remove all the user installed apps

remove_user_apps.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script to remove all user-installed apps from an Android device via ADB
# Author: Generated for Thrive project
# Usage: ./remove_android_apps.sh

echo "=================================="
echo "Android User Apps Removal Tool"
echo "=================================="
echo ""

# Check if adb is installed
if ! command -v adb &> /dev/null; then
    echo "ERROR: adb command not found!"
    echo "Please install Android Debug Bridge (ADB) first."
    exit 1
fi

# Get list of connected devices
echo "Scanning for connected ADB devices..."
devices=$(adb devices | grep -v "List of devices" | grep "device$" | awk '{print $1}')

if [ -z "$devices" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: No ADB devices found!"
    echo "Please connect a device and enable USB debugging."
    exit 1
fi

# Display devices and let user choose
echo ""
echo "Available devices:"
echo ""
device_array=()
counter=1
while IFS= read -r device; do
    device_array+=("$device")
    echo "  [$counter] $device"
    counter=$((counter + 1))
done <<< "$devices"

echo ""
read -p "Choose a device (enter number): " choice

# Validate choice
if ! [[ "$choice" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || [ "$choice" -lt 1 ] || [ "$choice" -gt "${#device_array[@]}" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: Invalid choice!"
    exit 1
fi

selected_device="${device_array[$((choice - 1))]}"
echo ""
echo "Selected device: $selected_device"
echo ""

# Get list of user-installed packages (3rd party apps)
echo "Fetching list of user-installed apps..."

# Create temp file to store packages
temp_file=$(mktemp)
adb -s "$selected_device" shell pm list packages -3 | sed 's/package://' | tr -d '\r' > "$temp_file"

# Read into array
package_array=()
while IFS= read -r line; do
    if [ -n "$line" ]; then
        package_array+=("$line")
    fi
done < "$temp_file"

# Clean up temp file
rm -f "$temp_file"

if [ ${#package_array[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "No user-installed apps found on this device."
    exit 0
fi

# Count packages
package_count=${#package_array[@]}
echo "Found $package_count user-installed app(s):"
echo ""
for pkg in "${package_array[@]}"; do
    echo "$pkg"
done
echo ""

# Confirmation prompt
read -p "⚠️  WARNING: This will uninstall ALL $package_count user apps! Continue? (yes/no): " confirm

if [ "$confirm" != "yes" ]; then
    echo "Operation cancelled."
    exit 0
fi

echo ""
echo "Starting removal process..."
echo "Press Ctrl+C to stop at any time."
echo ""
sleep 2

# Remove each package
current=0
for package in "${package_array[@]}"; do
    if [ -z "$package" ]; then
        continue
    fi

    current=$((current + 1))
    echo "[$current/$package_count] Removing: $package"

    result=$(adb -s "$selected_device" shell pm uninstall --user 0 "$package" 2>&1)

    if echo "$result" | grep -q "Success"; then
        echo "  ✓ Successfully removed"
    else
        echo "  ✗ Failed: $result"
    fi

    echo ""
done

echo "=================================="
echo "Removal process completed!"
echo "Successfully processed $package_count app(s)."
echo "=================================="