Removing Facebook

shannonman81

Hi Guys I want to completely remove the Facebook app from my phone but it will only let me disable it...
Do I need to root the phone to do this??
I have Note 4

If I do have to root it does anyone have an recommendation on how to do it???

Cheers!!:rolleyes:

thomasj

Are you sure?

Settings > apps > Facebook then uninstall

shannonman81

Ya i'm pretty sure it was installed when I got the phone...

DopeTech

shannonman81 wrote: »

Hi Guys I want to completely remove the Facebook app from my phone but it will only let me disable it...
Do I need to root the phone to do this??
I have Note 4

If I do have to root it does anyone have an recommendation on how to do it???

Cheers!!:rolleyes:

To root try wondershare mobilego. Its a one click root windows program. Don't know if it supports your phone but very handy if it does.

duridian

shannonman81 wrote: »

Hi Guys I want to completely remove the Facebook app from my phone but it will only let me disable it...
Do I need to root the phone to do this??
I have Note 4

If I do have to root it does anyone have an recommendation on how to do it???

Cheers!!:rolleyes:

I wouldn't be bothered rooting just to fully get rid of Facebook TBH.
Modifying the system partition on phones running Lollipop or Marshmallow can make updating the phone via OTA more difficult as the OTA installer verifies the integrity of the system on many devices before applying the update.

More trouble than it's worth in my opinion. Once disabled the FB app won't be active in any way. It won't user data by syncing, it won't seek to be updated from the Play Store and it won't appear on your app drawer.
If you have no other reason to root then it's not worth doing for this.

Kavrocks

shannonman81 wrote: »

If I do have to root it does anyone have an recommendation on how to do it?

I've a general recommendation. If you need to ask how to root your phone then you probably shouldn't do it.

For all intents and purposes disabling Facebook is like uninstalling it.

shannonman81

I only ask as I have read that even disabling it still causes it to drain battery...

DopeTech

shannonman81 wrote: »

I only ask as I have read that even disabling it still causes it to drain battery...

That can't be right, if its disabled its not running so I don't see how it could drain battery.

Kavrocks

shannonman81 wrote: »

I only ask as I have read that even disabling it still causes it to drain battery...

Where?

shannonman81

You Know what I think your right. I have re-read the article and it seems that disabling it does the same job..
I would still like to root the phone though and get rid of the bloaltware

shannonman81

You Know what I think your right. I have re-read the article and it seems that disabling it does the same job..
I would still like to root the phone though and get rid of the bloaltware

andekwarhola

I was able to delete it from Xperia Z5 but with my old Note 3 it was Samsung bloat that you needed SU to remove. Best just to disable it unless you were going to root the phone anyway.

Rooting is simple enough. Plenty of instructions out there.

Kavrocks

shannonman81 wrote: »

I would still like to root the phone though and get rid of the bloatware

Start with the XDA forums then and when you feel comfortable enough with how the process works and what is involved go for it.

s_carnage

Couldn't believe the difference removing facebook and messenger has made to my S5. Was struggling to get a full days usage out of the battery but now after removing them I have about 60% left every day. Downloaded Fast (3rd party facebook app) so still can access it when I want

andekwarhola

Metal is a nice wrapper for Facebook and Twitter as well.