How to Uninstall Hidden Facebook Apps on the Galaxy S21 with ADB
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
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Requirements:
Installing ADB & Fastboot Tools - • Installing Minimal ADB...
Developer Mode Tutorial - • How to Turn On Galaxy ...
USB Debugging Mode Tutorial - • How to Enable USB Debu...
1. Intro [00:00]
2. Connect the Galaxy S21+ to the PC with a USB cable [02:41]
3. Grant USB Debugging access if you haven't done so in the past
4. Open a Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Terminal in the same folder as your ADB file [03:04]
5. Enter an ADB Shell [03:25]
6. Execute the pm uninstall commands for each secret Facebook application and service you want to uninstall [03:48]
7. What if I install an OTA update? [06:39]
Hidden Facebook Applications Package Names:
com.facebook.system
com.facebook.appmanager
com.facebook.services
When combing through the applications that were installed on my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, I noticed there were three different Facebook apps hidden away in the settings section. I found this to be odd because there wasn't a Facebook application icon to be found.
Granted, I could have uninstalled the Facebook app earlier and forgotten.
Anyway, I don't like how Facebook has pre-installed Facebook apps (three different ones on my International Exynos variant). Apps that cannot be uninstalled from the settings area.
You can disable them through the App Settings area, though. So if you don't want to uninstall them via ADB commands (as shown in this video) then you can simply disable them right here if you wish.
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But if you're like me and want them gone, let's enable Developer Mode on the Galaxy S21+ and then enable USB Debugging Mode. You also need to have ADB & Fastboot tools installed. If you're unfamiliar with how to do any of this check the links at the top of this tutorial.
Go ahead and connect the phone to the PC with a USB cable and open up a Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, or a Terminal window in the same folder as our ADB & Fastboot tools are installed in.
From here, some will do the ADB Devices command to check and make sure the connection has been established properly. If your device doesn't show up when you run that command, there's something wrong (could be USB drivers related, or USB debugging mode not being enabled/allowed, etc).
But we simply need to drop into what is known as an ADB shell prompt. Once there, we can execute commands as if they were done directly on the Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphone. Which is exactly what we want to do here.
The command we're looking to use is. . .
pm uninstall -k --user 0 [package name]
Where [package name] is replaced with the package name of the application you want to uninstall using the pm uninstall ADB shell command. You can find this by downloading an APK package name application from the Play Store.
But if you're just looking to get rid of these three Facebook services then I've already done that work for you (I included this list right below the step by step guide above). So just execute that pm uninstall command on each of the three secret Facebook apps.
You should see a "SUCCESS" message after each of the pm uninstall commands you run. If you get an error here, then the app has not been uninstalled for the current user and you'll likely see it in the list of apps installed. 
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I noticed that right away, every phone I get... I chk out the settings front to back, open developer settings, etc. I see they added Facebook Manager, Facebook Service's and Facebook Installer! Great video.
I'm okay with pre-installed apps as long as they can be uninstalled (these three should have been removed when the main app was uninstalled, imo). So I'll do what I can to prevent them from being able to run. Thanks for the feedback! :)
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Thanks 😊
When Samsung OS update or security update arrives and you install it, will it reinstall Facebook?
Does it only say location always on or does it just say only when the apps on
Is the package names for these still the same just exchange 'Facebook' for 'Meta'?
I forgot to ask if I need to download a specific Fastboot and add for Mac? or just simply download it? (I have an iMac and an android phone)
this download link should work for macOS - dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip
let me know if that helped ruclips.net/channel/UCnowc_KHgjVNj3Y-E-oQ8awjoin
My s20 is connected, but i dont see it in the adb...
Why does your comp say
"C:\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>" ?
Mine just either has the name of the user or
"C:\windows\system32>"
Am i missing something?
can you do Nix tutorial? SCRCPY? hmm.... seems the phone should be rooted for administrative permissions o you could just navigate to the folder and delete this garb.. relay is that simply in linux, delete folder, all gone, crazy you would have to use Doze to delete a folder ona Nix phone? nuts has to be a way
Why do we trust ADB, exactly?
It says my device is unauthorized when i type adb devices to see if its connected... what does this mean?
it means you haven't allowed the USB Debugging mode access (like you refused the prompt when it appeared)
you can reset this by going into dev mode and selecting the 'reset authorizations' option. then you'll get that prompt again when using adb devices
message me directly through the membership area if you have any further questions ruclips.net/channel/UCnowc_KHgjVNj3Y-E-oQ8awjoin
hello what happens if it says the phone is unauthorized? edit:Nevermind i found a comment solving my problem thank you!
Will it work with the Galaxy S21 Ultra? Thanks for the very informative video!
it certainly does! the phone I have in the video is the s21 ultra variant
let me know if this helped ruclips.net/channel/UCnowc_KHgjVNj3Y-E-oQ8awjoin
Can I use the same method for a Samsung Note 9
yes, as long as you're running Samsung's OneUI firmware then this process should work the same on the Galaxy Note 9
This won't affect Instagram?
I don't think so, but you should let me know if you have any issue with it
My phone just lets me uninstall them but then again i have a unlocked note 20
it's likely a deal they made with Facebook for this particular released
Didn't work on a71 although it said success every time.
Tried to repeat and adb says not installed . But phone stll had fb
are you sure you uninstalled ALL facebook packages like I mention in the video. there's more than one
my hero!!!!!!!!!!! thanks bye bye FB, don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya
Bro was talking in slow motion. Had to change the speed to 1.25
Hi, great tutorial, thank you!
I Have found some more useless Apps on my German S21 Ultra:
de.axelspringer.yana.zeropage
com.netflix.partner.activation
com.netflix.mediaclient
com.swiftkey.swiftkeyconfigurator
com.touchtype.swiftkey
com.microsoft.skydrive
com. google. android. youtube
com.google.android.apps.tachyon
And I could remove them successfully.
How can one insert all these commands at once in batch in case of a Software update? or maybe make a Terminal Script?
Explaining Android Darla
If you disable the 3 Facebook apps, then, you don't really need to bother with uninstalling. Uninstalling just throws it into cold storage anyways.