{"id":249485,"date":"2023-01-13T12:25:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T11:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.de\/?p=249485"},"modified":"2023-01-13T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T11:26:58","slug":"deactivate-samsung-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/deactivate-samsung-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Deactivate Samsung Free &#8211; here&#8217;s how"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since Android 11, Samsung Galaxy smartphones have a preinstalled app called Samsung Free on the home screen. Samsung Free is a kind of feed with content like news, games and recommendations for Samsung TV Plus. If you don&#8217;t need the app, you can always deactivate it &#8211; we show you how.<\/p>\n<h2>Disable Samsung Free on the home screen<\/h2>\n<p>First of all, you should know: Samsung Free can <strong>not be completely uninstalled<\/strong> from the device, but &#8222;only&#8220; deactivated, since the app is one of Samsung&#8217;s pre-installed system apps. Deactivating it is all the easier for that:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tap on an empty space on the home screen until the options are displayed.<\/li>\n<li>Swipe then to the far left until Samsung Free appears.<\/li>\n<li>At the very top, you&#8217;ll find a slider to turn Samsung Free on or off. Tap it to set the feed app to off.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249389\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Samsung-Free.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-249389\" src=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Samsung-Free-715x780.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Free on homescreen\" width=\"715\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Samsung-Free-715x780.jpg 715w, https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Samsung-Free-357x390.jpg 357w, https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Samsung-Free-202x220.jpg 202w, https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Samsung-Free.jpg 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the far left of the homescreen menu, you can enable (left) or disable (right) Samsung Free<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Samsung Free is now deactivated and can no longer be accessed from the home screen. If you want to reactivate the app at a later time, just click on the slider again.<\/p>\n<p>Note that Samsung Free might have to be deactivated in a different way if you use an <strong>alternative user interface<\/strong>.<\/p><div class=\"losgehts-inhalt losgehts-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"losgehts-154301716\"><div class=\"losgehts-adlabel\">Anzeige<\/div><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"405718\" data-bid=\"1\">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<\/script><\/div>\n<h2>Tip: You shouldn&#8217;t disable these Samsung apps<\/h2>\n<p>Samsung Free is one of the more superfluous Samsung apps, if we&#8217;re being honest. However, that doesn&#8217;t apply to all of them! The following apps can actually be very useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Samsung Smart Switch:<\/strong> This app lets you transfer all sorts of data between your phone and other devices (Android, iOS, Windows), either via Wi-Fi or USB cable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Samsung Health:<\/strong> An integrated fitness app that helps you with your fitness goals and measures calorie intake, workouts, and sleep patterns.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Samsung SmartThings:<\/strong> An all-in-one home automation app that lets you sync, control and monitor all compatible smart home devices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Samsung Notes:<\/strong> A comprehensive app for creating notes and lists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Android 11, Samsung Galaxy smartphones have a preinstalled app called Samsung Free on the home screen. Samsung Free is a kind of feed with content like news, games and recommendations for Samsung TV Plus. If you don&#8217;t need the app, you can always deactivate it &#8211; we show you how. Disable Samsung Free on &#8230; <a title=\"Deactivate Samsung Free &#8211; here&#8217;s how\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/deactivate-samsung-free\/\" aria-label=\"Mehr Informationen \u00fcber Deactivate Samsung Free &#8211; here&#8217;s how\">Weiterlesen &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":246012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46369],"tags":[75180,75861],"class_list":["post-249485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-tutorials","tag-android","tag-samsung","infinite-scroll-item"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":249485,"de":249387},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}