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Google has decided to put apps on my phone that I do not want and it will not respond to how do I restart an app that I once had on my home screen and get rid o

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I asked Google how do I remove unwanted files and icon from my homepage and all I kept doing is sending me to other apps or other ads for other apps instead of answering it

I asked Google how do I remove unwanted files and icon from my homepage and all I kept doing is sending me to other apps or other ads for other apps instead of answering it

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Often if you have an unwanted icon or widget on your home screen, when you long press it, a garbage can appears at the top or bottom of the screen and you can remove the icon/widget by dragging it to and dropping it on the garbage can.

If you have other general Android questions, here's a forum I've used in the past. You can find a community by device or by issue type:

https://forums.androidcentral.com/

But please do feel free to ask us any Firefox questions.