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Susan Calvin

(2,099 posts) Wed Oct 10, 2018, 10:11 PM Oct 2018

Google instant apps on Android phone

How the heck do you turn off/remove it/disable it?

Everything I have Googled directs me down paths that don't exist on my phone.

It isn't just that it's something I would never use. It once sucked $10 out of my pocket when it got hung up updating on the data connection I forgot to turn off on my pay-as-you-go phone.

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Google instant apps on Android phone (Original Post) Susan Calvin Oct 2018 OP

From a search canetoad Oct 2018 #1

That option is just plain not there on my phone. Susan Calvin Oct 2018 #2

No android devices here right now canetoad Oct 2018 #3

canetoad

(18,134 posts)

1. From a search

Reply to Susan Calvin (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 10:41 PM

Oct 2018

Opt in or out of Instant Apps

On your device, open the Settings app .
Go to Google Instant Apps.
Under "Instant Apps account," select which account to opt in our out of. To opt out for all accounts, tap None.

But I'll also give a bit of unsolicited advice. Go to your settings menu. Starting at the top, open every option, sub-option and sub-menu and really read what it's asking you. You'll find that you can turn off many auto things that you may find intrusive or are battery/CPU-cycle hogs.

I recently set up an android tablet for friends going travelling. We pared it down to a sleek, private device that didn't default to
Google Inc. for everything.

Susan Calvin

(2,099 posts)

2. That option is just plain not there on my phone.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 04:58 PM

Oct 2018

I did go through the options as you suggested and made some other stuff more to my liking.

canetoad

(18,134 posts)

3. No android devices here right now

Reply to Susan Calvin (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 05:37 PM

Oct 2018

So all I can suggest is doing a pinpoint Google search of your phone model and operating system for clues.

If you type the search terms like this it may help. Use the double quotes and plus signs - this helps eliminate unwanted results.

"Phone model" +"Android version" +disable google instant apps

Example:

"Samsung Galaxy S9" +"Android oreo" +disable google instant apps

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