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However,\nfortunately it is usually at least possible to get around this limitation using root access.\n\nWith root access, Android allows disabling many system apps using:\n\n```shell\n$ su -c 'pm disable com.example.app'\n```\n\nFreezer is a simple Android app that provides a nice-looking user interface for this.\nIt makes it easy to disable a large number of bloatware apps at once, and also re-enable\nthem when necessary.\n\nThere are many Android apps with similar functionality, but most of them have terrible\nuser interfaces and/or are closed-source (which should be a no-go for apps that require\nroot access).\n\nThe name \"Freezer\" comes from \"freezing apps\", which is how disabling system apps is often\ncalled in the Android community (for some reason).\n\nThe screenshot on the right shows how some system apps are selected to be disabled. Note that typically you would\nuse Freezer to disable actual bloatware (like stupid games, ...), but I won't make any advertisements here.\n\n## Building\nFreezer is a fairly standard Android Gradle project and can be built using `./gradlew clean build`\n(after providing the Android SDK location) or using Android Studio.\n\n**Note:** Freezer requires root access to disable/enable system apps. In many cases,\nyou can use [Magisk](https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk) as an open-source option.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fstephan-gh%2Ffreezer","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fstephan-gh%2Ffreezer","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fstephan-gh%2Ffreezer/lists"}