Removing uninstallable apps from Android via adb

Some apps on Android are enforced by Google and cannot be removed normally via the usual uninstall method. I find this annoying as I don’t want apps that I don’t want cluttering up the app list on my phone.

To get around this weird restriction on google’s apps, you can remove them via adb. Assuming that you have adb setup already and connected to your device via USB debugging, you can list the packages installed to identify the ones you want to remove using adb shell pm list packages. Combine with grep to filter it:

$ adb shell pm list packages | grep you
package:com.google.android.youtube

Then uninstall the app via:

$ adb uninstall com.google.android.youtube
Success
$ adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
Success

Seems like you need both of the above commands for it to remove the app from your list.