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30 unneeded/unwanted apps

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I literally have 30 apps on my Samsung Galaxy S3 that I do not want or need and have downloaded themselves.

Some of these were already on my phone when I got it, but most of these have added themselves recently and are taking up a ton of room on my phone. I know some of them are required for the phone to work correctly, but...

Mobile TV
Messenger+
Play Books
Play Magazines
Play Movies & TV
S Memo
S Suggest
Talk
AT&T Drivemode
AT&T Family App
AT&T Locker
ChatON
Flipboard
Group Play
Messages (its an actual app, not my text messages and that makes no sense for me to have)
Music Hub
Music Player
Paper Artist
AllShare Play
Google+
Media Hub
Google Play Newsstand
Hangouts (replaces Talk)
Samsung Link (AllShare Play)
YP Local Search & Gas Prices
Google Earth
AllShareCast Dongle S/W Update
GO Launcher EX
Kies Air
Flipboard: Your News Magazine

Several of these apps are repeating themselves, like having 3 different types of chat apps that I will never use, or music apps, or magazine apps. I just want these gone.
I've been told that I can't uninstall them, but I feel like there HAS to be a way without taking illegal measures.
 
1) Rooting your phone isn't illegal. It voids the warranty in the US (in Europe that can't use that to get out of honoring the warranty).

2) You don't have to root to get rid of some f them.

3) Settings/Application manager. Go to the ones you want to get rid of and disable them. I don't think any of the ones you listed will cause a problem if they're removed, but if they're disabled and there's a problem, you can re-enable them.

Do it one app at time. Disable it. See if the phone works. Turn it off. See if there are error messages when it turns on. If not, go to the next app.

As far as Go Launcher, I can't understand how you prefer Touch Wiz (the native launcher) to Go, but it's your phone, so use the one you prefer. I installed Nova and never looked back.
 
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