adb uninstall failed

Question

I am writing some sample apps.
After I debug these apps, I don\'t see an uninstall button in my device\'s application management.
When I do adb uninstall, it always

Answer 1

This worked for me:

This is the directory where all the APKs are stored:

cd /system/app

List them:

ls

Choose one to remove.

pm install -r <app_to_remove>.apk

Example:

$ pm install -r Google-Play-services.apk
        pkg: Google-Play-services.apk
Success

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I noticed that I get failure if the application I'm trying to remove is running, so kill it first.

Also, I noticed you might have to run (on a rooted device):

$ su
# mount -o remount +rw /

Answer 2

Make sure you enter the full package name with application name:

com.domain.app

Answer 3

Maybe you're trying to uninstall an app that is a phone administrator.

To be able to uninstall it, go to Seetings > Security > Phone Administrators. If the app is listed, uncheck it and confirm the operation.

After that, you should be able to uninstall it using the App settings area or adb.

Answer 4

I had a instance of an emulator running and a device connected.

When I ran command `adb -d uninstall PACKAGE_NAME', I got an error 'DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR' but when I killed the Emulator instance, I got a 'success' in un-installation process.

Answer 5

In my case I often get this issue when I first complise a app in debug mode and later try to install the google signed app.

That is because both apps have the same package name but diffent signatures. Since I upgraded to Android lollypop I sometimes even get this error if I uninstall the app via the settings\Apps. If you have this problem check if the app is installed in a other User profile and uninstall it in all user accounts.

Answer 6

I assume that you enable developer mode on your android device and you are connected to your device and you have shell access (adb shell).

Once this is done you can uninstall application with this command pm uninstall --user 0 <package.name>. 0 is root id -this way you don't need too root your device.

Here is an example how I did on my Huawei p10 lite device.

# gain shell access
$ adb shell

# check who you are
$ whoami
shell

# obtain user id
$ id
uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell)

# list packages
$ pm list packages | grep google                                                                                                                                                         
package:com.google.android.youtube
package:com.google.android.ext.services
package:com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
package:com.google.android.onetimeinitializer
package:com.google.android.ext.shared
package:com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.sheets
package:com.google.android.configupdater
package:com.google.android.marvin.talkback
package:com.google.android.apps.tachyon
package:com.google.android.instantapps.supervisor
package:com.google.android.setupwizard
package:com.google.android.music
package:com.google.android.apps.docs
package:com.google.android.apps.maps
package:com.google.android.webview
package:com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts
package:com.google.android.packageinstaller
package:com.google.android.gm
package:com.google.android.gms
package:com.google.android.gsf
package:com.google.android.tts
package:com.google.android.partnersetup
package:com.google.android.videos
package:com.google.android.feedback
package:com.google.android.printservice.recommendation
package:com.google.android.apps.photos
package:com.google.android.syncadapters.calendar
package:com.google.android.gsf.login
package:com.google.android.backuptransport
package:com.google.android.inputmethod.latin

# uninstall gmail app
pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gms