Uninstalling Hangouts: Is it even possible?

In principle, it is no particular effort to install the Hangouts app. The situation is different if Google Messenger was already pre-installed on your smartphone. Then, under certain circumstances, a lock may be built into the operating system that makes it difficult for you to delete the app.

How to uninstall Google Hangouts

If Hangouts was actually installed on your smartphone before you bought it, it is not possible to uninstall the app without deeper technical intervention. Then you can only deactivate the messenger. This is possible directly in the Hangouts app by going to "Menu" > "Settings", tapping on your Google account and selecting "Logout". Alternatively, the logout also works via the device settings:

1. The Messenger app automatically works with the login data that you entered when you signed up for your Google account on your Android smartphone.
2. Therefore, in order to uninstall Google Hangouts, you need to completely log out of your Google account.
3. To do this, open the settings of your smartphone. Tap on the menu item "Google".
4. In the top right corner of your screen, tap on the three dots displayed and then select the option "Remove account".
5. However, you should note that without a logged-in Google account, numerous functions of your smartphone will no longer work. Then it is important to weigh whether the deactivated Hangouts app justifies these functional restrictions.

Technically intervene in your operating system

No problem with the deletion of Google Hangouts have iOS customers. On iPhones, you can delete Messenger just like any other app by holding down the app icon and tapping "Remove." On Android devices, on the other hand, a root is necessary. For this, you need a special app. You access the user interface of your operating system and can then remove pre-installed apps. Der große Nachteil ist, dass Sie mit dem Root jegliche Garantieansprüche auf Ihr Smartphone verlieren.