App manager: uninstall several apps, back up app files, see what you rarely use

What it does

Applore’s app manager is a set of cards in the App Manager section of the Home screen.

• Manage Apps: your apps in four tabs: My Apps, System, Archive (app files saved on your phone) and Google Drive (app files saved to your Drive). Grid or list view, search, and sort by name, size, date or cache size.
• Act on several apps at once: select apps, then uninstall them one after another, share their app files, or back them up.
• App details: tap an app to see its size and permissions, open it, uninstall it, share its app file, open its storage settings or its Google Play page, or lock it with App Lock.
• Review on Store: a list of apps you installed from Google Play, each one tap away from its Play page, if you want to rate or review it.
• Backup on Drive: save the installer files of chosen apps to your phone and to your own Google Drive.

Uninstall several apps

The Uninstall App card is built for clearing out apps you no longer need.

If you turn on backup before uninstall, Applore saves each app’s installer file first. Uninstalling removes the app’s data from your phone, so this cannot be undone.

App Category

App Category groups your apps by type, such as games, health and fitness, or finance. To do this, Applore sends the package names of your installed apps to its server, which returns the categories. This happens only when you open App Category, and the data is used only to show categories. If the server does not answer, Applore uses the category Android provides.

Rarely used apps and activity

The Activity tab shows how you use your apps:

• screen time per app, and how often you open each one;
• apps you have not opened for a while, so you can decide whether to keep them;
• daily, weekly and hourly views.

This needs Usage access, which you allow in Android’s settings. The Home screen also shows your total Wi-Fi and mobile data use.

Permissions, ads and device admin apps

Three cards in the Security section help you review what your apps can do.

• Check App Permissions counts the apps that can use your calls, SMS, location, contacts, calendar, notifications, microphone, storage or camera, or start when the phone turns on. Tap a group to see the apps, then an app to see its permissions.
• Apps with Ads lists installed apps that include known advertising libraries. It does not block or remove their ads.
• Admin Permission explains device admin apps, then opens Android’s list so you can review which apps have admin rights. Our guide on checking device admin apps walks through it.

What stays on your phone

• The app list, sorting, uninstalling, permissions and activity views run on your phone.
• Usage information stays on the phone and is not sent to analytics or advertisers.
• App backups are saved to your phone and, if you choose, to your own Google Drive.
• App Category is the one exception: it sends package names to Applore’s server when you open it.

Applore uses Android’s permission to see all installed apps for these tools and for its safety check. The privacy policy covers the App Category disclosure, and the glossary explains the permission to see all installed apps. All permissions are on the permissions page.

Free and Pro

The app manager tools are free in Applore Free and Applore Pro. In Applore Free, some screens show banner ads, and some actions show an ad first. Compare Free and Pro.

Good to know

• No system app removal. Android does not allow it. For system apps, Applore opens the app’s settings, where you may be able to disable it.
• No cache clearing across apps. Applore opens each app’s storage settings, where Android lets you clear that app’s cache yourself.
• No app updater. Google Play updates your apps.
• An app backup is the installer file only, not your data inside the app.
• Android asks before each uninstall. That is a safety feature of Android, not a limit of Applore.
• To choose what to remove, read how to find apps you rarely use, then how to uninstall multiple apps on Android. For backups, see how to back up app files.