Remove bloatware Samsung S9

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ADB tools

Some apps can only be disabled or can't be disabled at all. To remove these apps we are going to use a tool called ADB (Android debug bridge).

Install USB drivers for your Device (not always necessary)
Download and Install ADB tools
Enable Developer Options and USB Debugging
Plug in your phone into the computer with a good usb cable
Open a terminal and type:

adb devices

This command should return the Id of your device if not check all previous steps
Go into the adb shell by entering the following command

adb shell

To list all installed packages type the following command in the shell

pm list packages

To list packages of a certain manufacturer type following command with the name of the manufacturer (for example: 'samsung')

pm list packages | grep 'samsung'

To remove a package type in the following command followed by the package name

pm uninstall -k --user 0 <name of package>

The following list shows you some bloat apps and their packages that you can remove.

Samsung bloatware

Bixby

com.samsung.android.bixby.service
com.samsung.android.bixby.agent
com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup
com.samsung.android.bixby.agent.dummy
com.samsung.android.bixbyvision.framework
com.samsung.android.visionintelligence
com.samsung.android.app.spage
com.samsung.android.app.routines

Samsung themes

com.samsung.android.themestore
com.samsung.android.themecenter

Samsung Galaxy store

com.sec.android.app.samsungapps

Samsung Pass

com.samsung.android.samsungpassautofill
com.samsung.android.samsungpass
com.samsung.android.authfw

Samsung Pay

com.samsung.android.spayfw

Samsung Cloud

com.samsung.android.scloud

Samsung Messaging

com.samsung.android.messaging

Samsung billing

com.sec.android.app.billing

Samsung voice

com.samsung.svoice.sync
com.samsung.android.svoiceime
com.samsung.android.svoice

Secure folder

com.samsung.knox.securefolder

Game launcher

com.samsung.android.game.gamehome
com.samsung.android.game.gametools
com.enhance.gameservice
com.samsung.android.game.gos

Kids home

com.samsung.android.kidsinstaller

Samsung browser

com.samsung.android.app.sbrowseredge

Facebook bloatware

com.facebook.katana
com.facebook.system
com.facebook.appmanager
com.facebook.services

Google bloatware

Gmail

com.google.android.gm

Google

com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

Misc

chococooky (extra font)

com.monotype.android.font.chococooky

Copy pasta

To remove all apps listed copy and paste this into adb shell.

pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.agent
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.agent.dummy
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixbyvision.framework
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.visionintelligence
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.spage
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.routines
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.themestore
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.samsungapps
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.samsungpassautofill
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.samsungpass
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.authfw
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.spayfw
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.scloud
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.messaging
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sec.android.app.billing
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.svoice.sync
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.svoiceime
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.svoice
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.knox.securefolder
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gamehome
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gametools
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.enhance.gameservice
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.game.gos
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.kidsinstaller
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.sbrowseredge
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.katana
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.system
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.services
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.gm
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.monotype.android.font.chococooky