Uninstall System Apps on Huawei and Honor Devices

Bloatware is a real problem on Android and when it comes to custom skins like MIUI and EMUI, the problem becomes even bigger. Thankfully, it’s easy to remove EMUI bloatware and uninstall pre-installed system apps on Huawei and Honor devices without root. To help you with bloatware removal, I have prepared a list of Huawei bloatware list so that you are aware of the apps that are safe to remove.

While some OEM apps are visible in the app drawer, many keep running in the background stealthily. Such apps, most of which are useless, play a big role in draining your phone’s battery and slowing it down over time. Since manufacturers disable the uninstall option for most pre-installed apps, we can’t either disable or uninstall them from app settings. Luckily, there are ADB commands that make the job easy by letting us disable, freeze, and uninstall them without root.

Huawei & Honor Bloatware List on EMUI

While the procedure to remove bloatware on all Android devices is the same, the apps and app packages differ depending on the OEM, Android version, and skin. With that said, here is a detailed list of bloatware on Huawei and Honor running EMUI. These apps are safe to remove but you must not uninstall the apps you use. Don’t forget to check out my list of bloatware for other OEMs as well.

1. Samsung bloatware list
2. Nokia bloatware list
3. Xiaomi & Redmi bloatware list
4. Realme UI and ColorOS Bloatware
5. Oppo bloatware list

Huawei EMUI Built-in Apps

com.baidu.input_huawei | Chinese keyboard

com.huawei.appmarket | Huawei Market app

com.huawei.android.chr | HwChrService

com.huawei.android.FloatTasks | Floating dock function

com.huawei.android.hsf | Huawei Services Framework

com.huawei.android.hwpay | Huawei Pay

com.huawei.android.karaoke | Karaoke mode

com.huawei.android.mirrorshare | MirrorShare feature

com.huawei.android.remotecontroller | Huawei Smart Controller

com.huawei.search | HiSearch

com.huawei.stylus.floatmenu | Floating menu

com.huawei.android.tips | Huawei Tips

com.huawei.android.totemweather | Huawei Weather

com.huawei.arengine.service | Augmented reality service

com.huawei.browser | Huawei Browser

com.huawei.contactscamcard | Business card reader

com.huawei.compass | Huawei Compass

com.huawei.desktop.explorer | Service that is been used when you wanna use your phone as an OS on a PC

com.huawei.fido.uafclient | Fast ID Online function

com.huawei.gameassistant | Huawei Game Suite (HiGame)

com.huawei.geofence | Geofence service

com.huawei.hdiw | Huawei ID app

com.huawei.hifolder | Huawei Online Cloud folder service

com.huawei.himovie.overseas | Huawei Videos App

com.huawei.hitouch | Floating dock by Huawei

com.huawei.hwdetectrepair | Huawei Smart diagnosis app

com.huawei.iaware | hUAWEI infp app

com.huawei.livewallpaper.paradise | Live wallpaper service

com.huawei.parentcontrol | Parental controls functions

com.huawei.pcassistant | HiSuite service

com.huawei.phoneservice | HiCare app

com.huawei.mirror - Huawei Mirror app

com.huawei.screenrecorder | Huawei Screen recorder feature

com.huawei.vassistant | Huawei Voice Assistant

com.huawei.videoeditor | Video editor function

com.huawei.wallet | Huawei Wallet

com.huawei.watch.sync | Huawei Watch sync function

com.iflytek.speechsuite | Default voice input method

Android Apps

com.android.bips | Print Service

com.android.calculator2 | Calculator app

com.android.calendar | Calendar app

com.android.carrierconfig | Carrier-specific configuration

com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver | Cell Broadcast

com.android.dreams.basic | Screensaver mode

com.android.dreams.phototable | Photo screensaver

com.android.egg |Android build's easter egg feature

com.android.email | Stock email app

com.android.emergency | Emergency Contacts

com.android.exchange | Non-Gmail email support

com.android.gallery3d | Gallery

com.android.htmlviewer | In-built HTML viewer

com.android.hotwordenrollment.okgoogle | "OK Google" detection service

com.android.magicsmoke | Live wallpaper

com.android.managedprovisioning

com.android.mediacenter | EMUI or Huawei Music app

com.android.mms | SMS app

com.android.mms.service | MMS app

com.android.noisefield | Live wallpaper

com.android.phasebeam | Wallpaper

com.android.printservice.reccomendation |  Mobile Printing service

com.android.pacprocessor | Proxy auto-configuration

com.android.phone.recorder | Call recorder

com.android.printspooler | Mobile printing service

com.android.providers.blockednumber | Storage of blocked numbers

com.android.providers.calendar | Calendar sync

com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks | Google Chrome bookmarking service

