How To Disable Hisearch - Guide

Nicelysedated · Nov 6, 2018

Perform at your own risk! I am not responsible for your device!

I was trying to figure out how to disable Hisearch and found the package for it. I have successfully deleted it. Hisearch is no longer present when I swipe down on a blank space.

It does not seem to be having any adverse affect on my phone.

1) Download ADB
2) Enable USB Debugging on your device
3) Connect to computer and verify your device is listed with command "adb devices"
4) Type "adb Shell"
5) Type "pm list packages", this will show you all packages installed on phone.
6) Type "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.search"
7) you should see the word "Sucess" pop up
8) enjoy having the utterly useless, ****ing annoying search gone!

junkyhlm · Nov 7, 2018

Do you need root access for this to work?

Daniel Hjelvik · Nov 7, 2018

junkyhlm said:
Do you need root access for this to work?

No.

lukecz · Nov 7, 2018

Thank You !!!!!!!! Works like a charm

gavinfabl · Nov 8, 2018

Is this the same. Settings app. Smart assistance, hitouch, toggle off.

This may be wrong. Was thinking of something else.

madpete · Nov 8, 2018

It's a different thing, Hisearch is incredibly irritating. Will be trying this soon, as I've been looking for a way to disable it. Thanks for posting OP.

Nicelysedated · Nov 9, 2018

After a few days still no issues from deleting Hisearch. I will say it's safe to get rid of.

madpete · Nov 9, 2018

I can confirm this worked great for me too, thank goodness as it was driving me mad. Stock launcher is actually OK, except for this.

Would this work for other Huawei apps? If so, maybe we should get together a list of "safe to remove" apps?

panrix · Nov 10, 2018

Is there a way to extract a program somewhere in case its removal does have a negative impact? I would be willing to start removing some of the bloat but I'm a little worried that I remove something the rest of the system relies on

Nicelysedated · Nov 10, 2018

panrix said:
Is there a way to extract a program somewhere in case its removal does have a negative impact? I would be willing to start removing some of the bloat but I'm a little worried that I remove something the rest of the system relies on

You can make a back-up and then restore. Or a factory reset will re-install everything.

ginglygangly · Nov 14, 2018

This is awesome. Thank you.
A quick and painless way that anyone can use to get rid of this annoying non-feature.
Thank you very much for the clear instructions...

Let's hope an update doesn't re-install it!

toddyc · Nov 15, 2018

Will give this a go later. Thanks OP ??

the_real_fosgate · Nov 15, 2018

One question to someone who already uninstalled HiSearch.
When you go to the camera, is there still the possibility to scan things (regognizing Brands, or scanning QR-Codes)?
Or is this also gone with this package?

Nicelysedated · Nov 15, 2018

the_real_fosgate said:
One question to someone who already uninstalled HiSearch.
When you go to the camera, is there still the possibility to scan things (regognizing Brands, or scanning QR-Codes)?
Or is this also gone with this package?

Still there. That is a separate package. Hivision vs Hisearch

thomascook · Nov 16, 2018

Worked perfectly for me . Finally able to use scrollable widgets again...
THANKS

Slapyou · Nov 17, 2018

Really appreciate this. Can this method be used for disabling other stock apps, like the music app? Like half the time I start up my car, the bluetooth opens the stock app instead of Blackplayer EX (which I have designated as the default)

maddada · Nov 18, 2018

Just a note if someone wants to use scrollable widgets but also likes to flick down for app search. If you get used to starting your scroll with a small upward movement then it doesn't trigger hisearch to open.

(Just a tip in case anyone wants to keep search)

Nicelysedated · Nov 18, 2018

Slapyou said:
Really appreciate this. Can this method be used for disabling other stock apps, like the music app? Like half the time I start up my car, the bluetooth opens the stock app instead of Blackplayer EX (which I have designated as the default)

Yes. Just a matter of deleting the right package. Backup before trying ^^

icecoldbeverage · Nov 18, 2018

Nicelysedated said:
Perform at your own risk! I am not responsible for your device!

I was trying to figure out how to disable Hisearch and found the package for it. I have successfully deleted it. Hisearch is no longer present when I swipe down on a blank space.

It does not seem to be having any adverse affect on my phone.

1) Download ADB
2) Enable USB Debugging on your device
3) Connect to computer and verify your device is listed with command "adb devices"
4) Type "adb Shell"
5) Type "pm list packages", this will show you all packages installed on phone.
6) Type "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.search"
7) you should see the word "Sucess" pop up
8) enjoy having the utterly useless, ****ing annoying search gone!

Worked a treat, many many many thanks!

b3ns0nUK · Nov 18, 2018

Worked for me ? thanks for sharing.
On another note has anyone successfully removed any of the other items on the package list without any dramas?

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