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Michael
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How to uninstall (but NOT lose) Amazon app not recognized by OS from only one account

I've got multiple apps from the Amazon store which strangely won't open any more. The icon is replaced by a transparent default Android icon with "SD" next to it and if I try to open it says "Application not installed". The Android Application Manager does not list the applications, but the Amazon store says:

"on device but not installed by amazon appstore"

It appears that the Amazon Store stupidly does not include any ability to uninstall. I did not even know before today that the OS provided a way to uninstall because I have always used e.g. the Google Play Store to uninstall apps I installed from there.

I would like to only delete the app from one account. That is, I have a parental account and an account for my child on the device. I want to delete it from my account, but not my child's.

Anyway, apparently to uninstall you have to go to the Amazon web site, but when I do that it only offers the choice to archive or delete. Archive doesn't uninstall, it just removes it from the "cloud". When I try to delete, it tells me that if I delete the app I will lose it and have to repurchase it from the store again later if I want to install again. I don't want this either!

How do uninstall these apps from my device?

Michael
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