How to Uninstall Magisk from Your Android Phone
Magisk is one of the best root solutions for Android phones. However, when you root your Android phone and install Magisk, you can’t use some banking-related apps. Besides banking apps, some games also don’t work with Magisk installed. Earlier the Magisk Hide feature allowed users to hide root from banking apps. But in Magisk v24 or later, the Magisk Hide feature has been removed. So, to run the banking apps you need to uninstall Magisk from your Android phone.
Uninstalling Magisk from your Android phone is not very tricky. Just like installing, there are several ways to uninstall or remove the Magisk. If you have the Magisk app installed on your phone, you can uninstall it using that. Besides that, you can also use Custom Recovery like TWRP or your PC to uninstall Magisk.
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Uninstall or Remove Magisk from your Android Phone
So, in this tutorial, we will show you how to remove Magisk from the Android phone using the App, TWRP Recovery, and PC. Let’s start with the easiest method first.
Method 1: Remove Magisk using the Android App
Uninstalling Magisk via the Magisk app is quite easy. All you need to have is the Magisk app must be installed on your phone.
- Open the Magisk App on your Android phone.
- Now, tap on the Uninstall Magisk button to remove Magisk from your Android phone. After that, tap on the COMPLETE UNINSTALL button. After uninstalling Magisk, your phone will reboot.
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Method 2: Remove Magisk using TWRP
the second method we are going to talk about is via the TWRP recovery. So, if you have installed TWRP recovery on your Android phone, you can use it to uninstall Magisk.
- First, download the Magisk APK from this GitHub page.
- After downloading, rename the APK file to
uninstall.zip
. You can use any file manager app for this. Make sure to put theuninstall.zip
file at the root of your SD card.
uninstall.zip
- Next, boot to TWRP recovery using the Power and Volume button combination. You can search on Google to find the correct key combination for your device model.
- Tap on the Install button on the TWRP home screen. After that, browse and select the
uninstall.zip
file from your SD card.
uninstall.zip
file- Finally, swipe write at the bottom to uninstall Magisk from your Android phone. You can see the progress on the screen. After the process is complete, tap on the Reboot System button to restart your phone.
- If you also have the Magisk app on your phone, uninstall it like any other Android app.
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Method 3: Uninstall Magisk using a PC
You can also use your PC to remove Magisk from your Android phone. However, you will have to set up ADB on your PC first. Besides that, you will also need to enable USB debugging on your phone. Once you are ready, follow these steps.
- Download the stock
boot.img
file for your current ROM and put it into the ADB folder. - Open Command Prompt in the ADB folder and boot your phone to the Fastboot mode using the
adb reboot bootloader
command.
- Run the
fastboot devices
command to view the attached devices.
fastboot devices
command- Now, flash the stock boot.img file using the fastboot commands. Type
fastboot flash boot C:\adb\boot.img
and press Enter. Here,C:\adb\boot.img
is the path of the stock recovery image file.
- The above command will replace the current recovery with stock recovery and uninstall Magisk from your Android phone as well. After the process is complete, type
fastboot reboot
command to start your phone in normal mode.
fastboot reboot
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Remove Magisk from Android Phone Easily
After removing Magisk from your Android phone, you can now continue installing your favorite banking apps or games. Your phone will be unrooted after uninstalling Magisk. So, banking apps won’t have any issues.
All three methods explained above are quite easy and simple. So, you won’t have any trouble following them. In case you have any troubles, feel free to write them down in the comment section below.