George Jones

Curious Musings

Jul 2026

Stop Android apps from running

On Android you can stop most apps from running my turning on “extreme battery saver mode”. The app icons grey out and you have to authorize them one by one to run at all.

That way, if you’re hiking above the Arctic circle, you’ve failed to not install the McDonald’s app, you’ve failed to uninstall the McDonald’s app, you’re not likely to find a McDonald’s in the middle of Sweden’s Sarek National wilderness, or you just don’t want McDonald’s spying on you, you can stop the app from getting battery/running.

I’ve never installed the McDonald’s app. I’m lovin' it.