<p>The size of the blockchain download by BW has significantly reduced recently, and is only headers at best so you're only looking for a 20-40Mb file not gigabytes.</p>

<p>You should be able to locate the private keys here:</p>

<pre><code>/data/data/de.schildbach.wallet/files
</code></pre>

<p>If you need assistance with accessing your rooted phone (you probably don't) I wrote an article <a href="http://gary-rowe.com/agilestack/2011/12/28/how-to-recover-lost-bitcoins-from-an-android-wallet/" rel="nofollow">detailing Bitcoin recovery operations on Android</a> that may provide useful supporting information.</p>

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2013-04-12T13:22:28.483Z
2013-04-12T13:22:28.483Z
Gary
<p>All you need to do is uninstall the app. Android will take of everything and remove all data owned by the app. You should keep a backup of your wallet though, just in case someone reuses one of your addresses to send you money.</p>

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2017-01-03T20:45:35.697Z
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Andreas
<p>My phone is rooted and I'm not going to use the Bitcoin Wallet app anymore since I'll be switching to another one. My problem is, I can't seem to find where the downloaded blockchains are stored. If I'm not mistaken it's supposedly gigabytes big but I can't find it anywhere on my phone. I'm pretty sure the first time I opened up the app, it appeared to be downloading them.</p>

<p>Can someone tell me what directories I should delete to ensure that the app is fully removed from my phone. (I just don't want rogue data lying around and taking up unnecessary space)</p>

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How do I fully uninstall the Bitcoin Wallet app for Android?
Propeller
# How do I fully uninstall the Bitcoin Wallet app for Android?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-11)

My phone is rooted and I'm not going to use the Bitcoin Wallet app anymore since I'll be switching to another one. My problem is, I can't seem to find where the downloaded blockchains are stored. If I'm not mistaken it's supposedly gigabytes big but I can't find it anywhere on my phone. I'm pretty sure the first time I opened up the app, it appeared to be downloading them.

Can someone tell me what directories I should delete to ensure that the app is fully removed from my phone. (I just don't want rogue data lying around and taking up unnecessary space)

**Tags:** blockchain, bitcoin-wallet-app


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-04-12. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

The size of the blockchain download by BW has significantly reduced recently, and is only headers at best so you're only looking for a 20-40Mb file not gigabytes.

You should be able to locate the private keys here:

```
/data/data/de.schildbach.wallet/files

```

If you need assistance with accessing your rooted phone (you probably don't) I wrote an article [detailing Bitcoin recovery operations on Android](http://username_1-rowe.com/agilestack/2011/12/28/how-to-recover-lost-bitcoins-from-an-android-wallet/) that may provide useful supporting information.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-01-03. Score: 1

All you need to do is uninstall the app. Android will take of everything and remove all data owned by the app. You should keep a backup of your wallet though, just in case someone reuses one of your addresses to send you money.


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