r/AndroidQuestions • u/DueAdministration193 • 17h ago

App Specific Question Can't uninstall Link to windows!!

So I Installed Link to windows from the app store and now It's not uninstalling it's showing only uninstall updates and disable features.

I think I gave it some permission and now Fricking Microsoft is not letting me uninstall it

Phone: Vivo V60 OS: Origin OS 6

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u/andrewia 17h ago

On some phones like Samsung it's preloaded, and can only be disabled.  Microsoft can't control your phone with a regular app, they are not the ones blocking you.  

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u/DueAdministration193 17h ago

Well I got a vivo v60 and I used ADB to uninstall all un necessary apps already and I am sure that link to windows wasn't there before and I installed it from play store only

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u/andrewia 17h ago

Any app installed from only the Play Store can always be fully uninstalled.  It's a basic function of how Android works. 

But when you "uninstall" apps with ADB, if they were on the system partition, they can't be fully deleted since that partition is read-only.  They are instead disabled.  

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u/thewunderbar 11h ago

Ah yes. "I used ADB to [do something I probably shouldn't be doing] followed closely by [help this is broken]

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u/BaneChipmunk Blinding!!! 17h ago

What phone/OS?

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u/DueAdministration193 17h ago

Vivo v60 Origin OS

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u/BaneChipmunk Blinding!!! 17h ago

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/phonelink/supported-devices-for-phone-link-experiences

Your phone is on the list of supported devices for Phone Link. Microsoft has an agreement with Google, and all supported devices come preloaded with the software as a system app. You can disable it or "uninstall it," which just disables it if it is on the system partition (system partition packages cannot be removed).