Deleting applications and data from your device

[wcked]

To delete an application from your device (that is, to permanently remove or uninstall the application so that the icon no longer appears on your screen and the memory on your device is released):

1. Tap Home .
2. Open the Menus .
3. From the App menu choose Delete.
4. Tap the name of the application you would like to delete.
5. Tap on the Delete button. Tap on the Yes button to confirm that you wish to delete the chosen application.

Note 1: Some applications, including those that were pre-installed on your handheld, cannot be deleted. If an application cannot be deleted, it will not appear in the list. The built-in applications do not occupy any of your device's memory as they reside permanently in Read Only Memory (ROM).
Note 2: If you wish to delete "hidden" files on your device which do not appear on the Delete list in the Launcher, you need a third-party application such as FileZ or Z'Catalog. You may run the risk of losing your data or synchronization ability if you delete programs or data required by your handheld. Use of these applications is not supported by Palm.

Why do deleted applications come back?
Although you may have deleted the program from your device, it may have been archived in your desktop backup folder. If this happens, each time you perform a HotSync that program or data may be reinstalled on your device.

To remove the application from the backup folder on your desktop computer:

1. Navigate to the Backup folder in your User Folder.
2. Locate the file you are trying to remove and delete it. It will almost always end with either a .prc (Palm OS application file) or .pdb (Palm OS database file) extension.

Extra credit
Each file on your device has a setting that determines whether a file will be backed up or not. This Backup attribute can be turned on or off by the developer, or by you if you use a third-party utility such as BackupBuddy from BluetNomad. Do not turn off Backup unless you are willing to risk the loss of that application or data.