Android Setup

Google's welcome screens that run the first time you turn on the phone and again after a factory reset. You can disable it, with a caveat: read what stops working first.

Searching for it by name? Read the full answer on Android Setup .

What it does

Android Setup is Google's first-run wizard on phones with Google apps. It walks you through language, Wi-Fi, signing in to a Google Account, restoring apps and data, screen lock and Google service choices, and it hands off to the phone maker's own setup screens where they exist. Once setup is finished it mostly sits idle until the next factory reset.

Also shown as Setup Wizard.

If you disable it

Nothing obvious on a phone that is already set up, but community testers report problems with account sync and some identity features after removing it. A factory reset restores it.

How to disable it

On most phones Settings greys out Disable for this package, so ADB is the way to turn it off. The commands below work without root and can be undone.

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.setupwizard

adb shell pm enable com.google.android.setupwizard

The stronger option removes it for your user only; the original copy stays on the phone and a factory reset brings it back. Prefer disabling: it is easier to undo.

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.setupwizard

adb shell cmd package install-existing com.google.android.setupwizard

New to ADB? Set it up in about ten minutes.

Data and battery

During setup it handles your Google Account sign-in, Wi-Fi details and restore choices, which pass to Google services under Google's Privacy Policy.

Where it appears

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