Home screen & apps
Take Care of your apps
To show the app screen, from your home screen tap
Apps
, then swipe left to scroll through apps. To close
the apps screen, tap Home
or Back
.
• Favorites:
To show your favorite apps, tap
at the
top of the screen. Then tap
ADD/REMOVE
to edit your
favorite apps.
Tip:
Apps you download are added to your favorites.
• Uninstall apps:
Tap Apps
>
Settings
>
Apps
>
ALL
, tap an app, then tap
Disable
or
Uninstall
in the
top right (if available).
Disable
removes the app from your menu—to
Enable
it,
reopen this window and tap
Enable
(disabled apps are
at the bottom of the list).
If an app locks up your smartphone as soon as you turn
it on, restart in Safe Mode: Turn off your smartphone,
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 the Google
Play™ Store, tap Apps
>
Play Store
> Menu
>
My apps
. The apps you downloaded are listed and
available for download.
• Share, show, or clear app details:
Tap Apps
>
Settings
>
Apps
. A bar at the bottom tells you
how much app storage space you have left. Swipe the
screen left or right to see the list of
DOWNLOADED
,
RUNNING
, or
ALL
apps, then tap an app in the list to
show its details and storage usage. You can tap
Share
,
Clear data
or other options.
Tip:
To quickly show these app details from your app
screen: Just tap and hold an app, drag it to
More
options
at the top of the screen, then tap
App info
.
• Show app data usage:
To show which apps are using
the most data, tap Apps
>
Settings
>
Data
usage
. For more, see “