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Home screen & apps Home screen & apps Quick start: Home screen & apps Help & more Search Status & notifications Volume & interruptions Do not disturb Discover your Moto apps Download apps Take care of your apps Update your phone Menu Back More Next a streaming music player app. After installing an app, if you're not happy with how much memory, data, battery or processing power it's using, uninstall it. You can always install it again later. • Just like web browsing, you may want to monitor children's access to apps to help prevent exposure to inappropriate content. • Certain apps may not provide completely accurate information. Take care, especially when it comes to personal health. Set app permissions You will only be asked for permissions when you use a feature in an app, instead of all at once when you install the app. To modify the app permissions settings at any time, touch Apps > Settings > Apps, then select the app and touch Permissions. To modify the app permissions by app type (such as Calendar or Camera) at any time, touch Apps > Settings > Apps, then touch Settings > App permissions. Take care of your apps Find it: Apps , then swipe down to scroll through apps To close the apps screen, touch Home or Back . • Uninstall apps: To remove an app from a home screen page, touch and hold the app, then drag it to Remove. The app isn't removed from your phone, just the home screen. Touch Apps > Settings > Apps. Touch an app, then touch DISABLE or UNINSTALL in the top right (if available). Disable removes the app from your menu-to Enable it, reopen this window and touch Enable (disabled apps are at the bottom of the list). If an app locks up your phone as soon as you turn it on, restart in Safe Mode: Turn off your phone, then turn it back on-when you see the "Motorola" logo during power-up, press and hold both volume keys until you see the home screen, with Safe Mode in the lower left. Then, try removing the app. • Reinstall apps: To reinstall apps from Google Play Store, touch Apps > Play Store, then touch > My apps. The apps you downloaded are listed and available for download. • See app details: Touch Apps > Settings > Apps. Touch an app in the list to see its details and storage usage. Tip: To quickly show app details, touch Apps , touch and hold an app, then drag it to App info. • See app data usage: To see which apps are using the most data, touch Apps > Settings > Data usage. For more, see "Data use".

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a streaming music player app. After installing an app, if
you’re not happy with how much memory, data, battery or
processing power it’s using, uninstall it. You can always
install it again later.
Just like web browsing, you may want to monitor children’s
access to apps to help prevent exposure to inappropriate
content.
Certain apps may not provide completely accurate
information. Take care, especially when it comes to personal
health.
Set app permissions
You will only be asked for permissions when you use a feature
in an app, instead of all at once when you install the app.
To modify the app permissions settings at any time, touch
Apps
>
Settings
>
Apps
, then select the app and touch
Permissions
.
To modify the app permissions by app type (such as Calendar
or Camera) at any time, touch Apps
>
Settings
>
Apps
,
then touch
Settings
>
App permissions
.
Take care of your apps
Find it:
Apps
, then swipe down to scroll through apps
To close the apps screen, touch Home
or Back
.
Uninstall apps:
To remove an app from a home screen
page, touch and hold the app, then drag it to
Remove
. The
app isn’t removed from your phone, just the home screen.
Touch Apps
>
Settings
>
Apps
. Touch an app, then
touch
DISABLE
or
UNINSTALL
in the top right (if available).
Disable
removes the app from your menu—to
Enable
it,
reopen this window and touch
Enable
(disabled apps are at
the bottom of the list).
If an app locks up your phone as soon as you turn it on,
restart in Safe Mode: Turn off your phone, then turn it back
on—when you see the “Motorola” logo during power-up,
press and hold both volume keys until you see the home
screen, with
Safe Mode
in the lower left. Then, try removing
the app.
Reinstall apps:
To reinstall apps from Google Play Store,
touch Apps
>
Play Store
, then touch
>
My apps
.
The apps you downloaded are listed and available for
download.
See app details:
Touch Apps
>
Settings
>
Apps
.
Touch an app in the list to see its details and storage usage.
Tip:
To quickly show app details, touch Apps
, touch and
hold an app, then drag it to
App info
.
See app data usage:
To see which apps are using the most
data, touch Apps
>
Settings
>
Data usage
. For more,
see “
Data use
”.
Home screen & apps
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