If you have an Android smartphone that you purchased through a telecom provider, it'll likely be loaded with a bunch of apps that you don't need or use. It's also likely that you can't get rid of some of them, at least not without some extra work.
Even when a standard uninstall doesn't work, there may be ways of getting rid of the apps, either by disabling them or removing them outright. Wired has published some techniques that might help you.
As we've said, some Android phone makers will preinstall apps that can't be removed through the usual method. If you want to completely remove apps rather than disabling them, or you come across bloatware that can't even be disabled, then a couple of more advanced and involved options are open to you.
The first is to install the Android Studio developer tool on a Windows or macOS computer—you'll find the downloads on this page. Your phone also needs to be put into developer mode, which you can do by going to About Phone in Settings and tapping Build Number seven times: This will reveal a new Developer Options menu in the System section of Settings, in which you need to enable USB debugging. (There's no harm in doing this, but it does open up a number of new options you should take care using, if you experiment with them.)
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