Phone
Keep
Samsung's Phone app on Galaxy devices: the dialer, call log, voicemail access and call settings.
Samsung package
Contacts
Advanced: com.samsung.android.app.contacts Advanced Vendor documentation
Samsung's Contacts app, which the Phone app and the emergency info settings rely on. You can disable it, with a caveat: read what stops working first.
What it does
Samsung Contacts manages the people stored in your Google, Samsung and SIM accounts. On Galaxy phones the Phone app opens its screens to show and edit contacts, and the Safety and emergency settings use it for emergency contacts and medical info. Samsung updates it through the Galaxy Store. It runs when you open it or when another app asks to show a contact.
Also shown as Samsung Contacts.
If you disable it
Contact screens inside the Samsung Phone app stop opening, and you lose the screens for editing emergency contacts and medical info. Your contacts remain in your accounts.
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.samsung.android.app.contactsTurn it back on
adb shell pm enable com.samsung.android.app.contactsThe 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.samsung.android.app.contactsRestore after an uninstall
adb shell cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.app.contactsNew to ADB? Set it up in about ten minutes.
Data and battery
Reads and edits contacts stored on the phone and in your accounts; syncing is done by those accounts.
Where it appears
- Made by Samsung Electronics.
- Android versions: 9 to 16.
- Seen on: Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy S24.
Questions people ask
What is com.samsung.android.app.contacts?
com.samsung.android.app.contacts is Contacts. Samsung's Contacts app, which the Phone app and the emergency info settings rely on.
Can I disable Contacts?
You can disable it, with a caveat: read what stops working first. On most phones it takes ADB.
What happens if I disable Contacts?
Contact screens inside the Samsung Phone app stop opening, and you lose the screens for editing emergency contacts and medical info. Your contacts remain in your accounts.
Sources
- Samsung: Use your Galaxy phone or tablet in emergency situationsVendor documentation
- Galaxy Store: Samsung Contacts listingVendor documentation
- Samsung Knox: application list, Galaxy S20 FE 5G (SM-G781B), Android 11Vendor documentation
- Bayton system app database: com.samsung.android.app.contactsCommunity 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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