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Take back your phone.Degoogled phones & GrapheneOS guides, made easy.
Take back control of what your phone shares with Google. We make degoogled Android easy: phones that ship with GrapheneOS, /e/OS or Linux, private apps, privacy gear and plain-English guides — bought from Amazon or straight from the makers. Made for small businesses and everyday people who'd rather not be the product.
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6.3" OLED · updates to April 2032 · GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, iodéOS or LineageOS
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Degoogled phones in 2026, explained
What is a degoogled phone?
A degoogled phone runs Android without Google Play Services, the background layer that reports your location, contacts and app usage back to Google. Your apps still work: you install them from F-Droid, Aurora Store or Obtainium, and you decide which ones may reach the internet. You keep hardware you like and take back control of the data it sends.
GrapheneOS, CalyxOS or /e/OS?
GrapheneOS is the most hardened choice and runs only on Google Pixel phones; it can run Google Play in a sandbox when an app needs it. CalyxOS uses microG for wider app compatibility and sensible defaults. /e/OS from Murena is the gentlest switch, preinstalled on Fairphone and other Murena phones. Our full OS comparison table and privacy scores for each OS go deeper.
Buy one ready, or flash your own?
If you want it to just work, buy a phone with the private OS already installed — Murena, Jolla and Volla sell them that way. If you're fine with a USB cable and half an hour, an unlocked Pixel plus the official GrapheneOS web installer is the cheapest, most private route. The free phone check tells you whether the phone you already own is supported.
Degoogled Android FAQ
Will my banking apps still work?
Most do. On GrapheneOS you can install Google Play in a sandbox with no special privileges, which covers the majority of banking and payment apps. A few apps that demand Google's strictest integrity checks, and Google Wallet tap-to-pay, won't run. Test your bank's app before you switch for good.
Which Pixel should I buy for GrapheneOS?
Buy the unlocked model, never a carrier version — Verizon Pixels usually can't unlock the bootloader at all. A Pixel 9a is the best value today; a Pixel 8a or a renewed Pixel 7a costs less and still gets years of security updates.
Do I need technical skills?
Not for a phone that ships degoogled. To flash one yourself you need a computer with Chrome or Chromium, a USB-C cable and about 30 minutes; the web installer does the heavy lifting, and our step-by-step guides cover every screen.
Can I degoogle the phone I already have?
Often, yes — and even when you can't install a new OS, you can strip most tracking. Our max-degoogle guides show how to remove bloatware with ADB, block internet per app with a firewall, lock down Private DNS and permissions, and swap Google apps for private alternatives.
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Where do I start?
Run the free phone check, read the guide that matches your situation, then pick a phone or keep your own. Our privacy news desk covers new GrapheneOS releases, device support and Android tracking stories twice a day.