Android: How to Remove/Uninstall application shortcuts from Home Screen?

Question

I have been trying to (ADD and then) REMOVE my APP\'s shortcut from HOME-SCREEN. ADDING a shortcut works perfectly however I\'m not able to remove the shortcut I\'ve created

Answer 1

Here you go:

private void deleteShortCut(Context context) {

    Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
    shortcutIntent.setClassName("com.example.androidapp", "SampleIntent");
    shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    shortcutIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
    shortcutIntent.putExtra("someParameter", "HelloWorld");

    Intent removeIntent = new Intent();
    removeIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
    removeIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, "ShortcutName");
    removeIntent.putExtra("duplicate", false);

    removeIntent
            .setAction("com.android.launcher.action.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT");       
    context.sendBroadcast(removeIntent);
}

Answer 2

For remove shortcut try with below code...

final Intent shortcutIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
shortcutIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName(this.getPackageName(), "YourClassName"));

final Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT, shortcutIntent);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME, getString(R.string.app_name));          
intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(this.getPackageName(), "YourClassName"));                     
intent.setAction("com.android.launcher.action.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT");

sendBroadcast(intent, null);

add below permission to your Manifest file:

<uses-permission android:name="com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT" />   

Answer 3

FIGURED OUT THE ROOT CAUSE :-)

I figured out the reason why it wasn't working for me. I am using a different 3rd party launcher (other than Stock android launcher) on my phone. CREATING and REMOVING an App-Shortcut works as long as the launcher you are using supports that operation. I ran the above code on default launcher and it works like a charm :)

Thank you everyone for your replies!