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
    2017-11-17T12:55:56+00:00

    MY "uninstall" button is still not lit up - did you have to do anything special to be able to uninstall the app.? This is so frustrating !

    I finally went to Apps found MSLauncher, long held, and dragged to Uninstall.

    Microsoft, bad, insensitive promotion - you DON'T hijack people's phones without adequate warnings and PERMISSIONS! This will be a PR nightmare!

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-18T04:52:22+00:00

    Thank you...You are fantastic.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-11-18T20:08:06+00:00

    I have an S8 - there are no three dots showing. Forced Stop works for about 10 seconds then becomes active again, and Uninstall does not work at all.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-11-18T20:20:21+00:00

    This post was very helpful. On my Galaxy S8 I had to find Default Apps, then open Microsoft Launcher, de-select it as a default app, then go back and open Microsoft Launcher and click on Uninstall. It worked. It takes some playing around and a waste of about a half hour - but it can be done.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-11-19T14:24:48+00:00

    Thank you! I installed this earlier this morning and wasn't expecting MS to completely take over my phone. All of my previous apps across the different screens, gone. Would have taken hours to get things back the way I like it when all I wanted was the ability to send some small bits of info back and forth with my microsoft account.

    I absolutely hate how software companies thing they know what's best for you these days. All the initial notice I got from MS and the creator update was about sharing docs across apps, I didn't want, nor need a new launcher installed. 

    Thanks for the help,.

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