How To Use Application Manager – Samsung Galaxy S5

Learn how to use Application Manager on your Samsung Galaxy S5. You can download and install applications from Play Store or create applications using the Android SDK and install them on your device. Use Application manager settings to manage applications.

Note: Because this device can be configured with system software not provided by or supported by Google or any other company, end-users operate these devices at their own risk.

• From the main Settings screen, tap Application manager icon.

Memory Usage

See how memory is being used by Downloaded or Running applications.

• From the main Settings screen, tap Application manager.
• Tap DOWNLOADED, SD CARD, RUNNING, or ALL to display memory usage for that category of applications. The graph at the bottom of the Downloaded tab shows used and free device memory. The graph at the bottom of the Running tab shows used and free RAM.

Downloaded

Displays apps you have downloaded onto your device.

• From the main Settings screen, tap Application manager icon.
• Tap the DOWNLOADED tab to view a list of all the downloaded applications on your device.
• To switch the order of the lists displayed in the Downloaded tabs, Tap Menuicon > Sort by size or Sort by name.
• To reset your application preferences, Tap Menuicon > Reset app preferences.

Note: This will reset the preferences for disabled apps, disabled app notifications, default applications for actions, and background data restrictions for apps. You will not lose any app data.

• Tap an application to view and update information about the application, including memory usage, default settings, and permissions.

SD Card

Displays apps you have downloaded onto your SD card.

• From the main Settings screen, tap Application manager icon.
• Tap the SD CARD tab to view a list of all the downloaded applications on your device.
• To switch the order of the lists displayed in the On SD card tab, Tap Menuicon > Sort by size or Sort by name.
• To reset your application preferences, Tap Menuicon > Reset app preferences.

Note: When you Reset app preferences, you will not lose any app data.

• Tap an application to view and update information about the application, including memory usage, default settings, and permissions.

Running Services

View and control services running on your device.

• From the main Settings screen, tap Application manager icon.
• Tap the RUNNING tab. All the applications that are currently running on the device display.
• Tap one of the applications to view application information.

The following options display:

• Stop: Stops the application from running on the device. This is usually done prior to uninstalling the application.

Note: Not all services can be stopped. Stopping services may have undesirable consequences on the application or Android System.

• Report: Report failure and other application information.

Note: Options vary by application.