Bloatware takes up space in your mobile device. They are present in the name of tools, and the worst part is you cannot uninstall them directly from your Huawei smartphone. Usually, this bloatware is preinstalled on your device. But sometimes, they do come from other sources, like third-party app install, malicious links, etc. Here is a quick guide on how you can easily Debloat or Remove Bloatware from Huawei Using ADB commands.
As a Huawei smartphone user, you must be fed up with the bloatware filled in your devices. And as you can guess, most of them are of no use, they are used as a promotional application for Huawei, and sometimes they can grab your data.
Why You Should Remove Bloatware Apps
Bloatware is generally in your device to consume a lot of valuable resources, including battery juice. While it is running in the background of your device, it affects your device’s performance. It could fill your lock screen with Ads, or even your internet browser.
How To Debloat Or Remove Bloatware From Huawei Using ADB
Below mentioned steps are there to help you in removing the bloatware from the device. You need to follow these steps very thoroughly and successfully remove the bloatware from the device.
Step 1: Download and install Android SDK
The baby step toward this guide is to download the Android SDK tool from this link. This is the official tool provided by Google. The Android SDK tool is a software development kit used to develop Android applications.
Here is how you can install the Android SDK platform Packages and tool
- Start the Android Studio
- Select Configure>SDK Manager
- In the default setting dialog box, click these tabs to install Android SDK platform packages.
- Click apply and then click OK.
Or you can just download it directly from this link.
Step 2: Enable USB debugging
The next step is making your device readable by the ADB software to make changes in the ADB mode. Head on to the settings>about and enable developer mode by tapping on the build number seven times.
Your smartphone’s developer option will be turned on.
Now go to settings>System>Advanced>Developer Option, scroll down and look for the USB debugging and turn it on.
Step 3: Make sure to establish the ADB shell Connection
The ADB command does a variety of device actions, such as installing and debugging an App and when you are about to debloat your smartphone from all the bloatware preset, Establishing an ADB shell connection is a must; here is how you can do it.
Connect your smartphone with the PC using the USB cable.
Now look for the platform tool folder in the Android Studio SDK manager, in the path android_sdk/platform-tools
In the platform tool folder, launch the Command Prompt, by typing the CMD in the address bar
Now type “adb devices” in the command window to verify the ADB connection.
You will get the device ID (If not, try again with correct spellings). Now type “adb shell” to establish the shell environment.
Your device codename will be listed, which means the shell connection is established.
Step 4: Type in the ADB commands to remove bloatware from Huawei phone
Now you can start removing bloatware apps from your device follow the below commands.
Type “pm list packages” in the command line. This will give the list of all the available packages and apps on your Huawei device.
Type “pm uninstall – –user 0 PackagenName” command for removing the bloatware from the Huawei device, the command is generic.
List of Huawei Bloatware Packages
Below is the list of all the packages in your Huawei phone in the form of bloatware. You can remove all these applications and packages by just typing the package name.
You can replace the PackageName with the actual package name. If you want to uninstall the Huawei stock app market, just type in “pm uninstall – –user 0 com.Huawei.appmarket” to uninstall the app market application.
