Manage applications
Learn how to install new applications and other extensions from application repositories, and how to update and remove applications.
About Applications
Select 
> Applications > Manage applications .
You can update and remove application packages, such as applications and add-ons.
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Install new applications
With Nokia Store, you can download mobile games, applications, and different kinds of add-ons to your phone.
Select 
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On some websites, to install an application, you can select a link to a file with the .deb file extension. To be able to install applications from mail attachments, file systems, websites, or repositories other than Nokia Store, you need to enable this in the installation settings.
Select and Applications > Installations , and activate Allow installations from non-Store sources.
Only install applications that are compatible with your phone.
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See About Applications .
View installed applications
Select > Applications > Manage applications .
Select the application.
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Remove an application from your phone
You can remove installed applications that you no longer want to keep or use, to increase the amount of available memory.
Tap and hold the Applications view, and select 
on the application.
Once confirmed and started, the uninstallation process cannot be cancelled.
If you remove an application, you may not be able to open files created with the removed application.
If an installed application depends on a removed application, the installed application may stop working. For details, see the user guide of the installed application.
To view the details of an application before removing it, select > Applications > Manage applications and the application. To remove the application, select Uninstall.
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See About Applications .
Restore an application package
You can create a backup file for your phone and, if needed, later restore the application packages you want.
You may not be able to restore some of the installed applications.
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Select
> Sync and backup > Backup . -
Select a backup file to restore and Restore, and follow the displayed instructions.
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After the restore, you are asked if you also want to restore application packages. If there are packages to be restored, to view the available packages, select Yes.
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Select the application package to restore and Restore.
You can also restore application packages later. Select > Applications > Manage applications .
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See Back up files .