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A work Android should be boring: authenticator, password manager, mail, calendar, maps, and a notes app that works in airplane mode. Everything else is a notification tax.
Offline first
Aegis or the official 2FA apps, Bitwarden, and a notes app that stores local. Google Docs offline is fine if you already live there. Skip five to-do apps.
Notification diet
Turn off badges for anything that is not a human waiting. Work chat stays; shopping apps go. A second user profile for sideload experiments keeps the work profile cleaner.
What to uninstall
OEM bloat you cannot kill without a fight — disable it. Random cleaner apps. VPN APKs from outside Play if you are not an adult about sources.
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