I have an A53, running Android 13. I’ve recently noticed that if I uninstall an app and the reinstall it, it still has login credentials. That leads me to believe that uninstall isn’t really deleting all the associated data.

How do I truly purge all the data from these apps from my phone?

I tried to Google the issue, but all the answers wanted me to download additional software, which seems antithetical to my goal.

(Please keep it simple; I’m not so good with tech.)

  • @Omnimater
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    11 year ago

    My only guess is that while you’ve deleted the app data, login credentials are still saved through either a Google or Samsung service. Or perhaps the phones is not removing the cache for those apps.

    Go to chrome to the settings menu>security(?)>passwords to check Google saved passwords.

    Samsung I think uses an app called Samsung Pass idk I don’t use it on my S21 FE.

    If it’s that last, I guess clear system cache? Hard to clear cache for an app you no longer have. Maybe clear before uninstall? Would be in the app info menu for the specific app.