topic Re: Deinstall Camera Apps in XPERIA archive

Deinstall Camera Apps

punkenciel — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:44:42 GMT

Is there any way to fully deinstall Camera apps from a Z5 device?

I mean not to Force Stop and disable them - just a clean uninstall. Nobody will use AR erffect I guess

Re: Deinstall Camera Apps

Christofer — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:05:24 GMT

Hi @punkenciel,

There is no menu or setting that allows you to uninstall the Camera app. Many of the pre-installed apps can not be uninstalled, the Camera app being one of them.

EDIT: Just realised that you actually wrote "camera apps", sorry about the confusion. The same thing goes for those though.

Re: Deinstall Camera Apps

Dominic81 — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:26:38 GMT

Well, you can at least hide the useless filters and bloat from your camera app via "ADB shell" using this command:

pm hide com.blablabla

To know the package name (com.xxxxx), try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vjayraj.packagename&hl=en

So, for example, you could completely hide and disable the "Music" app from your phone using this command:

adb shell

pm hide com.sonyericsson.music

As you can see, I've disabled a lot of bloat using this method: