I want to delete a voicemail app

[relztrah]

I recently purchased a used Moto E that has a built-in voicemail app.

It launches every time I power up the phone but I don't want it. I use Google Voice for my voicemail. How do I permanently get rid of it?

 

[mikedt]

Possibly it's a system voicemail app from some carrier? Is it a carrier version Moto E you've got there? If it's a system app, you likely can't remove it, not without rooting the phone. You might be able to disable and hide it though, from settings, so it won't run at startup.

 

[Dannydet]

Go to settings, apps, and scroll to it.
2 options: disable or uninstall.

 

[lunatic59]

When you say it launches, you mean the screen for the app pops up or the phone lists it as running?

 

[relztrah]

Go to settings, apps, and scroll to it.
2 options: disable or uninstall.

Thanks, but I am not given that option.

When you say it launches, you mean the screen for the app pops up or the phone lists it as running?

 

[relztrah]

When you say it launches, you mean the screen for the app pops up or the phone lists it as running?

A "getting started" notification pops when I power the phone up.

 

[lunatic59]

If you clear the data for the app does it then let you disable it?

 

[heamicdan]

I recently purchased a used Moto E that has a built-in voicemail app.

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It launches every time I power up the phone but I don't want it. I use Google Voice for my voicemail. How do I permanently get rid of it?

can you force stop it in applications?

 

[relztrah]

I cleared the cache and forced stop and that did the trick. It is still installed but at least it doesn't launch. How do I mark this as "answered"?

 

[lunatic59]

How do I mark this as "answered"?

We don't really do that here.

 

[heamicdan]

ANSWERED

 

[Astr4y4L]

I cleared the cache and forced stop and that did the trick. It is still installed but at least it doesn't launch. How do I mark this as "answered"?

If it problems you again hook it to a computer with android device bridge installed and

adb shell

pm list packages

at that point find the packages name(may be a little different than the app's name)

and issue

 pm hide com.some-package-name

and after that it should never show again until a reset

Glad you got it solved ,
and thanks for updating !

Astr4y4L
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