How to Delete and Manage Apps on LG TV

What makes a TV smart? Internet and Bluetooth connectivity, integration of a voice assistant, and the capability to install apps and games make a normal TV smart. Just like smartphones, smart TVs come loaded with lots of pre-installed apps. If you own an LG TV and want to delete apps, you can easily do that by entering the Edit Mode. In this tutorial, we will check how to install and update apps from the LG Content Store and delete apps via Edit Mode.

If you want to delete pre-installed apps on Samsung TV, you won’t find an option to do that. You can uninstall only the apps you install from the Samsung App Store. Fortunately, webOS-powered LG TVs have an Edit Mode, that lets you delete any app on your LG TV. My NanoCell TV 75SM9400PTA only has 0.60GB of space of which 0.39GB is already occupied with pre-installed apps. That’s why I decided to uninstall apps that are useless to me.

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Entering Edit Mode on LG Smart TV

As mentioned above, you can’t change the order of installed apps or delete them unless you get to the Edit Mode on your LG TV.

1. Press the Home button on your LG TV Remote control.
2. Navigate to the right side of the app list strip and click the tile with the Edit icon.
3. Once you enter the Edit Mode on your LG TV, you will see Edit Mode written on the screen. You are now ready to customize the order of apps and delete apps you don’t want on your TV.

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Steps to Deleting Apps on LG TV

Smart TVs have limited internal storage that can host only a few apps. By uninstalling useless preinstalled apps on your TV, you can free space to enjoy faster performance.

Follow these steps to delete apps on your LG TV (2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023).

Enter the Edit Mode on your TV as described above.
Navigate to the app you want to delete.
You’ll see a small ‘X’ icon above the selected app.
For instance, if you want to delete Netflix, highlight the app icon using the magic remote pointer or multi-direction navigation pad, highlight the ‘X‘ icon, and click it.
You’ll see a pop-up prompting you to confirm app deletion by selecting Yes.
Click on the Yes button and the app will be deleted.

Installing Apps via LG Content Store

Compared to Samsung’s Tizen platform, the WebOS on LG TV has a greater range of apps and games in the LG Content Store. Follow the steps below to install apps on your TV.

Press the Home button on your TV remote.
Navigate to the LG Content Store tile on the app strip.
You’ll get a list of the most popular apps available for your country above the app strip. In case you don’t find the app to install in the list of suggestions, click LG Content Center.
You can now browse the apps available in the store. Highlight the app you want to install and click it.
Click the Install button to get the app on your TV.

Changing the Order of Apps

We may have several apps installed on our TV but we use some apps more frequently than others. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could access our favorite apps quickly? That’s why arranging the apps installed on your LG TV is important. Let’s see how to change the app order.

Press the Home button on your TV remote.
Navigate to the Edit tile by pressing the left key on the multi-directional navigation pad.
Select the app you want to move to a different location. For example, to change the location of Prime Video and position it after Netflix, highlight Prime Video and long-press the Center selection button.
When the app is selected and ready to move, it’ll jump up as shown in the screenshot below.
Press the left or right key on the navigation pad to move the app. When the app reaches the location where you want to place it, press the Center button. That’s it!

Updating Apps on LG TVs

To ensure optimal performance and enjoy the latest features, update your LG TV and apps regularly. You can update the app on your TV manually and automatically and below, we’ll see how to do that.

Press the Home button on your LG TV Remote.
Navigate to LG Content Store and click it.
When the LG Content Store is launched, highlight Apps on the top of the screen and click it.
On the Apps screen, you’ll have 3 options.
1. Update individual apps
2. Update all installed apps at once
3. Allow automatic updates so that you don’t have to update apps manually in the future.
Select how you want to update the apps on your LG Smart TV.

I hope this tutorial helps people seeking an easy guide to install, update, and delete apps on their LG Smart TV. In case you encounter any problem while following the steps above or have some other issue with your LG TV, please let me know via comments.

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