TV Debloat Guide

Can you uninstall Google TV?

Not completely. On a Google TV device, "Google TV" is the operating system's home screen and the services behind it, not one app you can remove. You can switch most of it off, though, and you can undo every step.

What you can do

• Disable the home screen app. The Google TV home screen is com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx. With ADB you can disable it once another launcher is installed. Disable it with no other launcher and the TV has nowhere to go when you press Home.
• Disable the extras. Ad services, feedback and telemetry, preloaded apps and screensavers can all be disabled. See the tested lists by device.
• Hide recommendations without a computer. Turn on Apps only mode under Settings → Accounts & Sign In → your profile. More on removing home screen ads.

Disable, don't uninstall

pm disable-user --user 0 turns a package off and pm enable brings it back. pm uninstall --user 0 also exists, but recovering from it takes extra steps, and some guides that use it on core packages (Play Services, keychain) have soft-bricked devices. Disabling gives you the same result with an easy way back.

How to get everything back

• Re-enable a package: adb shell pm enable <package>
• Re-enable everything at once: use the undo block from your device page or the command generator.
• Last resort: a factory reset restores every system app.