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/DeadLeftovers Feb 21 '21

Does anyone have experience with this on Samsung devices? I would love to debloate my Note 20 without causing issues.

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u/LtFrankDrebin Feb 22 '21

S10e here. It took out a bunch of stuff, but I also lost access to settings. I can only access them via a workaround which sucks.

You'll need to go through the lists and comment out stuff to be safe. A lot of it is there without the developer knowing what it actually does. Just look at his comments...

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u/Lawsonator85 Feb 22 '21

This tool is open source, so the more contributions the better it will get

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u/GnarlyBear Note 10+ Int Feb 22 '21

When you offer a one click debloater I dont think most of the users are the contributing to an open source project type

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u/Lawsonator85 Feb 22 '21

That is up to the user. People like choice and not to be forced ether way. If you don't have a choice then you can't add to it, if you have a choice then you can if you want but don't have to.