How to completely uninstall Android apps for clean reinstallation
Tadashi Shigeoka · Sat, August 24, 2019
Here’s how to completely uninstall and reinstall Android apps in Android app development.
Prerequisites
- Device: OnePlus 6T
- OS: Android 9
- PC: macOS version 10.14.6
Complete Android app removal
The procedure for clean installing an Android app is as follows:
- Turn OFF backup on Android device
- Delete app storage
- Uninstall app
- Install app
Turn OFF backup
Go to [Settings] - [System] - [Backup] - [Back up to Google Drive] and turn it OFF.
Delete app storage and cache
- Delete storage
- Delete cache
Uninstall and install app
After completely deleting the app data as described above, uninstall and install the app to complete the clean installation.
That’s all from the Gemba.