Begone bloatware!

Google has the ability to remotely reach out to your phone and remove applications that you’ve downloaded and installed from the Android Market. That sounds scary… and it kind of is. But since Android ...

Most Android phones ship with preinstalled apps nobody asked for, and several categories of them can be removed without affecting how the phone runs.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. Update: Republished on May 11 with new coverage of Google’s ...

Do not keep these apps. Republished on August 30 with new deletion update for Play Store apps. Google has now confirmed the deletion of 77 malicious apps from Play Store. But this is just the tip of ...

If you’re running out of storage on your Android phone or tablet, you might be wondering how to delete some apps. Deleting an app is an easy task that doesn’t take much time. In this post, we’ll take ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...