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   VanguardLH  wrote:   
   > Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
   >   
   > >   I always :-) use 'Just once' instead of 'Always', because 'Always'   
   > > sets the default app and I don't know/remember to unset it.   
   > >   
   > >   I know how to unset default file-extension to 'app' settings on   
   > > Windows, but the Android method is counter intuitive and a mystery for   
   > > me.   
   >   
   > In Android's settings, and rather than give the nav path for my   
   > particular phone which could differ on your phone, the easiest method is   
   > to search the settings on "default".  For me, one of the search hits is   
   > titled "Choose default apps".  For me, that takes me to the Apps list,   
   > but at the top is a "Choose default apps" entry which, when selected,   
   > lists (with my defaults listed in parenthesis):   
   >   
   > Browser app (Edge)   
   > Call redirecting app ([Google] Voice)   
   > Digital home assistant (Google)   
   > Home app (One UI Home)   
   > Phone app (Phone)   
   > SMS app (Messages)   
   > Wallet app (Samsung Wallet)   
   >   
   > Not many are listed, because when presented with a choice of using Once   
   > or Always, I usually pick Once.  Some were preset when I got the phone,   
   > and some due to my choice of Always, like for the web browser.  The ones   
   > where I picked Once don't show up in the defaults apps list.   
   >   
   > In the Apps listing, there is also the option "Open links in apps".   
   > When a URL is specified that has an app-specific URI, and this option is   
   > enabled, the link is opened in the associated app, not in the default   
   > web browser.  This is similar to the URIs defined in Windows that result   
   > in opening in Edge instead of whatever is the default web browser, like   
   > ms-settings: URI that loads in Edge, ms-word: URI that loads in MS Word,   
   > and so on.   
      
     Thanks for your response. That's what I have found also, but no clear   
   solution for an app which is *not* listed in the "Choose default apps"   
   list.   
      
     Like you, I have not set (m)any defaults and I think that's the   
   'problem'.   
      
     I've again done a bit of Googling and I think the situation is this:   
      
   - If an app is *not* set as the default for its function(s):   
     - It is (of course) not listed in the "Choose default apps" list.   
     - There is no 'Clear defaults' button on the 'App info' page of the   
       app.   
      
   - If an app *is* set as the default for its function(s) (by selecting it   
     and tapping 'Always' in the 'Just once/Always' popup):   
     - It is probably listed in the "Choose default apps" list (and the   
       default can be changed to another app, if any).   
     - There hopefully is a 'Clear defaults' button on the 'App info' page   
       of the app, to unselect the app as the default.   
      
     I think none of my apps (other than the few 'Default apps') are set as   
   defaults, hence I don't see them in the 'Default apps' lists and they do   
   not have a 'Clear defaults' button on their 'App info' page.   
      
     I am sure my old Huawei phones had such 'Clear defaults' buttons, so   
   *if* I set some default and want to clear it later, I hopefully will   
   find a 'Clear defaults' button in the respective app.   
      
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