How a month-long app purge finally fixed my relationship with my phone
How a month-long app purge finally fixed my relationship with my phone
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Publish Date: 2026-02-20 12:15:00
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Like most people, I hadn’t noticed the app count on my phone creeping up. However, after years of downloading and trying new tools, I saw that my app drawer was bloated.
I had pages of applications I did not remember installing, let alone using. So, I set myself a challenge: uninstall every app I had not opened in the past 30 days.
Here is what happened when I pressed the Uninstall button for rarely used apps.
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On Android, it’s surprisingly easy to see how often you use apps. In Settings Digital Wellbeing Dashboard, I could see app activity for the last month.
A few apps had hours of use, but plenty had 0 minutes, which was all the permission I needed to delete them.
I also went into Google Play Store and selected Manage apps & device Manage Sort by:…
