# Universal Android Debloater Next Generation **DISCLAIMER**: Use at your own risk. We're not responsible for anything that could happen to your phone. uad_screenshot **This software is still in an early stage of development. Check out the issues, and [feel free to contribute!](https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/wiki/How-to-contribute)** **For real-time communication, consider joining our Discord server:** [![](https://dcbadge.vercel.app/api/server/YHujHzA57a)](https://discord.gg/YHujHzA57a) ## Summary This is a detached fork of the [UAD project](https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater), which aims to improve privacy and battery performance by removing unnecessary and obscure system apps. This can also contribute to improving security by reducing (but not eliminating) [the attack surface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_surface). Read the [wiki](https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/wiki) for more details on getting started. Whilst UAD-ng can remove system apps, it cannot detect or remove potentially malicious system services or drivers baked into the firmware of your device by various vendors; some vendor-specific apps are only UI front-ends to vendor-provided system services, and as such disabling/uninstalling those apps will not stop a service from running. Additional information can be found in package descriptions inside the Universal Android Debloater Next Generation application. ## Documentation For documentation regarding how to use UAD-ng, the FAQ, building from source and how to decompile/extract APKs, see [our Wiki](https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/wiki). ## Special thanks - [@0x192](https://github.com/0x192) who created the original UAD project. - [@mawilms](https://github.com/mawilms) for his LotRO plugin manager ([Lembas](https://github.com/mawilms/lembas)) which helped a lot to understand how to use the [Iced](https://github.com/hecrj/iced) GUI library. - [@casperstorm](https://github.com/casperstorm) for the UI/UX inspiration.