The provider has a fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, magnetic storms, financial crisis, mice chewed through the wires. You never know what can happen. Well, since the printer in ChromeOS works exclusively through a “cloud” proxy process, offline printing will not take place.

Email

You can use email. partly offline. Yes, no need to rub your eyes in amazement! An Internet connection is required only in two cases:

1. to receive messages;
2. to send letters.

However, there is one catch: you need an email program. For example, Mozilla Thunderbird. Let's consider it.

Do you work on multiple computers? One - for example, in the editorial office where you work as a journalist, the second - on your table at home, the third - a netbook with which you go on business trips. Therefore, it is more convenient to carry mail with you on a flash drive. So, go to the PortableApps.com portal. find the portable version of Thunderbird in the “Applications” section there (Russian-language - follow the “Languages” link), download

and unpack it onto your removable media. Flash memory in a regular mp3 player will do, why not.

If there is only one computer, then it is advisable to acquire a regular version that is permanently installed in the system. You should only get it from http://www.mozilla.org/ and nowhere else! (Nowhere at all!)

Connect to the Internet and launch Thunderbird for the first time. The program will prompt you to create an account. She will configure the parameters for connecting to servers herself. And downloads the mail.

That's it, you can disconnect from the network! That is, go offline. Calmly read the correspondence, delete what is unnecessary, and respond to what is necessary. All your replies, all new letters after clicking the send button will be saved in the “Outbox” folder. (Before pressing, the buttons are added to “Drafts” as you write.)

Outbox is a secure storage facility where messages will wait patiently until your computer has access to the Internet. Once you're online again, your mail will be sent immediately after you launch Thunderbird.

Now let's look at the settings. In the program menu: “Tools” -> “Account Options” -> “Copies and Folders”. There, by default, it most likely states that drafts, sent letters and templates should be stored on a server on the network, and not in the program itself. Well, someone really wants to control your correspondence, what can you do?

Therefore, you need to set the switches in such a way that everything is stored only in local folders. Instead of “Sent”, located at your e-mail address, you should simply indicate “Poisoned”. And also simply “Drafts”, “Archive” and “Templates”. Those in front of which this address is not displayed.

That's all, now you can actually use email partially offline, connecting to the network only to receive and send messages.

ICQ

In addition to email, people use instant messaging clients. In the post-Soviet space - most often ICQ. Some people need (or just want) to stay online all the time so that they can be contacted at any time. Some people do not want to be distracted by idle chatter, tearing themselves away from more important matters.

It will probably be useful for everyone to know that ICQ can be removed from autorun. Go to settings and uncheck the option that launches the program when you turn on the computer.

The fact is that ICQ can work like regular email. We wrote a message to a person who is offline - he will receive it as soon as he connects to the Internet and launches his copy of the program.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need to sit and wait for a person to appear online and his “daisy” to turn green. Write and let me know when you can chat with him.

Conclusion

There is no need to live online all the time. Often, work requires concentration, and pop-up notifications about new messages are at first simply distracting, and then begin to irritate. And in general, many interesting things exist offline, including real life.

Getting rid of unnecessary applications

This is the first thing you should pay attention to. Many people have applications downloaded on their phones that have never been used and are unlikely to be useful in the future. By deleting them, you can free up tens or even hundreds of megabytes of internal memory.

We refuse dynamic wallpapers

The moving screensaver is definitely mesmerizing. However, such wallpapers quickly consume the internal memory of the device. Give preference to a classic static image.

Moving applications to the memory card

The default microSD memory card is used to store documents, videos, photos or audio materials. You can manually selectively move programs. To do this, go to Settings → Applications → Manage applications. Select a specific program and move it to microSD.

It should be noted that not all files of the selected applications will be moved. This applies to programs that use the data synchronization function, notifications, and contain widgets or wallpapers.

Applications may run slightly slower after moving. This is because the speed of the microSD card is slower than the built-in system memory.

Clearing the cache

Applications and browsers that use an Internet connection quickly fill up the cache of an Android mobile device with unnecessary files. In addition, online players save listened tracks to remote corners of the gadget’s memory. Special utilities for clearing the cache are designed to solve this problem. Most popular - App Cache Cleaner, Clean Master, CCleaner. Often such utilities have an automatic cleaning function. Don’t be afraid to clear the cache, because this will not affect the operation of applications in any way.

Closing unused applications

Programs running in the background consume tens of megabytes of RAM, as well as battery power. Completely close applications that you will not be using in the near future.

Removing offline cards

Offline maps are convenient because they help out when there is no Internet connection. Over time, they can accumulate a lot, especially among avid travelers and those whose work involves traveling to unfamiliar places. Go to the Google Maps app to view a list of offline maps. Remove those that you will not use in the next few days or at all.

We store documents in cloud services

Use cloud storage services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Yandex.Disk or OneDrive. They will ensure reliable safety of documents, which will free up memory on the device.

The listed methods will ensure efficient use of the RAM of Android devices.