Daniel Gutiérrez
Being informed is always welcomed by many people who have their phone as a source of wisdom, through it you will have almost everything within reach. Information is vitally necessary, whether you live in the specific country or are interested in following that which you do not always have access to, which usually happens from time to time.
News aggregators are usually widely used by many people, who see it as positive since they will show you those that you consider important, many eligible categories for your part. Among all those available, Upday stands out, who has been around for a while and is an application with both visible and less frequent notifications, the latter will depend on the configuration you set.
What is Upday? We are going to clear up this question and others about the service, including the owners of a Samsung phone that includes it as standard, at least different models, that have it by default without knowing it. This utility will not always be well received by consumers, and can be removed or added if a few steps are followed on the mobile device.
What is Upday?
For those who don't know that Upday will be time to look back in time, specifically in the launch of this news aggregator owned by Axel Springer, based in Germany. Launched in 2016, the platform adds a good number of media, including those associated with the well-known company, which takes a step forward by launching its own media, which has millions of visits.
Upday is updated throughout the 24 hours, so there is every kind of news that has a place in it, not everything is valid as planned at its birth. It is true that it has been operating for about seven years and has its own application with which to be aware of any detail of what happens at the moment.
It has been adding its own content for some time now., for this reason it is aware that all news must be verified, in addition to the agencies, which usually send a lot of it daily. It doesn't take long to receive, so you have many notifications that may be of interest to you.
How to remove Upday from your phone
Many Samsung users have been reporting that the Upday application It sends you the occasional direct notification at the top. This is because in many of them it is activated by default, it is feasible to remove it if we do not want information that is not really interesting to progressively reach us.
Depending on the brand and model this will vary, so if you have a Xiaomi, the options are different, at least to a small extent. The settings are similar in all of them, although the layer is not the sameFor example, MIUI changes some parameters of EMUI, as well as others that are available on the market.
To remove this from any phone you have to do the following:
- If you have a Samsung phone, go to an empty field on the screen and press on it for at least two seconds
- Now you will see a large number of options, move from left to right until you find a call "Upday", if you see it it is active on your phone
- Deactivate the switch, from right to left, it should appear gray, if not, try again, so that it is not active and disappears
- After this you can go back, as it will have been removed, not showing notifications, which is what we want in question
It will be a matter of seconds before you remove it so that none of the news appears through the use of notifications, which can be very annoying. If you deactivate it, you will be able to activate it if you want a little later, whenever you want to see all that really important news.
Uninstall the Upday app
Sometimes it usually appears as a Widget, other times as an application, if so you will see it on your phone as one of the many applications you have on your phone. If you want to eliminate this problem, it is appropriate that you do this, removing the app that is installed by the manufacturer on the phone, at least Samsung.
Samsung decided after a collaboration agreement to install a widget, which is one that probably not everyone wants to have. News is essential, but it is something that the user and not the company must decide, which in this case chooses to do this without permission from its consumers.
In order to remove this application from the phone:
- Unlock the phone on your device to remove the app from your phone
- Access the "Settings", known as the gear wheel, you have it in the main window
- Go to the option called "Applications" and inside go to "All applications", will be seen at the top
- Select it and a drop-down menu will open, necessary to remove it
- Two top buttons will appear, click "Uninstall", this will cause it to be completely removed from the phone
Once you uninstall the application, it is advisable to check that the program is not in the applications of your device, sometimes it may be the case that it has not finished. The device optimizer will also allow us to remove the utility in a few steps, all leaving the entire phone clean.
Turn off Upday notifications
In the last point of the tutorial we are going to see how to remove all Upday notifications, which in the end is valid in case you need and want them to not send you annoying notifications. These are similar to those that appear from other apps installed by default on Android, silencing will always work.
To remove Upday notifications, do the following:
- The first thing will be to open Upday, go to the application specifically and initial
- Hit the 3 points at the top right
- Click “My Profile,” then “Notifications.” Click "Deactivate", removing all notifications