How to uninstall Hangouts from Android

Hangouts is a pretty productive app that gives Google+ account holders the ability to communicate with each other.

What is Hangouts

In fact, Hangouts is a Google service, so the program is introduced into the operating system automatically. Therefore, when making this kind of firmware for android, the developers do not hurry to ask the users about it. So how do you uninstall Hangouts from your device so that there is still free space on your device?

Since Hangouts is part of the operating system, and is embedded in Android, you you can't just delete it. To do this you will need root rights (administrator rights).

How to uninstall Hangouts from Android

Uninstalling Hangouts on Android

Once administrator rights have been obtained, you will need to use some kind of file manager. By far the most popular is Total Commander.

Once you are logged in, you will need to locate and open the folder named /system/app. After that, you will need to find "Hangouts.apk", and click on the application. A long press will bring up the context menu.

This menu allows you to uninstall the program. Look for the "uninstall" tab, click on it, and the application is uninstalled.

Video tutorial - How to uninstall Hangouts from Android

But before you uninstall the application, we recommend that you think about it first. Maybe it will be useful or interesting for you in the future. But in general, even after uninstalling, if you decide to use the program, it can always be downloaded from GooglePlay.