In today’s world, people shop every day. You buy groceries, appliances, food at restaurants, even subscriptions to your favorite services. A few years ago, it was common to carry around a fat wallet or cardholder with lots of cards in it.
With the development of technology, people’s lives have become simpler. First, credit cards were invented with which you no longer needed to carry a lot of cash. Then cards became more and more convenient, cards with touch payment appeared. The next step towards convenience was the emergence of NFC modules in telephones. This allowed you to record your card information on your phone and make payments with your phone. It’s very convenient, now you can manage all your finances from your phone with the corresponding services, for example, Samsung Pay.
What is a virtual wallet in Samsung Pay
In the past, people could only dream of not having to carry cash or a bunch of cards in their wallets. Contactless methods of payment with phones have come to their aid. In the case of Samsung users, the Samsung Pay service came to their aid.
Samsung Pay is pre-installed on most Samsung phones, regardless of the owner’s wishes. The majority of users were delighted with the opportunity to refuse the usual methods of payment and switch to new, more modern types of payment. With Samsung Pay you can also pay from your Samsung Watch, in this case, the phone will not even need to be removed from the pocket. But what to do if you do not want to use Samsung Pay anymore and notifications from it only disturb you?
Why would you want to remove Samsung Pay
Most users are excited about this option. But there are those who don’t trust the app and want to uninstall it. This is mostly due to security issues. There are types of Kharek attacks that can hack your phone and gain access to the funds on your card. Samsung is actively fighting any vulnerabilities that arise in their services, but nothing is perfect in our world.
Another common problem is that you have to install the Samsung Pay Framework on your phone in order for the application to work correctly. It drains the battery very quickly and makes your phone much less autonomous. Many users are not satisfied with this option.
In addition, the app sends a lot of different notifications and pop-ups. This annoys users and some have even given up using Samsung Pay because of this.
How to remove Samsung Pay from the home screen and disable notifications
If deleting the application is too radical for you, but you don’t like it being right on your home screen and constantly sending you notifications, then you can simply disable it. There is a special useful setting for this. To do this is quite simple, you need to :
- Open the application and find the icon with three lines
- Then click on Settings
- Select the menu item “Use Favorite Cards“
- Here you can disable the option for the home screen, lock screen and notifications
After disabling these options, Samsung Pay will only activate when you bring your phone to your term and touch it to make a purchase.
How to remove Samsung Pay from your phone
If you decide to uninstall the app completely to try another app or just get rid of your virtual wallet for security purposes, you need to :
- Swipe up to open the app drawer
- Find the Samsung Pay app
- Tap on its icon and hold it for a few seconds
- A pop-up menu will appear in front of you, select Uninstall. This will uninstall the app along with all the maps saved there
This way you can uninstall the app and switch to an alternative payment method. Remember that completely deleting the app will erase all your data and cards in the app.
