Smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ or S20 Ultrawären without apps not interesting at all and therefore you will install new applications on your device again and again.
Here you can find thousands of apps of all genres in the Google Play Store. Usually you install a few of these apps, but you don't need them in your everyday life. As a result, you will want to simply delete the app from your phone. The following three methods will show you how this works:
3 methods to uninstall apps from a Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ or S20 Ultra
This three-part tutorial will guide you through deleting or uninstalling an application on the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra.
Variant 1: Uninstalling an app via the Google Play Store
1. Open the Google Play Store on the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra
2. Navigate to the top left of the three bar icon to open the side menu.
3. Select "My Apps and Games".
4. Find and select the app you want to uninstall.
5. In the Play Store app window, select "Uninstall".
The app will now be removed from your phone.
Variant 2: Delete app via the Android settings
1. Open the settings from the home screen
2. Select "Apps".
3. Find and select the app you want to uninstall.
4. Tap Uninstall.
Variant 3: Remove app via the app menu
1. Open the app menu
2 Tap and hold the icon for the app you want to uninstall.
3. Select "Uninstall" from the pop-up menu
With all three options, you can remove an application on the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra after downloading it from the Google Play Store to your phone.
App can't be uninstalled, can only be deactivated
There are some pre-installed apps on the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra which cannot be uninstalled easily. These apps already integrated in the firmware can only be deactivated.
This means that although they are no longer visible on the surface, they still consume memory. They can be reactivated at any time.
Without root rights you cannot uninstall the apps.
So now you know how to uninstall an app on a Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra and what it means when only "Deactivate" is offered for selection.
