On devices running Android 4.0 and higher, you can disable pre-installed Google Play system apps through your deviceSettings. After a system app has been disabled, it will be hidden on your device.
Disable pre-installed system apps
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Go to your device's Settings menu.
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Select Apps.
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Touch the system app you’d like to disable.
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Select Disable
Re-enable pre-installed system apps
If you’ve disabled an app and would like to enable it, you can find and re-enable the app using the following steps:
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Go to Settings on your device.
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Swipe to view the list of All apps.
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Scroll to the bottom of the list to view disabled system apps.
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Touch the system app from the list that you’d like to enable.
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Select Enable.
Once a system app has been re-enabled, it can be viewed and opened from your main apps screen.