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How to Uninstall CLauncher App on Android

Mayur Agarwal by Mayur Agarwal
April 6, 2020
in Android, Tips 'n' Tricks

Clauncher, a product from Mobogenie is apparently a rogue home screen launcher application for Android. There are various rogue apps that users download unknowingly when they access warez and other downloading sites. Such sites run intrusive advertisements that tend to automatically download APK files of unwanted apps, Clauncher is one example.

These ads trick you by displaying a pop-up, like for instance ‘Phone getting slow!’ and then suggest to install such apps to make your phone fast. This way most users fall into the trap and install the downloaded APK, after which your device gets messed up.

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Though, you might find Clauncher beautiful and packed with useful tools but remember, looks can be deceiving. Apps like Clauncher purposely integrate so poorly with your Android phone OS that neither you would be able to uninstall them nor you can switch to the default launcher.

Moreover, these apps aren’t available on Google Play so uninstalling from there isn’t possible and the Uninstall option in Settings > Apps is disabled as well. Clauncher has an option to reset launcher and exit launcher but that just doesn’t work. This certainly poses a high risk to your security as malicious apps may continue to monitor your activity in the background, access most of your personal data and important information stored on your device.

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How to Remove Clauncher and other bogus apps on Android

Fortunately, we’ve figured out an easy way to remove Clauncher and similar apps on Android.

Method 1 – To switch from Clauncher to the default launcher, go to Settings > Apps > select Clauncher and ‘Clear defaults’ for it. This will enable the default launcher and the Uninstall option will be enabled too. You can now remove Clauncher without going into Safe mode.

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Method 2 – In case you’re unable to access the Settings, boot your Android device into ‘Safe mode’ by holding down the ‘Power button’ of your device. Then long-press the ‘Power off’ option and click ‘Ok’ to reboot into safe mode.

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When your device is in Safe mode, all third-party applications installed will be disabled. This way you will be able to uninstall any user-installed apps that couldn’t be removed normally.

To uninstall Clauncher, go to Settings > Apps > Downloaded. Then open the Clauncher app and hit the ‘Uninstall’ option. Select Ok and the app will be removed.

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To exit Safe mode, simply restart your device normally.

P.S. The above issue occurred on my Nexus 7 (running Android 4.4.4) but I was able to uninstall Clauncher directly on the phone, which is sort of weird.

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Mayur Agarwal is the founder and editor-in-chief of WebTrickz. As a Technology enthusiast and an Internet addict, he loves sharing useful How To’s and Tips & Tricks.

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Comments 11

  1. nagu akkina says:
    8 years ago

    Hi, Good post, great steps to uninstall the launcher in the android, Keep it up

    Once again thanks for the share

    Reply
  2. Sugar sweet says:
    8 years ago

    Thanks!
    It really worked…

    Reply
  3. raj says:
    8 years ago

    How to remove that popup message.?, I didn’t install so far, whenever popup comes, I press back and cancel this installation. But I would like to know how to remove that c-launcher popup message.

    Thanks in advance,
    Raj

    Reply
  4. Carlos Llamacho says:
    7 years ago

    In the more recent versions of CLauncher you first need to deactivate it as a device administrator. You do this by going Settings > Security > Device administrators and disable CLauncher there. After that you can uninstall it the regular way.

    Reply
    • Kdaw says:
      7 years ago

      for some reason, it won\’t deactivate for me

      Reply
  5. Ramya says:
    7 years ago

    Thanks a lot. It worked.I was struggling to uninstall it from a couple of days.

    Reply
  6. Lisa says:
    7 years ago

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Method 1 worked. I will never ever download another theme from the playstore!!! Omg that \”thing\” hid all my downloads (recipes, links etc)and hid them – my phone was a disaster! Once I removed Clauncher everything was restored and I got a theme from my Samsung phone store. Your article here was a lifesaver!!

    Reply
  7. Emi says:
    7 years ago

    Hola. Disculpa pero a mi no me ha funcionado ni uno de los dos metodos por desgracia. puedes apoyarme

    Reply
  8. Raj says:
    6 years ago

    Excellent, It works method1 for my Moto Turbo Edition mobile. Thank you very much

    Reply
  9. Ben says:
    6 years ago

    Thanks! Work for me.

    Reply
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