Like many others, I find ADB to be an excellent utility when I intend to get rid of bloatwares / system-apps-that-I-don’t need from my Android phone.

The only caveat being that ADB is to be run only on a separate device (Windows, macOS or Linux), and my Android phone has to be connected to it in USB-debugging mode.

Not sure if this is a dumb question or not - but Is there any ADB equivalent that I can run straight in my Android phone to remove bloatware from the same Android phone ?

Thanks in advance !

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Developer options, ‘activate terminal’ and when rooted you can switch to root with su. That is an alternative when you use ‘adb shell’ to get rid of the bloatware.

I’m using Titanium Backup (for more then 10y now) on my rooted/custom rom to freeze or uninstall system apps (so I don’t know any other method). Main use of the app is full backups though, including apk. (so I had it registered with a license file purchased, so I can use it even on devices without google store)

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At least for me, Android 12 doesn’t have a built in Terminal anymore, so I’d suggest termux

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