9.8 Uninstalling distributed applications from Android devices

You can send instructions to Android devices to request the user to uninstall distributed or installed applications, and then to delete application data.

Prerequisites

You must log in by using a user account with the system administrator permission.

Procedure

1. Display the Distribution module.

2. In the menu area, select Android Application.

3. In the information area, select the application to be uninstalled.

4. In the lower part of the information area, click the List of Smart Devices Distributed To or List of Smart Devices Installed To tab. Then, select the Android device to which you want to send the instruction to request the user to uninstall the application.

   You can select multiple Android devices.

5. In the lower part of the information area, select Action, and then Application Deletion.

6. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.

Result

If the distributed application is not installed:

Application data is deleted.

If the distributed application is installed:

The Android device displays a request to uninstall the application. When the user uninstalls the application, application data is also deleted.

When the application is uninstalled and application data is deleted from the Android device, Android device information appears on the List of Smart Devices Not Distributed To tab in the lower part of the information area (Android Application view).

Related topics

• 9.6 Distributing applications to Android devices

• 9.7 Sending instructions to install applications on Android devices

• 14.6.2 Android Application view

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