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Huawei Built in Application Package
com.huawei.android.tips | Huawei Tips/Tricks com.huawei.android.totemweather | Huawei Weather com.huawei.arengine.service | Augmented reality service com.huawei.browser | Huawei Browser com.huawei.contactscamcard | Business card reader com.huawei.compass | Huawei Compass com.huawei.desktop.explorer | Desktop Service com.huawei.fido.uafclient | Fast ID Online function com.huawei.gameassistant | Huawei Game Suite (HiGame) com.huawei.geofence | Geofence service com.baidu.input_huawei | Built in keyboard com.huawei.appmarket | Huawei Market com.huawei.android.chr | HwChrService com.huawei.android.FloatTasks | Floating dock com.huawei.android.hsf | Huawei own Services Framework com.huawei.android.hwpay | Huawei Payement app com.huawei.android.karaoke | karaoke entertainment app com.huawei.android.mirrorshare | MirrorShare from Huawei com.huawei.android.remotecontroller | Huawei Smart Controller com.huawei.search | HiSearch app com.huawei.stylus.floatmenu | Floating menu com.huawei.hdiw | Huawei ID app com.huawei.hifolder | Huawei Online Cloud folder service com.huawei.himovie.overseas | Huawei Videos App com.huawei.hitouch | Floating dock by Huawei com.huawei.hwdetectrepair | Huawei Smart diagnosis app com.huawei.iaware | Huawei info app com.huawei.livewallpaper.paradise | Live wallpaper service com.huawei.parentcontrol | Parental controls functions com.huawei.pcassistant | HiSuite service com.huawei.phoneservice | HiCare app com.huawei.mirror | Huawei Mirror app com.huawei.screenrecorder | Huawei Screen recorder feature com.huawei.vassistant | Huawei Voice Assistant com.huawei.videoeditor | Video editor function com.huawei.wallet | Huawei Wallet com.huawei.watch.sync | Huawei Watch sync function com.iflytek.speechsuite | Default voice input method
Bloatware Package List
com.android.bips | Print Service com.android.calculator2 | Calculator app com.android.calendar | Calendar app com.android.carrierconfig | Carrier-specific configuration com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver | Cell Broadcast com.android.dreams.basic | Screensaver mode com.android.dreams.phototable | Photo screensaver com.android.egg |Android build’s easter egg feature com.android.email | Stock email app com.android.emergency | Emergency Contacts com.android.exchange | Non-Gmail email support com.android.gallery3d | Gallery com.android.htmlviewer | In-built HTML viewer com.android.hotwordenrollment.okgoogle | OK Google detection service com.android.magicsmoke | Live wallpaper com.android.managedprovisioning | Managing App com.android.mediacenter | Huawei Music app com.android.mms | SMS app com.android.mms.service | MMS app com.android.noisefield | Live wallpaper com.android.phasebeam | Wallpaper com.android.printservice.reccomendation | Mobile Printing service com.android.pacprocessor | Proxy auto-configuration com.android.phone.recorder | Call recorder com.android.providers.blockednumber | Storage of blocked numbers com.android.providers.calendar | Calendar sync com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks | bookmarking service com.android.providers.userdictionary | Dictionary com.android.quicksearchbox | Quick Search box com.android.soundrecorder | Sound recorder com.android.stk | SIM Toolkit com.android.vending | Google Play Store com.android.voicedialer | Voice search com.android.vpndialogs | VPN system com.android.wallpaper.holospiral | Live wallpaper com.android.wallpaper.livepicker | Wallpaper picker com.android.wallpapercropper | Wallpaper cropper com.example.android.notepad | Notepad
Apps from Google in Huawei smartphone
com.google.android.apps.books | Google Books com.google.android.apps.cloudprint | Cloud print com.google.android.apps.currents | Currents com.google.android.apps.docs | Google Drive com.google.android.apps.fitness | Google Fit com.google.android.apps.mapps | Google Maps com.google.android.apps.photos | Google Photos com.google.android.apps.tachyon | Google Duo com.google.android.apps.wallpaper | Google Wallpapers com.google.android.apps.wellbeing | Digital Wellbeing com.google.android.feedback | Google Feedback com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox | Google Search com.google.android.gm | Gmail com.google.ar.core | Google ARCore com.google.marvin.talkback | Talkback com.google.android.play.games | Google Play Games com.google.android.street | Google Street View com.google.android.videos | Google Play Movies com.google.android.youtube | YouTube com.google.tango.measure | Google Measure
Unwanted 3rd Party app bloatware
Conclusion
These days, Huawei devices are filled with bloatware, and in order to make space in your device or just to protect your privacy, you should debloat or remove bloatware apps from your device. If you follow all these steps and type all the commands, you can easily remove the bloatware from your Huawei smartphone.
