Android What's the best way to remove system apps?

[6pack]

I want to remove Google apps that I don't use. Movies, music, books and g+ & also maps. All are system apps. Which is the best way to remove these. They take up space plus play store keeps sending notifications about updates to these apps.

 

[srkmish]

I removed them using Root app delete

 

[eternoMind]

You'll need root access for that.
After that, Titanium Backup will do just fine.

There are many ways you can do this!

 

[6pack]

Nothing untoward will happen if they are removed right? I have frozen most of them with titanium backup and also have a backup. I guess I can always download these in future from play store if required.

 

[eternoMind]

Or just restore the ones you've already backed up via TiBu.

There is no absolute guarantee of nothing happening but generally speaking, you ought to be fine doing that.
If you want to be extra careful, take a nandroid backup of your current firmware via recovery (am assuming here you are running a custom ROM or at least a custom recovery) and then delete those sys apps via TiBu.

 

[ayanavish]

First criteria: root is required.
I use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp
This detects the apps that are safe to remove. But good practice would be to take a backup from recovery.

 

[6pack]

I removed the apps using titanium backup. Then cleared dalvik cache and restarted. Gained around 55MB space.
Apps were just 10-15 Mb in size.