de-Googled

English

Alternative forms

• deGoogled, degoogled

Adjective

de-Googled (not comparable)

1. (technology, neologism) That has had all Google products and software removed.

   I bought a de-Googled smartphone so Google doesn't have access to all my data.

   • 2021 September 2, Bryan Cockfield, “Pining For A De-Googled Smartphone”, in Hackaday‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-09-23:

     And some things still are extremely difficult, like removing Google services from my Android devices. To that end, I had originally purchased a OnePlus 3T several years ago with the intention of installing the de-Googled LineageOS variant of Android on it, but perhaps due to a lack of confidence in not bricking the $400 device during the installation procedure I could never quite bring myself to wipe the phone clean of its factory-installed operating system.

   • 2022 June 2, Liam Proven, “Murena and /e/ Foundation launch privacy-centric smartphones”, in The Register‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-09-26:

     The /e/ Foundation's de-Googled version of Android 10 has reached the market in a range of smartphones aimed at the privacy-conscious.

   • 2023 September 5, Natasha Lomas, “A closer look at e/OS: Murena's privacy-first 'deGoogled' Android alternative”, in TechCrunch‎^[3], archived from the original on 6 September 2023:

     Murena can even sell you a deGoogled (Google) Pixel which comes purged of the usual Google services — with no Play Store, Chrome browser, Google Maps etc — and running its alternative /e/OS, rather than mainstream Android.

Verb

de-Googled

1. simple past and past participle of de-Google