Moto Widget
Safe to disable
Motorola's clock and weather widget for the home screen, with several styles and a weather forecast view.
Motorola package
Moto App Launcher
Keep: com.motorola.launcher3 Keep Vendor documentation
Motorola's home screen app, which also provides the recent apps screen used by gesture navigation. Keep it: Moto App Launcher is needed for the phone, its updates or its security.
What it does
Moto App Launcher is the standard home screen on Moto phones, with the app drawer, widgets, the Google search bar and Motorola's clock widget. Motorola documents switching back to it under Settings > Apps > Default apps > Home app. As on most Android 10 and later phones, the default launcher also hosts the recent apps screen, so it keeps working even when you choose another home app. It runs whenever the phone is on.
If you disable it
Without another launcher you have no home screen, and even with one, community testers report that the recent apps screen breaks.
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.
Disable it (reversible)
adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.motorola.launcher3Turn it back on
adb shell pm enable com.motorola.launcher3The 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.
Uninstall for the main user
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.motorola.launcher3Restore after an uninstall
adb shell cmd package install-existing com.motorola.launcher3New to ADB? Set it up in about ten minutes.
Data and battery
Reads your installed apps and home screen layout on the phone.
Where it appears
- Made by Motorola Mobility.
- Android versions: 14 to 16.
- Seen on: moto g85 5G, moto g34 5G, moto g - 2025, moto g15, moto g05, motorola edge 50 fusion, ThinkPhone by motorola.
Questions people ask
What is com.motorola.launcher3?
com.motorola.launcher3 is Moto App Launcher. Motorola's home screen app, which also provides the recent apps screen used by gesture navigation.
Can I disable Moto App Launcher?
Keep it: Moto App Launcher is needed for the phone, its updates or its security. On most phones it takes ADB.
What happens if I disable Moto App Launcher?
Without another launcher you have no home screen, and even with one, community testers report that the recent apps screen breaks.
Sources
- Motorola help (moto g - 2026): Remake your Home screen with launchersVendor documentation
- Android Police: third-party launchers and Android Q gesture navigationPress
- BAYTON system app database: com.motorola.launcher3Community list
- Universal Android Debloater list entryCommunity list
Each source answered when this page was checked on 25 October 2026.
Confidence: Vendor documentation. Backed by the maker's own documentation, the Android source or the Play listing. How we decide a verdict.
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