From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   As an example, and since I did select Always for the Edge web browser, I   
   see the following:   
      
   - Edge is listed as a default app in the "Choose default apps" list.   
   - In the Apps list for Edge, there is a section for "Defaults: Browser   
     app - Edge".   
      
   In my Samsung A36 Android 16 phone, the following are listed in the Apps   
   listing:   
      
   - Files   
     Defaults: Set as default - In this app.   
     No choice to Force Stop the app.   
   - My Files   
     Defaults: Set as default - In this app.   
     Force Stop option.   
      
   I'm guessing "In this app" means they were configured to be the default   
   when the app is loaded.  Doesn't make much sense that an app is a   
   default after it is loaded since obviously it was loaded already, and   
   getting used.   
      
   However, neither is listed when I open a group of shortcuts, and click   
   on the "+" icon to add another app that way.   
      
   The Apps list never shows the owner/author of an app.  For that, I have   
   to go into the Play Store app, but neither Files nor My Files are listed   
   there.  Seems those were bundled apps that came on the phone; i.e.,   
   Samsung slapped them in their image they put of their customized OS on   
   their phone.   
      
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