Verizon Voice mail App - how to get rid of it?

[Jerry-rigged]

Howdy gang-

For many years (going back to my Moto Droid OG) I have been using Google voice as my voicemail. Loved it, VM to SMS text was great.

Fast forward to a few months ago, I got an android update to my Note4, and they added the Verizon Voice Mail app. Apparently, it overrides the google VM, and I can't figure out how to get it back. There is a lot to hate about this app, like the constant asking if I will subscrive to VM-to-text for "only"$4.99 a month (I've had this for free for years thru google, guys!) If I try to listen to a VM, it plays it thru the speaker - so i need to hunt for headphones to listen to messaged in the office... plus other stuff worth hating...

How do I get rid of this? or at least freeze it? Yeah, root, but without root, how?

Jerry

 

[Clementine_3]

I called customer service and asked them to get rid of it. It didn't interfere with my GV but it was making one of the peeps on my plan crazy. They disabled it for all my lines.