how do I remove Microsoft Launcher from my phone

Anonymous
2017-11-06T02:47:32+00:00

I decided to respond to an email and sync my phone to 10.  After downloading, ti presented one program after another to download and will not accept a refusal and it keeps showing me ads.  I want my old control system back.  I cannot erase Microsoft launcher but I did deactivate it.  That has helped some. I have trouble getting the home page to have what I need on it and I have difficulty using it as a phone now at times although deactivating it did help this. Can I go back to my old management system on my galaxy 6?

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-06T00:33:24+00:00

    I went to uninstall and I forced Microsoft Launcher to stop because I couldn't find a way to uninstall it. I have a Samsung Note 4 and when I forced ML to stop, my phone was a mess. It had huge icons and I had to reinstall the ML from the Google Store to get my phone back to normal. Now I know I can uninstall ML by going to Google to uninstall it.  Which I read in here in one of the comments posted here. Thanks!

    Like others I did not realize Microsoft would take over my whole phone. I liked the change of wallpaper and having the time being displayed on my home page but I would like a little more control of my phone. Besides that my phone kept freezing up and during a call or freezing up in an application I was getting frustrated because my phone never had these issues before.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-05T16:53:16+00:00

    Go to "settings" (or "Launcher Settings"), select "apps", select "Microsoft Launcher". When the app opens, in the top right corner you will see three dots, select. Select "Uninstall All". The App will uninstall.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-05T13:36:49+00:00

    Had to de-activate the app as a device administrator - that allowed the uninstall button to be active.

    Settings

    Security

    Device administrators.

    Worked for me

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-04T11:26:42+00:00

    To disable:

    • Settings - Default Applications
    • Select "TouchWiz Home" or TouchWiz easy home"
    • Follow the instruction to go back to the home screen to apply.
    • Home screen

    To uninstall:

    • Settings - Default Applications
    • Select the bin next to "Microsoft Launcher"
    • Follow the instructions to deactivate as Administrator.
    • Select Deactivate
    • Select the bin next to "Microsoft Launcher"

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-12-02T15:22:10+00:00

    The uninstall button is not available when i go to Microsoft launcher only force stop

    I uninstalled it. I went on 'play store' app on phone and searched 'microsoft launcher' and from there you see the option to uninstall it

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