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Turn Off Samsung Pay Turning Off Samsung Pay vs Removing Samsung Pay

Edited by Chris Stipe, Eng, Maria Quinney

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Are you looking to turn off Samsung Pay? Regardless of the reason in which you want to turn off Samsung Pay, following this how-to guide will show you not only how to turn it off, but remove it too (if you wish). With all of the options to turn off, uninstall or disable Samsung Pay, your phone will need to be rooted. Need to root your phone? Follow our guide on how-to Root Phone Without PC.

You will, however, be able to turn it off/disable it if you don't want to pursue the path of rooting your phone. Rooting your phone will void your warranty!

Please note that Samsung Pay is only available in certain countries, and only available on certain Samsung devices, so only those specific devices in those countries will even have Samsung pre-installed on their device.

Method 1: Turning Off Samsung Pay

Before you can proceed, your device must be rooted. Follow the how-to guide linked above to root your device to carry on through this guide.

Once your device is rooted, we are going to look at the first and easy method of turning off Samsung Pay by disabling it in the app manager. To do so, simply follow the steps below:

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Tap the app drawer to open it
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The app drawer (which looks like a grid and might also say "Apps" underneath it) is usually found at the bottom of the screen in the center or right-hand side.

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Locate and tap on "Settings"
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The "Settings" icon looks like a gear.

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Scroll down (if needed) and tap on "Applications" or "Apps" depending on your Samsung device
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On older Samsung models, you will need to tap on the "More..." button from the options at the top of the screen after opening the "Settings" app and tap on "Application Manager".
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Locate and tap on "Samsung Pay"
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Scroll down through the list of apps until you get to ones that begin with S, as the list is organized alphabetically.

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Tap on the green "Disable" button
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This button is usually found in place of the "Uninstall" button near the top of the app details page. You will only see the "Disable" button if you have successfully rooted your phone.
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You have no successfully turned off Samsung Pay
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1. However, disabling Samsung Pay will only turn off the app from using system resources and remove the app's functionality, it will not remove/uninstall it from your device. To uninstall Samsung Pay, continue on to the next method below.
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Method 2: Removing Samsung Pay

If you don't want to turn off Samsung Pay and stop it from working but want a more permanent solution like removing/uninstalling the app. You can do that too! It just requires a few more steps then just turning it off/disabling it, like in the first method described above.

Reminder: To remove/uninstall Samsung Pay, your phone must be rooted. Follow the how-to guide posted in the link at the very beginning to root your phone. Remember, rooting your phone will void your warranty.

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Locate and tap on the "Google Play Store" app
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Tap the search bar (near the top)
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Start typing in"Titanium Backup" like shown in the screenshot below
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Tap on "Titanium Backup" to bring you to the app's information page
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Tap on the green "Install" button
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Tap on the green "Accept" button
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Once Titanium Backup downloads and finishes installing on your device, tap on the green "Open" button
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In this list of apps, locate and tap on the "Samsung Pay" app (You might need to tap on the backup/restore tab near the top first to access the app list)
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This should initiate a pop-up window with certain actions.

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Tap on the "Uninstall" button for Titanium Backup to completely remove Samsung Pay from your device
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If at any time you want to use Samsung Pay again, you will have to redownload it from the Google Play Store.
1. If you don't want to uninstall Samsung Pay but want to stop it from using system resources and running in the background, you can tap on the "Freeze" button, instead of the "Uninstall" button. In doing so, if you want to use Samsung Pay again, you would just tap "Unfreeze" to bring back the functionality of the app and its services.
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You have now successfully uninstalled Samsung Pay or stopped it from running on your phone.
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