How to Uninstall Samsung News App

[MidnightStarr2020]

First off, the Samsung News Widget on my Homepage is already turned off. However, there is the Samsung News app which I never use and I want to get rid of that. But there is no way to uninstall it or disable it. Why is that? I don't use it and I don't want it to take up space on my phone. Is there way to disable or uninstall the Samsung News app and not the Homepage Widget?

[RedDogRabbit]

If Samsung News is a System App on your phone, then you can't uninstall it. 

If you are talking about the Samsung News Widget, if you disable Samsung News, then you won't have the Widget for it. 

[MidnightStarr2020]

You obviously didn't read my message correctly. My Samsung News Widget IS ALREADY DISABLED. I want to get rid of the app ONLY. I don't read Samsung News.

[RedDogRabbit]

Obviously, you didn't express what you wanted to say.

You expressly stated that you did not want to disable the Home Screen Widget.. Or should I have read something that wasn't there?

Samsung News isn't a System App on any of my Samsung devices.. but, as I already said,, if it is on your device, then you can NOT Uninstall it. You can either disable it from Settings > Apps Search for "Samsung News" > Disable if it gives you the option, or disable it with adb or a package disabler.

You understood that you can not "get rid of it", if it's a System App? 

[Helenna]

Hi MidnightStarr2020,

Yes as said by RedDogRabbit, if it is a system app on your device that can't be uninstalled or fully disabled.

While you can't remove it, you can stop it from using space and resources by disabling notifications and clearing its data in Settings > Apps > Samsung News. This won't remove the app, but it will reduce its impact.

Thank you.