How To Debloat Or Remove Bloatware From Huawei Using ADB

Bloatware takes up space in your mobile device. They are present in the name of tools, and the worst part is you cannot uninstall them directly from your Huawei smartphone. Usually, this bloatware is preinstalled on your device. But sometimes, they do come from other sources, like third-party app install, malicious links, etc. Here is a quick guide on how you can easily Debloat or Remove Bloatware from Huawei Using ADB commands.

As a Huawei smartphone user, you must be fed up with the bloatware filled in your devices. And as you can guess, most of them are of no use, they are used as a promotional application for Huawei, and sometimes they can grab 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.

• 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.

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

Conclusion

These days, Huawei devices are filled with bloatware, and in order to make space in your device or just to protect your privacy, you should debloat or remove bloatware apps from your device. If you follow all these steps and type all the commands, you can easily remove the bloatware from your Huawei smartphone.