Bloatware consumes storage on your smartphone. The worst part is that you can’t immediately uninstall them from your Huawei smartphone; they go by the name of tools. This bloatware typically comes preinstalled on your device. However, occasionally they do originate from different places, such as downloading dangerous links or third-party apps. Here is a simple tutorial on how to use ADB commands to debloat or remove bloatware from Huawei.
You must be sick and tired of the bloatware that comes pre-installed on your Huawei smartphones. And as you would have guessed, the majority of them serve no purpose other than to promote Huawei and occasionally steal your data.
Why You Should Remove Bloatware Apps
Bloatware is generally in your device to consume a lot of valuable resources, including battery juice. While it is running in the background of your device, it affects your device’s performance. It could fill your lock screen with Ads, or even your internet browser.
How To Debloat Or Remove Bloatware From Huawei Using ADB
Below mentioned steps are there to help you in removing the bloatware from the device. You need to follow these steps very thoroughly and successfully remove the bloatware from the device.
Step 1: Download and install Android SDK
The baby step toward this guide is to download the Android SDK tool from this link. This is the official tool provided by Google. The Android SDK tool is a software development kit used to develop Android applications.
Here is how you can install the Android SDK platform Packages and tool
- Start the Android Studio
- Select Configure>SDK Manager
- In the default setting dialog box, click these tabs to install Android SDK platform packages.
- Click apply and then click OK.
Or you can just download it directly from this link.
Step 2: Enable USB debugging
The next step is making your device readable by the ADB software to make changes in the ADB mode. Head on to the settings>about and enable developer mode by tapping on the build number seven times.
Your smartphone’s developer option will be turned on.
Now go to Settings > System > Advanced > Developer Option, scroll down and look for the USB debugging and turn it on.
Step 3: Make sure to establish the ADB shell Connection
The ADB command does a variety of device actions, such as installing and debugging an App and when you are about to debloat your smartphone from all the bloatware preset, Establishing an ADB shell connection is a must; here is how you can do it.
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- Connect your smartphone with the PC using the USB cable.
- Now look for the platform tool folder in the Android Studio SDK manager, in the path android_sdk/platform-tools
- In the platform tool folder, launch the Command Prompt, by typing the CMD in the address bar
- Now type “adb devices” in the command window to verify the ADB connection.
- You will get the device ID (If not, try again with correct spellings). Now type “adb shell” to establish the shell environment.
- Your device codename will be listed, which means the shell connection is established.
Step 4: Type in the ADB commands to remove bloatware from Huawei phone
Now you can start removing bloatware apps from your device follow the below commands.
Type “pm list packages” in the command line. This will give the list of all the available packages and apps on your Huawei device.
Type “pm uninstall – –user 0 PackagenName” command for removing the bloatware from the Huawei device, the command is generic.
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You can replace the PackageName with the actual package name. If you want to uninstall the Huawei stock app market, just type in “pm uninstall – –user 0 com.Huawei.appmarket” to uninstall the app market application.
List of Huawei Bloatware Packages
Below is the list of all the packages in your Huawei phone in the form of bloatware. You can remove all these applications and packages by just typing the package name.
Huawei Built in Application Package
com.huawei.android.tips | Huawei Tips/Tricks
com.huawei.android.totemweather | Huawei Weather
com.huawei.arengine.service | Augmented reality service
com.huawei.browser | Huawei Browser
com.huawei.contactscamcard | Business card reader
com.huawei.compass | Huawei Compass
com.huawei.desktop.explorer | Desktop Service
com.huawei.fido.uafclient | Fast ID Online function
com.huawei.gameassistant | Huawei Game Suite (HiGame)
com.huawei.geofence | Geofence service
com.baidu.input_huawei | Built in keyboard
com.huawei.appmarket | Huawei Market
com.huawei.android.chr | HwChrService
com.huawei.android.FloatTasks | Floating dock
com.huawei.android.hsf | Huawei own Services Framework
com.huawei.android.hwpay | Huawei Payement app
com.huawei.android.karaoke | karaoke entertainment app
com.huawei.android.mirrorshare | MirrorShare from Huawei
com.huawei.android.remotecontroller | Huawei Smart Controller
com.huawei.search | HiSearch app
com.huawei.stylus.floatmenu | Floating menu
