When we use a smartphone it is usually inevitable to install applications from different sources, sometimes we can even download and install applications that we have never been able to execute. These apps usually occupy a space and can end up executing processes that consume resources and occupy memory in our device, which in the long run can get to harm us.
To avoid this happening we must uninstall all the applications that we do not use, although what happens if some applications use them in certain occasions and we can not get rid of them?
Android offers a function oriented to advanced users called "Freeze" that allows you to configure an application in a state that avoids all activity with it, it is marked as "not installed" but nevertheless the data is still present in the device and with few pulsations we can restore the original operation of the application.
There are several applications to freeze applications on Android, but one of the simplest and most functional is SD Maid . With it we will be able, among many other functions of cleaning and optimization of devices, to freeze the applications that we do not use.
We can download this application completely free from the Play Store . It also has a paid version with some additional functions, but for this task the free version perfectly fulfills its function.
Before installing it, we must ensure that we have Root permissions in the system since the task of interacting with applications requires superuser permissions in the operating system.
Once the application is downloaded, we execute it and we will see a window similar to the following one.
In the menu on the left we can see all the available modules of the application. We must select "Application Control" to view and manage all the applications that we have installed on our device.
Click on the button "Update" for the program to read and load all applications. After a few seconds we will see information about all the applications of our system.
The only thing we must do next is to find the application that we want to freeze and click on it. The following menu will appear.
Click on "Freeze application" and wait a few seconds for the process to finish. Once finished our application will have gone to the status of "Frozen" and all your activity will be blocked indefinitely.
If we want to use the application again, it is not necessary to download and install it again, but simply by opening SD Maid again and searching for the application we can unfreeze it by clicking on "Thaw application" and it will automatically be available on our device with the same configuration and the same data as when we decided to freeze it.