Help uninstall

[DWFII]

I uninstalled Chrome and it left a stub in internal storage/memory. Is that normal? Can I somehow delete the stub? It doesn't seem right that an app can do that. If I uninstall it I want it completely gone--the way my system was before I installed it.

Also I have an app on my phone called Android System WebView. What does it do? Going by the name it seems like another browser.

 

[tommo47]

You haven't said what device you have, but both Chrome and Android System Webview are Google apps and came preinstalled on my HTC M9 so I can only uninstall updates, and I assumed that was the norm.

The following is the description of Webview found in Playstore :-

 

[dontpanicbobby]

No webviews not an app. It's more like an extension.

 

[DWFII]

so, is it necessary if I no longer have chrome installed? Is it bloatware? Can I safely disable it?

 

[Slug]

so, is it necessary if I no longer have chrome installed?

Yes, as it allows third-party apps to display HTML (web) content.

Is it bloatware? Can I safely disable it?

No, and yes. If another app complains then you can easily re-enable it.

 

[tommo47]

No webviews not an app. It's more like an extension.

My M9 and Playstore Installed/Update list show it as an app :-



Same with the M7 but just over 68MB.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

My HTC 10 doesn't have it. I'll check the One M8.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

The One M8 shows it under apps but mine' s only 66.16 MB.

 

[DWFII]

Did Chrome install it?