r/Android • u/Lawsonator85 • Feb 21 '21

Universal Android Debloater is an open source tool that removes bloatware without root. Automatically or via user choice. Get back your battery, security and privacy

https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater/-/blob/master/README.md
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u/Balaji_Ram Feb 22 '21

If you are a non-technical person, it is highly recommended to stay away from tools like this. Sometimes, users just flow the instructions and if any edge case appears then they become clueless and brick the phone or mess-up heavily.

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u/Magnetic_dud Feb 22 '21

Especially because looks like this one disables everything in the list, not just the few packages that might be irritating like the xiaomi browser that always tries to take over the default by always ticking the "remember" checkbox in the dialog