Automatic Downloads On Samsung Smartphones Annoying? Here's How To Stop It

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JAKARTA - Samsung has become a mainstay product in creating intelligent electronic devices for some people. Starting from smartphones, tablets, TVs, and other smart products.

If you're a Samsung smartphone user, surely you've often come across how your phone tends to download bloatware apps automatically, without your permission.

Unfortunately, there is no button that you can use to stop Galaxy Store from downloading this app on your phone. However, there are a few things you can do to stop that.

Remove Galaxy Store App Permissions

The first thing you can do is stop the Galaxy Store app permission from downloading apps automatically. To do this, go to Settings > Applications > Galaxy Store > Permissions.

Here, select permissions under Allowed and select Don't allow. You will see a warning, then just tap Don't allow and continue.

Turn Off All Galaxy Store App Settings

Apart from removing permissions, you can also disable all settings from the Galaxy Store. To do so, start by going to Settings > Apps > Galaxy Store > Permissions.

From here, start doing the following steps:

Disable Remove permission if the app is not in use. Tap Set as default and turn off Open supported links. Tap Mobile data and turn off Allow background data usage and Allow data usage when Data saver is on. Tap Change system settings and turn off Allow permissions. Tap Install unknown apps and turn off Allow from this source. Tap App details in store, tap on the three-dot menu at the top of the page of the opened apps and deselect Automatic updates. Stop Using Galaxy Store Completely

If you are still getting automatically downloaded apps on your device, then your last resort is to stop using Galaxy Store completely.

But the problem is that you can't uninstall or disable Galaxy Store apps like some other pre-installed Samsung apps, as they are an integral part of One UI.

However, there is still another way to stop it from running in the background. To do this, head over to the Galaxy Store app info page, and follow these tips:

Tap Force stop > OK. Go to Storage > Clear data > OK. You can also select the three-dot menu at the top of the page and tap Uninstall updates > OK.

It should be underlined that doing this is quite risky as the app may interfere with using some Samsung services which require regular updates.