On older versions of Android (Pre-Android 8.0 Oreo - consider upgrading for your own security if your phone is this old), you'll have to manually enable a separate toggle to install apps from unknown sources. Just tap the download notification to begin the process.
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When you've found the version of the app you need, installing it is sometimes as simple as downloading it from APK Mirror and, well. In Android 8.0 and later (including Android 9 and 10), installing from unknown sources is a per-app setting. Feel free to skip this part if you have a different method you'd prefer to use. It's possible to uninstall third-party apps or updates via other avenues, like long-pressing app icons in some launchers or through the Play Store, but this method should work on almost all Android devices.
System or otherwise, the easiest and most universal way to uninstall an app is via the Settings app. The best you can do, in those cases, is to uninstall whatever updates may rest on top of the original app (we'll get to that later). Most third-party apps can be easily removed, but system apps your phone came with may not be uninstallable. To start, you'll need to uninstall the app in question, and sometimes that's more easily said than done. The steps outlined below will work the same for Android 10 through Android 12, minus a few visual differences between each version. This guide has been checked and updated for Android 12. That means while you'll be able to uninstall the current version of a given app, you won't be able to re-install an older version manually, and there's no simple workaround. That way whatever issue you ran into can be addressed in a future update, and you don't end up stuck on an outdated version - which can be a security concern for some of your favorite apps.Īlso, if you're enrolled in Google's Advanced Protection Program, you won't be able to sideload apps. If you're rolling back to fix an issue, the first step is to let the developer know about the problem with a report. On Android, reverting an app to an older version is fortunately a pretty straightforward process, and we'll guide you through it here. Be it because the new one is crashing, has introduced a new feature or option that's broken, or simply because you don't like the latest changes, there are ample reasons to revert an update.
Sometimes, you need to install an earlier version of an app on your phone.