Google Play 3.9.16 finally allows you to remove those old legacy apps!

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Topic # 110602 12-Oct-2012 11:17
Yes that's right, finally you can go through your apps list and delete those tried once, never again apps that are filling up your apps list. Great news! Get it here http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=androidspin/APKs/&file=com.android.vending_3.9.16.apk Edit: To remove old apps Go to Play Store > Menu > My Apps > ALL > long press the app you want to delete and just touch subsequent apps to add them to the delete list. Dont try and remove apps that show as installed as the remove icon (top right of the screen) will disappear.

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Reply # 700119 12-Oct-2012 11:19
This is great Systems Engineer Vodafone NZ http://forum.vodafone.co.nz

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Reply # 700142 12-Oct-2012 12:13
Seems you can only remove up to 2 apps at a time? It lets you mark as many as you want but I havent been able to see how to remove multiple apps yet. Found this out after going through 47 million unwanted apps and marking them for deletion, twice :(

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Reply # 700158 12-Oct-2012 12:33
About time. Thanks for the heads up! Going back to G1-era apps, this is going to take quite some time. Hopefully someone can reverse-engineer the calls that're doing this and do a separate bulk-remove app. "You are" = "You're" - Not "Your". "They are" = "They're" - Not "Their" or "There". You probably mean "lose" not "loose". There's no such word as "Alot". On the internet, wasting time, since '89.

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Reply # 700164 12-Oct-2012 12:52
I removed like 50 at once. Tap and hold an app on your all apps list and then tap on other apps you want to add to your remove list, then click the icon in the top right corner. Devices: Samsung Captivate (AT&T Galaxy S) and HTC One on Telecom. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.

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Reply # 700170 12-Oct-2012 13:18
Legend. Well done that man. "You are" = "You're" - Not "Your". "They are" = "They're" - Not "Their" or "There". You probably mean "lose" not "loose". There's no such word as "Alot". On the internet, wasting time, since '89.

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Reply # 700455 12-Oct-2012 22:23
Thanks for the great share - awesome.

mjb

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Reply # 700461 12-Oct-2012 23:00
And they're immediately gone from my apps list on play.google.com too... awesome! contentsofsignaturemaysettleduringshipping

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Reply # 700470 12-Oct-2012 23:51
This is great. Been a long time coming. Other news is that the new Gmail app will be finally allow pinch-to-zoom, and we also got hi-res display contact picture syncing the other day. Looks like Google is finally fixing all those little issues that have been around for a while now. Galaxy S3 i9300 running WanamLite XXEMC3 V6.5 JB 4.1.2 on the network Telecom XT

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Reply # 700474 13-Oct-2012 00:22
Awesome work - thanks for the link! Chuck Norris has abolished the periodic table of elements. The only element he recognises is the element of surprise!

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Reply # 700491 13-Oct-2012 05:58
bradstewart: I removed like 50 at once. Tap and hold an app on your all apps list and then tap on other apps you want to add to your remove list, then click the icon in the top right corner. figured out why l could only remove two at a time, I was selecting an installed app which made the remove box vanish. trap for noobs :-):-)

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Reply # 700545 13-Oct-2012 10:14
kiwitrc: Yes that's right, finally you can go through your apps list and delete those tried once, never again apps that are filling up your apps list. Great news! Get it here http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=androidspin/APKs/&file=com.android.vending_3.9.16.apk Is the file you linked to some sort of pre-release or something? Just wondering why these changes haven't been pushed out to everybody.

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Reply # 700548 13-Oct-2012 10:21
It's presumably from the 4.1.2 release for the Nexus 7? "You are" = "You're" - Not "Your". "They are" = "They're" - Not "Their" or "There". You probably mean "lose" not "loose". There's no such word as "Alot". On the internet, wasting time, since '89.

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Reply # 700551 13-Oct-2012 10:30
stevenz: It's presumably from the 4.1.2 release for the Nexus 7? Ah, so presumably it will be released to everyone in the near future. Think I'll just wait and get it the normal way instead of sideloading it.

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Reply # 700559 13-Oct-2012 10:48
stevenz: It's presumably from the 4.1.2 release for the Nexus 7? Nope, not present on my n7 (w/4.1.2). contentsofsignaturemaysettleduringshipping

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Reply # 701168 14-Oct-2012 22:06
kiwitrc: figured out why l could only remove two at a time, I was selecting an installed app which made the remove box vanish. trap for noobs :-):-) No, the real noob trap is trying to long press on apps to add them to your selection. ;) Yours truly had given up and tried nearly everything (not kidding here) before realising that one... Now I just wish the web version would let me delete old devices. Lee Phone: Samsung Galaxy S2 Ingress: Enlightened

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