com.android.providers.userdictionary | Dictionary for keyboard apps

com.android.quicksearchbox | Search box

com.android.soundrecorder | Sound recorder

com.android.stk | SIM Toolkit

com.android.voicedialer | Voice search

com.android.vpndialogs | VPN system

com.android.wallpaper.holospiral | Live wallpaper

com.android.wallpaper.livepicker | Wallpaper picker

com.android.wallpapercropper | Wallpaper cropper

com.example.android.notepad | Notepad

Pre-installed Google Apps on Huawei

com.google.android.apps.books | Google Books

com.google.android.apps.cloudprint | Cloud print

com.google.android.apps.currents | Currents

com.google.android.apps.docs | Google Drive

com.google.android.apps.fitness | Google Fit

com.google.android.apps.mapps | Google Maps

com.google.android.apps.photos | Google Photos

com.google.android.apps.tachyon | Google Duo

com.google.android.apps.wallpaper | Google Wallpapers

com.google.android.apps.wellbeing | Digital Wellbeing

com.google.android.feedback | Google Feedback

com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox | Google Search

com.google.ar.core | Google ARCore

com.google.marvin.talkback | Talkback

com.google.android.play.games | Google Play Games

com.google.android.street | Google Street View

com.google.android.videos | Google Play Movies

com.google.android.youtube | YouTube

com.google.tango.measure | Google Measure

Miscellaneous 3rd-party Apps on Huawei devices

com.amazon.aa

com.amazon.aa.attribution

com.booking - Booking.com

com.ebay.mobile - eBay

com.facebook.appmanager

com.facebook.system

com.facebook.orca

com.facebook.katana

com.facebook.services

com.instagram.android

com.netflix.mediaclient

com.netflix.partner.activation

com.microsoft.translator

com.snapchat.android

com.swiftkey.swiftkeyconfigurator

com.touchtype.swiftkey

com.twitter.android

org.smsalliance.openmobileapi.service - SmartcardService

Get the List of Pre-installed Apps on Huawei

If you want to, you can easily get the list of system apps installed on your Huawei or Honor phone using ADB Shell commands. You can easily find the package names of all pre-installed apps on your device.

Follow the steps to get the list of system app packages present on your Huawei or Honor device.

1. Download and install Huawei HiSuite or USB driver on your computer.
2. Also, download the latest SDK Platform-tools.zip from Google servers and unzip it on your desktop.
3. Go to Settings > Developer options and turn on USB debugging on your Huawei device.
4. Open the ‘Platform-tools’ folder you extracted earlier and launch a Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell window inside the folder. If you don’t know how to do that here are 3 methods to open a command window inside a folder path.
5. When the Command Prompt window is launched, type the following command to make sure your Huawei device is properly connected.

   adb devices

   

6. Okay, type adb shell in the command window, hit the Enter key, and execute the following command.

   pm list packages -s

7. You’ll see the list of all system apps installed on your phone. Press Ctrl+A to select the contents of the cmd window and then press Ctrl+C to copy it. Paste the copied content in a text file. You now have the list of all system app packages that came pre-installed with your device.

Remove Bloatware on Huawei and Honor Devices

As mentioned above, the ADB command to uninstall system apps works on all Android devices. You can execute the following command to remove bloatware on your EMUI-powered Huawei device. Please note that you must run the adb shell command first.

adb shell
pm uninstall --user 0 <package name>

For instance, if you want to uninstall Huawei Assistant, type pm uninstall --user 0 com.huawei.vassistant. For more detailed steps, please head over to my tutorial on freezing and uninstalling system apps on Android devices. Alternatively, there is a great tool called Universal Android Debloater GUI. You can use it to debloat your Huawei smartphone easily and safely.

Just repeat the same command with different package names to uninstall system apps on Huawei and Honor devices.

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