com.huawei.hdiw | Huawei ID app
com.huawei.hifolder | Huawei Online Cloud folder service
com.huawei.himovie.overseas | Huawei Videos App
com.huawei.hitouch | Floating dock by Huawei
com.huawei.hwdetectrepair | Huawei Smart diagnosis app
com.huawei.iaware | Huawei info app
com.huawei.livewallpaper.paradise | Live wallpaper service
com.huawei.parentcontrol | Parental controls functions
com.huawei.pcassistant | HiSuite service
com.huawei.phoneservice | HiCare app
com.huawei.mirror | Huawei Mirror app
com.huawei.screenrecorder | Huawei Screen recorder feature
com.huawei.vassistant | Huawei Voice Assistant
com.huawei.videoeditor | Video editor function
com.huawei.wallet | Huawei Wallet
com.huawei.watch.sync | Huawei Watch sync function
com.iflytek.speechsuite | Default voice input method
Bloatware Package List
com.android.bips | Print Service
com.android.calculator2 | Calculator app
com.android.calendar | Calendar app
com.android.carrierconfig | Carrier-specific configuration
com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver | Cell Broadcast
com.android.dreams.basic | Screensaver mode
com.android.dreams.phototable | Photo screensaver
com.android.egg |Android build’s easter egg feature
com.android.email | Stock email app
com.android.emergency | Emergency Contacts
com.android.exchange | Non-Gmail email support
com.android.gallery3d | Gallery
com.android.htmlviewer | In-built HTML viewer
com.android.hotwordenrollment.okgoogle | OK Google detection service
com.android.magicsmoke | Live wallpaper
com.android.managedprovisioning | Managing App
com.android.mediacenter | Huawei Music app
com.android.mms | SMS app
com.android.mms.service | MMS app
com.android.noisefield | Live wallpaper
com.android.phasebeam | Wallpaper
com.android.printservice.reccomendation | Mobile Printing service
com.android.pacprocessor | Proxy auto-configuration
com.android.phone.recorder | Call recorder
com.android.providers.blockednumber | Storage of blocked numbers
com.android.providers.calendar | Calendar sync
com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks | bookmarking service
com.android.providers.userdictionary | Dictionary
com.android.quicksearchbox | Quick Search box
com.android.soundrecorder | Sound recorder
com.android.stk | SIM Toolkit
com.android.vending | Google Play Store
com.android.voicedialer | Voice search
com.android.vpndialogs | VPN system
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral | Live wallpaper
com.android.wallpaper.livepicker | Wallpaper picker
com.android.wallpapercropper | Wallpaper cropper
com.example.android.notepad | Notepad
Apps from Google in Huawei smartphone
com.google.android.apps.books | Google Books
com.google.android.apps.cloudprint | Cloud print
com.google.android.apps.currents | Currents
com.google.android.apps.docs | Google Drive
com.google.android.apps.fitness | Google Fit
com.google.android.apps.mapps | Google Maps
com.google.android.apps.photos | Google Photos
com.google.android.apps.tachyon | Google Duo
com.google.android.apps.wallpaper | Google Wallpapers
com.google.android.apps.wellbeing | Digital Wellbeing
com.google.android.feedback | Google Feedback
com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox | Google Search
com.google.android.gm | Gmail
com.google.ar.core | Google ARCore
com.google.marvin.talkback | Talkback
com.google.android.play.games | Google Play Games
com.google.android.street | Google Street View
com.google.android.videos | Google Play Movies
com.google.android.youtube | YouTube
com.google.tango.measure | Google Measure
Unwanted 3rd Party app bloatware
com.amazon.aa | Amazon
com.amazon.aa.attribution | Amazon Attribution
com.booking – Booking.com | Booking App
com.ebay.mobile – eBay | Ebay SHopping
com.facebook.appmanager |Facebook manager
com.facebook.system |
com.facebook.orca |Facebook
com.facebook.katana |
com.facebook.services |
com.instagram.android |Instagram
com.netflix.mediaclient | Netflix App
com.netflix.partner.activation |
com.microsoft.translator | Tarnslator from Microsoft
com.snapchat.android | Snapchat
com.swiftkey.swiftkeyconfigurator | SwiftKey Keyboard
com.touchtype.swiftkey |Swiftkey Keayboard
com.twitter.android |Twitter
org.smsalliance.openmobileapi.service | SmartcardService
Summing up all
These days, bloatware is a common feature on Huawei devices, thus you should debloat or uninstall bloatware apps from your cellphone to free up space or simply to safeguard your privacy. You may quickly remove the bloatware from your Huawei smartphone if you complete all of these procedures and type all of the commands.
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Cristian Penisoara is a Guides Writer and Android specialist at Droid Tools. An Android user since version 2 and a professional event photographer, he combines technical curiosity with a detail-oriented approach - every guide he publishes is tested step-by-step on a real device before it goes live.
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