Automatically sync installed apps

[rmiguel_nunes]

Dear all,

Let me start off by saying that this is my first thread in this forum, and in any forum actually.

My question is very simple and I couldn't find an answer anywhere else.
I own a Nexus 7 and a Nexus 5. When I bought the Nexus 5, after turning it on and logging in with my Google account, it immediately started to sync and download all the apps I had installed on my Nexus 7 (because it's same google account off course). I even had my data connection on because I didn't have wireless at the time and I blew my entire monthly data package before I could turn it off but that's another matter .

I recently also rooted and installed Android 4.2 on my girlfriend's Asus Memo Pad and as soon as I signed on with her account it started to download all the apps she had before (the reason I formatted it in the first place was because she had many unused apps and it was running slow, so I ended up uninstalling the apps one by one).

I would now like to know how can I format my Nexus 7 and not getting all the apps downloaded automatically. I know I can always turn off syncing but that is kind of a bad solution for this because I would eventually like to turn it on and it will just start downloading everything again. Is there even a way to choose which apps I would like to have again?

Best regards and sorry for the long post, as well as any grammar/spelling mistakes... like I said, it's my first forum post and I'm not an English language native

Cheers

 

[codesplice]

Hi rmiguel_nunes, and welcome to Android Forums

During the initial account setup on a freshly-wiped device, there should be a checkbox that says something to the extent of "Restore my apps and information to this device". Unchecking that when setting things up should prevent that automatic restore. The catch is that any settings (Wifi networks, Bluetooth devices, etc) will not be restored either.

My approach: I tell it that I want to restore the apps and data, but immediately go into the Play Store and cancel all the downloads. I usually have to cancel them a few times, but eventually it settles down and leaves me alone.