Help COMPLETELY Uninstalling Apps

[musick]

If I am installing and removing many apps, does the simple uninstall button completely remove the app?

I am a bit concerned w/ wasting memory by install/uninstall lots of apps. Is there any folders/data left after I uninstall?

Thanks in advance.

 

[allambition]

Thats a tough question because different apps do all kinds of different things, installing folders in the root folder and then other times making folders deeper down which are harder to find. I think the uninstall removes everything for most apps besides maybe some user data, but its difficult to be sure about it. Again, it depends on the individual apps we are talking about. Some apps are really difficult to get rid of such as AT&T apps on my Captivate. The uninstall button was greyed out and non-functional until I got a custom ROM.

 

[digitaljeannie]

A good practice when uninstalling apps is to, when you are in Manage Applications and click on the app you want to uninstall, if it is running select "Force Stop", select "Clear Cache" (if any), "Clear Data" (this will delete the apps corresponding folder in the /data/app folder), then select "Uninstall". That should give you a clean uninstall of the app.
Unlike Windows programs they don't install various components spread around a hundred different locations.

 

[musick]

Thanks.Guess I am doing things the right way.