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Rita El Khoury \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n
It\u2019s so easy to go on the Play Store today, pick a new Android app<\/a>, install it, try it out, and if it doesn\u2019t work out as intended, tap to uninstall. That\u2019s the familiar path we\u2019ve all taken for years now; it\u2019s so simple that we don\u2019t give it a second thought each time we\u2019re looking for a new app or game or trying a cool new service. But that\u2019s not the only way anymore.<\/p>\n Android now offers a few more options both when installing and uninstalling apps. Since most of the apps I use are permanent fixtures on my phone, the only time I really need to install or uninstall an app is when I\u2019m trying something new. Most people probably fall in the same category: You\u2019ve got your preferred music streaming service, social media apps, productivity tools, and more; everything is already chosen. So when you need to try out something new, I recommend you use these tricks instead.<\/p>\n Do you uninstall or archive apps?<\/p>\n 54 votes<\/p>\n Always uninstall.<\/p>\n 74%<\/p>\n Depends on the app and how often or not I need it.<\/p>\n 19%<\/p>\n I usually archive apps, in case I need them later.<\/p>\n 0%<\/p>\n I didn’t know you could archive and restore apps!<\/p>\n 7%<\/p>\n Install new apps in Private Space (or on a second user profile)<\/p>\n Rita El Khoury \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n A new app doesn\u2019t earn its full privileges on my phone until I know it\u2019s useful to me and will stay long-term. So when I want to try a new app or service, I don\u2019t go to the Play Store and install it immediately. Instead, I go to my Pixel 10\u2019s Private Space<\/a> and install it there.<\/p>\n Private Space segregates apps and games into a standalone area on your Pixel where they don\u2019t have many privileges. They don\u2019t run in the background or have access to anything else on your phone, so they can\u2019t track you across apps. This lets me assess how well a new app behaves, all the permissions it requests, and whether or not it does what it\u2019s supposed to. Weeding out duds and bad apps is easy this way. Plus, it\u2019s perfect for apps I only need temporarily, like the bus app of a city I\u2019m traveling to.<\/p>\n I treat Private Space like the lobby to my phone. Any app that surfaces tons of ads, requires subscriptions for something I\u2019m not willing to pay for, is full of bugs, or doesn\u2019t actually do what I thought it would, gets dumped and uninstalled. If an app is good enough, it earns the right to graduate to my main phone. Unfortunately, there\u2019s no easy way to transfer it with all its data yet, so I have to uninstall, reinstall, and oftentimes set it up from scratch again, but that\u2019s a small price to pay.<\/p>\n If your phone doesn\u2019t have Private Space or a feature like it, you can still use Android\u2019s multiple users and keep the second one as a temporary test area for new apps before installing them for your main user.<\/p>\n And for those who want to take things up a notch and gain much more control over how they install their apps, there are plenty of excellent tools that can help. The one I\u2019m currently testing is Installer X<\/a>, which works better with downloaded APKs and supports split APKs, permission choosing, auto-deleting of the APK after it\u2019s installed, app flags, and more. But it does require Shizuku\/root to work.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t uninstall apps, just archive<\/p>\n Rita El Khoury \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n With many Android flagships starting at 128GB of storage for years now and my tendency to shoot tons of photos, my phone\u2019s storage often fills up very fast. Uninstalling apps I don\u2019t always need is a habit I got into to save as much storage as I can. The local French doctor telehealth app, the bus app I only use when I travel to specific towns around France, my secondary hiking app, a streaming service that only carries the rights to one temporary football competition, and so on. I\u2019d even uninstall the Ikea app sometimes because I only visit the store once a year or so. Why would I keep all these apps on my phone with their data, background permissions, continuous updates, and potential notifications? No need.<\/p>\n![\"android](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/android-15-pixel-private-space-distracting-apps-instagram-threads.jpg\"\/ "\\"android")
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