I have an A53, running Android 13. I’ve recently noticed that if I uninstall an app and the reinstall it, it still has login credentials. That leads me to believe that uninstall isn’t really deleting all the associated data.
How do I truly purge all the data from these apps from my phone?
I tried to Google the issue, but all the answers wanted me to download additional software, which seems antithetical to my goal.
(Please keep it simple; I’m not so good with tech.)
I think what’s happening is the app is using Android’s account manager to store credentials. These are part of the system and not removed when an app is uninstalled.
If this is what’s happening then you can go to “Passwords & accounts” in settings and find the account to remove. There really shouldn’t be any data left over and you shouldn’t need to clear app data and cache before uninstalling, the system takes good care of that when the app is uninstalled.