Is it possible to disable the google searchbar on the main page in FP:OS? Its a really annoying “feature” what I never use. Or is there a alternative OS where I can choose google Apps I want? This searchbar is kind of a deal-breaker to me. Thanks for your help in advance. :wink:

You have to disable the google App in Settings/Apps there you search or scroll down to the Google (App) and disable it by clicking once on it and then on disable. Now restart your phone. But have in mind, that the clock App will appear instead and can’t be removed. At least I didn’t find an option t…

[image] Patrick1: forcing manufacturers I’m not sure they are forcing Fairphone but it cannot be removed without further certification checks, then more if Fairphone want to incorporate a third party app ~ so it’s easier and cheaper to let the user install their own launcher to get rid of it. …

This is the reason why they ask during installation which search engine you want to use for the search bar.

There’s the search bar and the search engine. In the FP3 I used the nova launcher to get rid of the bar.

@ amoun I guess that’s what I’ll be up to until /e/ or so is available. @Discostu36 That’s what I read of, but since the OS and search bar are installed already I’m curious at which point who will be asked. After registering to a Google account is too late imho.

but wouldn’t it be possible to make the google apps removable, including the search bar? I understand that in order to get Android certification from google, you have to ship it with certain apps (shiftphones has the same problem). But is it also a requirement to make them unremovable?

You can remove them using adb , however, if you remove too many, system might become unstable. [image] I want as little Google as possible on my Fairphone 4! Fairphone 4 Just a cautionary tale before everybody runs off to uninstall whatever … Perhaps it would be prudent…

Something very easy to achieve and easily reversible: download Hyperion Launcher, set it as default home app and go to Home options (long press desktop) → Widgets → Google Search and switch it off everywhere. It’s VERY similar to the default google Launcher but lets you customize all sorts of stuff…

I honestly don’t think any of that is very relevant to this debate when you can fairly easily install a different launcher. Google is no longer forcing you to take their complete GUI. The issue would rather be that you need to have a bunch of google apps running in the background for your device to…

Hi all, So I received my FP4 and I’ve got some customisation problem :frowning: How do I remove this fucking google search box at the bottom of my screen ? I can’t find the correct keywords to find some website which will explain how to do it :frowning: I does not manage to remove it like any ot…

@Kervador moved your question to an alredy existing topic, please see above for solutions

Can you disable google searchbar on FP4?

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yvmuell December 7, 2021, 5:26pm 32

You can remove them using adb , however, if you remove too many, system might become unstable.