Quickoffice Pro is the Amazon Free App for today

[TomF]

I downloaded Quickoffice Pro yesterday when it was free. I got my Fire today and there was a version of Quickoffice pre-installed. Even though I've downloaded and installed Quickoffice Pro on my Fire there doesn't appear to be any way to delete the pre-installed version.

Anybody know how to do this? Even "updating" the pre-installed version just takes me to the Amazon App Store for Quickoffice Pro which is already installed.

[JD78]

Originally Posted by TomF

I downloaded Quickoffice Pro yesterday when it was free. I got my Fire today and there was a version of Quickoffice pre-installed. Even though I've downloaded and installed Quickoffice Pro on my Fire there doesn't appear to be any way to delete the pre-installed version.

Anybody know how to do this? Even "updating" the pre-installed version just takes me to the Amazon App Store for Quickoffice Pro which is already installed.

Yeah, was wondering the same thing. It appears the core apps loaded with the Fire (i.e. Shop, Audible, Pulse, IMDB, etc) cannot be removed, or at least not by normal means through the Fire UI.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by sadievan

OK Thanks. So if you wanted to download it to your computer to backup could you?

Carol

I really don't know; sorry.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I like to backup previous version before upgrading in case the new version is unstable. To do that you can use ES File Manager or Astro File Manager. I use ES File Manager. You use the app manager option to back up the app into an apk which is like a exe setup file. You can store the apk files on your PC or something like Dropbox.

To me, apps are toys. I only get the free ones and will never buy an app. I never bother with backups. If an app proves to be unstable, I'll stop using it until it's fixed. In the meantime, I'll just find another free one to replace it.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by TomF

I downloaded Quickoffice Pro yesterday when it was free. I got my Fire today and there was a version of Quickoffice pre-installed. Even though I've downloaded and installed Quickoffice Pro on my Fire there doesn't appear to be any way to delete the pre-installed version.

Anybody know how to do this? Even "updating" the pre-installed version just takes me to the Amazon App Store for Quickoffice Pro which is already installed.

That's what Apple does too. They pre-install apps on their devices and from what I could tell, there's no way to remove them. In the end, I moved the ones I didn't want into a folder and buried it on the last page.

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

That's what Apple does too. They pre-install apps on their devices and from what I could tell, there's no way to remove them. In the end, I moved the ones I didn't want into a folder and buried it on the last page.

I have an iPhone and that's what I did too.

Carol

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by sadievan

I have an iPhone and that's what I did too.

Carol

LOL

BTW, I labled that folder - Spam

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

LOL

BTW, I labled that folder - Spam

That's a good one.

Actually I don't have a folder, just moved it to the last page. There was only one app I didn't want. Game Center. It's on the last page all by it's lonesome.

Carol