Android is a pretty flexible platform. If you have your Play Store auto-update all your apps immediately you get connected to WiFi or immediately the updates are posted, you aren’t necessarily stuck with the new version. There are a couple of ways you can downgrade these apps. Let us look at one of them. To downgrade the version of an app, follow these steps.
Uninstall the App
The first step would be to get rid of the newer version of the app and Android does not allow you to install an older version of an app on top of a more recent version. To uninstall an app, follow these steps.
Install the downloaded APK file
Step 1: To get started, you need to allow installation of apps from external sources on your sources. To do it, navigate to Settings > Security, and enable the ‘Allow installation of unknown apps’ option under Device administration sub-setting.
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Step 2: Now copy the downloaded APK file to your Android smartphone if you downloaded it using your PC. If you downloaded it onto your phone, navigate to it via the file explorer, and the smartphone will automatically recognize and install the app. Step 3: Even when you successfully install the older version of an app, it’s possible that the automatic update option in the Google Play Store will bump it to the latest version. To prevent this from happening, go to Google Play Store > Settings > Auto-update apps, and select the ‘Do not auto-update apps’ option. Featured Image courtesy of WindowsCentral
