Get the List of Vivo Pre-installed Apps using ADB (2025)

Get the List of Vivo Pre-installed Apps using ADB​

Please note that depending on your phone model and Android version, the list of Vivo system apps might differ. In case you want to get your own list of all app packages that come preloaded on your Vivo phone.

Whether you want to generate the list of pre-installed apps on your Vivo phone or want to uninstall them without root, you need to set up ADB and Fastboot on your PC first. Follow the steps below to learn how you can do that.

1. Download and extract the latest Android SDK Platform-tools.zip. You can also uninstall the system apps on your phone using ADB commands on your Android device itself without root.
2. Launch a Command Prompt window or Windows PowerShell from the ‘platform-tools‘ folder window.
3. Enable USB Debugging on your Vivo phone, You can do that by going to Settings > System management > Developer options.
4. Connect your Vivo phone to the computer and make sure to extend the screen lock timeout to 15 or 30 minutes.
5. It’s time now to verify that your phone and ADB can communicate with each other. Issue the following command to test the connection. adb devices
6. If you get the ‘adb is not recognized…‘ error, try the solution to fix ADB errors.
7. Now, type the following command and press the Enter key on your keyboard. adb shell
8. Make sure to authorize ADB on your Vivo phone by allowing USB debugging, or ADB won’t be able to detect your device.
9. To print the list of Vivo pre-installed apps, execute this command. pm list packages -s
   
10. As soon as you hit the Enter key, you’ll get a complete list of system apps preloaded on your Vivo phone.
11. You can copy this list using Ctrl+C and paste it into a text or Notepad file. You now have the package names of all Vivo system apps installed on your device. You can use them to remove bloatware on your Vivo phone.

Uninstall System Apps on Vivo without Root​

Now that you know how to execute ADB commands and have the package names of Vivo bloatware, you can uninstall or debloat your Vivo phone easily using the ADB Shell commands mentioned below. There’s also a command that lets you reinstall an app if you\removed it by mistake.

1. Launch the Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Mac).
2. Connect your Vivo phone to the computer.
3. Type adb shell and press the enter key. Then use one of the following commands to disable or uninstall a system app.
   • Uninstall: pm uninstall -user 0 <package name>
   • Freeze: cmd appops set <package_name> RUN_IN_BACKGROUND ignore
   • Disable: adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <package name>
   • Re-install: cmd package install-existing <package name>
4. For example, if you want to uninstall the Vivo Compass app, use the following command. In case you get a “Failure [not installed for 0]” message while trying to uninstall an app, it means the app package is not present on your phone. In such a case, proceed with removing the next app.

there is written a super detailed tutorial on uninstalling bloatware on Android devices with and without root. Please refer to that.
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