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Here Are the Most Useless Apps to Delete Right Now

If your phone is running out of room, you have an often overlooked option when it comes to freeing up space on your Android phone: delete some unnecessary apps. There are some apps that have overstayed their welcome and have got to go. Read on for tips to help you determine which apps you should be deleting. Click here to easily uninstall any applications you no longer wish to have on your device:

DFNDR’s app manager feature will let go through your apps, list them by their name, size, date, or frequency of use. At a glance, you can view which apps are too large and need to be removed from your device. If there’s a large app you frequently use, perhaps you may find an alternative. With one tap, you can uninstall those apps you don’t want. It’s a simple fix for an irritating, though common, problem.

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Now that you realize you don’t need to hang onto every app that you download, you might be wondering what else you can do to streamline the app deletion process.

Apps You Don’t Use

It might sound like a no-brainer, and it probably is, but far too many Android users are toting around way too many apps that they are no longer interested in. Removing these apps can free up space for, well, more apps. But at least this time, they might be apps you actually care about.

Apps That Drain Your Battery

Some apps, like Facebook and Messenger, can be major battery drains because they store a large amount of documents and data within the app. Other apps are a bit more subtle about it. If your phone feels like it’s racing through a fully charged battery, it’s likely that you have an app to blame. Use PowerPRO to quickly identify and remove tasks that consume too much of your phone’s battery. It will let you know which apps to keep and which apps are behind your lack of power.

Android Pre-Installed Bloatware

So, you can’t delete the mess of apps that come pre-installed on your Android smartphone without running the risk of harming your phone or having to root your phone (which voids the warranty), but you can disable them. By doing so, you will prevent these sometimes resource-hogging apps from taking more of your internal memory than you’d like. It might be just the thing you need to speed up your phone so you can get back to being productive.

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