Do you know for a fact that someone has installed a mobile spying app on your phone without your consent?
Today, through this article we will guide you with the removal procedure.
Don’t worry, even if you aren’t sure that your phone has a spying app installed, and there are some signs that are a clear indication. Such as:
- Odd phone behavior: Your mobile phone might start acting up. It suddenly lights up when you are not using it, makes random noises, shuts down itself, or shows any other random behavior. Any phone can act strangely anytime, but if it is happening regularly, there are chances your phone has spyware.
- Battery rundown: A mobile spying app can increase the use of your phone’s battery. So another indication is to look for changes in the life of your battery.
- Sudden phone shutdown: You will notice that your phone will shut down by itself even though its battery is charged.
- Increased data usage: If you have been observing the signs mentioned above, this one is going to validate that you have a spying app installed on your phone. Since the app needs a network connection to run, your internet data will be consumed more than usual. Poorly designed apps use a significant amount of data, so if that’s what’s installed on your phone, you will notice something’s wrong immediately.
How do mobile spying apps get into your phone?
Wondering how do mobile spying apps usually get into a phone? Well, they must be installed on the target phone first. Let’s say you have planned on using Xnspy a popular spying app to monitor on another phone. To make it work, you must get physical access to the target phone and install Xnspy on it. Since Xnspy supports stealth monitoring, you can hide the icon of the app and do its work. It will transfer all the data from the phone and display it to you via a dashboard that you can access remotely from your computer or phone. Which apparently, isn’t great news if you are the victim.
In short, here is how mobile spying apps get into a phone:
- They are manually installed on the target device.
- Physical access to the device is required
- You must also know the pin code or pattern to unlock the device to install the app successfully.
How Harmful are these spying app?
Mobile spy apps may or may not be harmful since it depends on what intention they are used with. If someone is using a spying app for stealing your personal information, then it’s a problem. But usually, these apps are used for monitoring and tracking purposes. Since we mentioned Xnspy, let’s talk about how it’s used. It is usually used by employers and parents to monitor calls, text messages, web history, emails, etc. on the target phone.
How to remove a mobile spying app from your phone?
Okay, so you are pretty sure now that you have a mobile spying app on your phone. Now the question is how to remove it. If the app has been hidden and you can’t detect it, manually deleting it from your phone is out of the question. It is only possible if you find the software files on your phone. For those of you who don’t really know what they are doing, We wouldn’t recommend manually removing the app. Now you are only left with the following two ways for removing the app from your device:
Okay, so you are pretty sure now that you have a mobile spying app on your phone. Now the question is how to remove it. If the app has been hidden and you can’t detect it, manually deleting it from your phone is out of the question. It is only possible if you find the software files on your phone. For those of you who don’t really know what they are doing, We wouldn’t recommend manually removing the app. Now you are only left with the following two ways for removing the app from your device:
1. Update your Operating System
Check if operating system updates are available. In new versions of Android, your phone automatically backups all apps to Google drive. If you want to remove spyware from your phone, then you must make sure your phone does not back up the apps. Only then updating the OS will remove the spyware
2. Factory reset your phone
Once you factory reset your phone, you lose everything starting from your contacts, apps to anything and everything present in your device storage. So, before doing that, create a data backup. Factory resetting is easy. Follow the steps below:
- Go to the ‘Settings’ of your phone
- Tap on ‘Backup and Reset’
- Now select ‘Factory Data Reset.’ You will be asked to confirm your request, and once you agree to it, all the data from your phone including the spying app will be removed.
To make sure nobody installs spyware on your phone again, you must take a few measures to secure it. Use a good passcode. Don’t just rely on a pattern because anyone can guess it by following the finger marks left on your phone. Make sure you don’t leave your phone unattended because that’s when you are giving an opportunity to an authorized person to access your phone and install a mobile spying app.
