Delete apps on the Samsung Galaxy S4 – two easy possibilities

The Samsung Galaxy S4 can be extended with apps from the Google Play store. So the smartphone can be easily converted to for example a games console or a professional camera. Many apps and games you can download for free from the Google Play Store or the Samsung App Market.

But not all apps meet the desired requirements and so you should remove these applications from the Samsung Galaxy S4. In this article we want to explain how you delete apps from the Samsung Galaxy S4.


To delete an app proceed as follows:


Open the menu of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and navigate to the app you want to remove. Please note that only apps and applications can be deleted, you have downloaded from an app store or market.
Now press the options button (left soft key) on the Samsung Galaxy S4 and select "Uninstall". All app icons now have a small minus-sign in the upper right corner. If you click on such a sign, the system asks you to uninstall the app. If you click on "OK", the app will be deleted from the Samsung Galaxy S4. Do this procedure with any app you want to remove from your smartphone.


There are also other ways to remove an app from the Samsung Galaxy S4 the variant we explained above is the fastest and easiest.
Alternatively, you can also delete apps on the Google Play store or on the settings of the Android system.


Google Play Store:


Open the Google Play Store on your Samsung Galaxy S4 and press the Options button. Go to "My Apps" to listen all your downloaded applications from the Play Store. Click on an entry and then click the "Uninstall" button to remove the selected app.


Settings of Android:


Navigate with the Samsung Galaxy S4 to Menu -> Settings -> Application Manager -> Installed Apps. Click on an app to display the app-info. In the App-Info you will find an "Uninstall" button. Press it to delete the app from your device.


As you can see, the first-mentioned method is the easiest to remove an app or application on the Samsung Galaxy S4.

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Manuel has been involved with technology for more than 15 years, especially with mobile phones, smartphones and PC systems and shares his passion here in this blog. If he can help someone with a technical problem, he is especially happy about it.