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How to disable/uninstall Bixby without root access

Ever since Samsung announced the Galaxy S8 with its onboard assistant, Bixby, people have been asking for ways to disable it and forget the button ever existed in the first place. With the Galaxy S9 and Note 9, that chorus became even louder, and with the Galaxy S10 now available, a whole new generation of customers will be looking to disable Bixby.

Why do you want to disable Bixby?

One of the biggest frustrations with the Bixby button is its placement; the button is right under the volume keys and nearly directly opposite the power buttons. On larger phones like the Galaxy S9+ and Note 8, this often leads to accidental presses and unintended Bixby launches, especially when double-pressing the power button to launch the camera.

The Bixby button is also not mappable to another action; Samsung wants you to use it for Bixby, or not at all. This isn't ideal, so many people will inevitably choose to just forget it exists and move on.

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	// Go to https://www.reddit.com/user/<username>/ and paste into your console.
	// Reddit throttles these actions, hence the 1s timer.
	let interval = setInterval(() => {
	let deleteButtons = $('a.togglebutton[data-event-action="delete"]');
	if (deleteButtons.length === 0) {
	clearInterval(interval);
	if ($('.next-button > a')[0]) {
	$('.next-button > a')[0].click();
	alert('Restart script.');
	}