How To Declutter Your Android Phone

If you’ve got an Android phone that needs to be decluttered, you’ve probably gotten used to the fact that it’s basically one extensive list of apps, settings, and notifications.

It can be hard to know where to begin when decluttering your phone.

Also, if you’re like most people, you probably have at least a few apps that you tend to use repeatedly.

Maybe you’ve even got some extras that seem to be a little too good to delete.

But what if you were to add up the number of times you use each app?

Do you really need to keep them around?

Probably, you don’t, so this article will help you declutter your Android phone.

This guide will show you how to get started with Android’s built-in Clear All option and a few other tips and tricks for getting your phone back in order.

After you follow this guide, you’ll be able to find what you’re looking for on your phone faster, and you’ll be able to ignore the stuff you don’t need.

Why You Should Organize Your Phone

When you have clutter on your phone, it can negatively affect your workflow and productivity, and it can be hard to find what you need in an emergency. 

But, as long as you do the things in this guide, you’ll be able to clean up your phone without losing any functionality.

How to Declutter All Apps, Widgets, and Notifications for Your Android Phone

1. Launch the Apps view and tap the Menu key to open it.
2. Find the icon of the apps that you want to delete and tap it.
3. Select the “Clear all” option and tap “OK.”

Ta-da!

Select the ones that you want to delete and delete them. 

To delete notifications, repeat steps 1–3, but after the third step, select the notification option instead of apps. 

Finally, tap “Clear All” again. 

You’ll have a clean phone with only the apps you use. 

But don’t delete the phone’s system apps since they’re needed.

But, if you did delete your system apps, here is how to undo that.

How to Restore “System Apps”

1.) Go to Settings

2.) Then, “Apps.”

3.) “Apps Manager.”

4.) Tap “Restore All.”

Voila!

Your phone is back to its former glory. What a time saver!

Other Things to Declutter on Your Android Phone

Widgets

First, you want to clear all of your widgets.

But there is more to it than that. 

The “Apps Manager” icon is actually a widget, a small icon that sits on your home screen. 

It’s convenient and can organize many different things, from apps to photos to widgets. 

You can resize widgets to fit any size by dragging the bottom or right corner in the “Apps Manager” section.

“Unrecognized” Apps

“Unrecognized” apps are apps that aren’t listed in the apps list. They can’t be selected, deleted, or restarted.

But don’t worry.

You can easily move them to the “All apps” section by following these steps. 

How to Delete Unrecognized Apps on Android

1. First, go to the “All Apps” section in your settings.
2. Then, click on “Unrecognized Apps.”
3. From there, you can delete the apps you couldn’t delete from your home screen.

Conclusion

Organizing and cleaning your smartphone is a necessity for optimum productivity. 

Now, following these steps, you can declutter your Android phone and have better focus. 

I hope this article helped!

If you want to find out how to do OMAD to increase your productivity, you can read my article here.