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If you don’t want to lose any app data and reset all apps settings, you need to reset app preferences on Google Pixel and Pixel XL (7.1.2.) It will reset all preferences for disabling app notifications, disable apps, app background data restrictions, and any app permission restrictions. Here’s how to restore apps and settings in your Google Pixel and other Android devices. You can easily change app settings, app permission, and change default apps on Pixel phone. If your Pixel app crashes or freezes, it may be caused by apps. So force stop or clear cache & data of app in your Android devices.

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How to Reset App Preferences on Google Pixel and Pixel XL (Android 7.1.2 Nougat)

Here I will show you all apps related settings for your Google Pixel 7.1.2 and other Android devices.

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Under the device section, tap on Apps.

List of install apps views on your Pixel phone.

Step 3: Tap on Three vertical dots (More) from the top of the right side corner.

Step 4: Tap on Reset app preferences.

You will show this message on screen: Reset app preferences?

Step 5: Tap on Reset apps.

It will reset all apps settings on Google Pixel without losing any app data. It’s quite easy to reset app preferences Google Pixel and Pixel XL phone.

Alternative Way (Latest Version): Settings > Apps & notifications > See all apps > Three vertical dots at the top right corner > Reset app preferences > Reset apps

How to Change App Permission on Google Pixel XL and Pixel

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Under the device section, tap on Apps.

Step 3: Tap on the Settings gear icon.

Step 4: Tap on App permission.

Here, you can view various options for app permission such as camera, contacts, location, SMS, and more.

Step 5:  Tap anyone want to change app permission settings.

Also, set or change default apps using the above settings in your Pixel device. You can change the default SMS app, home app, browser app, and phone app in your pixel device using the below settings.

Settings > Device > Apps > Default > Change home app, phone app, message app, and browser app

If you facing any specific app related problem in your pixel and other android devices, clear the app cache on your device.

Settings > Device > Apps > Tap app name > Storage > Clear cache

If not fix app issue using the above settings, enable safe mode on Google Pixel XL to find a third-party app that causing any issue.

That’s all. Did you find the above steps helpful to reset app preferences Google Pixel and Pixel XL? If you find it helpful, don’t forget to share it with others. Stay connected with us for the latest Google Pixel tricks.

Do you want to clear the cache on your Google Pixel devices? You can’t clear the cache for all apps at once on your latest Google Pixel devices. Clearing the app cache will delete the app’s temporary file from your Pixel device. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to clear cache on Google Pixel. To clear cache partition or wipe cache partition on Google Pixel, you need to factory reset it using phone settings or recovery mode.

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How to Clear Cache on Google Pixel for Individual App

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap on Apps.

Step 3: Tap See all apps.

Step 4: Select the App you want to clear the cache.

Step 5: Tap Storage and Cache.

Step 6: Tap Clear cache.

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How to Factory Reset Google Pixel using Phone Settings

It will delete all your Pixel phone’s data, including your Google account, photos, videos, downloaded apps, system & app settings, etc. Back up your data before factory resetting your Google Pixel device.

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap System.

Step 3: Tap Reset options.

Step 4: Tap Erase all data (Factory reset).

Step 5: Tap Erase all data button.

Step 6: Unlock your Google Pixel device.

Step 7: Tap Erase all data button at the bottom right corner.

Read More: How to Reset Network Settings on Google Pixel

How to Wipe Cache or Factory Reset Pixel using Recovery Mode

You must enter your Google Pixel device into recovery mode using the power and volume buttons. We already discussed how to wipe cache or factory reset your Google Pixel using recovery mode.

How to Wipe Cache Partition on Google Pixel and Pixel XL (Android 8.1 and 7.1.2)

Step 1: Turn off your Google Pixel XL phone.

Step 2: Press & hold the volume down button and the power button at the same time until the phone vibrates.

You can view the Android system recovery screen on your Google Pixel XL. By default Start button show on your devices.

Step 3: Press the volume down button until you view the Recovery mode.

Step 4: Press the power button to restart into recovery mode.

You can see the above screen of the Android robot exclamation mark with a red triangle icon on the Pixel XL phone.

Step 5: Press the volume down buttons until you select the Wipe cache partition, and press the power button to select it.

This message view on your Google Pixel XL screen: Wipe all user data?

Step 6: To confirm, press the Volume down buttons to scroll to Yes and press the power button to select it.

Clearing the cache may take 3-5 minutes.

Step 7: Press the volume down buttons to scroll to the Reboot system now, and press the power button to select it.

If not fix the issue using the above-given solution, factory reset your Google Pixel XL devices.

Read Also: How to Factory Reset Google Pixel

Do let us know whether you liked this tutorial wipe cache partition on Google Pixel XL. Please share the article if you found it helpful. If you have any problem with this trick, let us know in the comment box below. Stay connected with us for the latest Google Pixel XL updates.

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Have you ever use Dolphin browser app on android phone? If not use, then check out this article to use Dolphin browser on Android phone. This android browser app has several best features including Ad blocker, gesture and sonar, manually install flash player on android, block pop-up windows and more features.

Most of the people use Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera and other browser in android devices. But using this Dolphin browser, you can use integration of Add-ons, private browsing, Mask user agent and also backup & restore data. Check out below given tricks to use Dolphin browser on Android or Google Pixel devices.

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How to use Dolphin browser on Android phone

Let see top most best features of Dolphin browser for Google Pixel and other android devices.

Dolphin Flash Player

If you would like to enjoy videos without any interrupt, need to use flash player on your android devices. Dolphin browser is one of the perfect browsers which fully support flash player and also HTML 5 video player, fast loading speeds compare to other browsers and incognito browsing. Now enable flash player on Dolphin browser using below settings.

Step 1: Download Dolphin browser app from Google Play Store

Step 2: Open Dolphin app and tap on Dolphin icon

Step 3: Tap on settings gear icon

You can see flash player option under web content section. By default turn off flash player.

Step 4: Tap on flash player

Step 5: Choose always on from above given options

Dolphin Adblock:

This Adblock is one of the best features of Dolphin browser app. Most of all android devices, when open YouTube videos or playing games and suddenly show advertisement and it’s annoying you. You can enable adblock on Google Pixel using Dolphin browser.

Enable adblock in Dolphin browser on android device

Step 1: Open Dolphin app and tap on Dolphin icon

Step 2: Tap on settings gear icon

By default disable adblock in your Dolphin browser.

Step 3: Enable adblock under basic section

Dolphin Gesture & Sonar:

Dolphin Gesture

In Dolphin gesture feature, you can type words to just drawing a gesture on the screen. To open or close tab, just swipe of finger and other gestures for YouTube, Facebook, Google etc. You can enter words without touching keyboard in your android devices.

Open Dolphin browser app > Dolphin icon > Settings > Basic > Gesture & Sonar

Dolphin Sonar

Dolphin sonar is one type of voice controller, just speaking you want search without surfing in your browser. You can open any website, make a call, find near restaurant and more functions using this app.

That’s all. I hope you will enjoy how to use Dolphin browser on Android phone. Do let us know you liked this tutorial or not. Let us know your thoughts related Dolphin browser in below comment box.

Here’s how to enter recovery mode on Google Pixel XL and Pixel using hardware key or ADB in Windows PC. It’s quite simple to enter Google Pixel into Recovery mode using the hardware key. Different Android device has slightly different settings to boot into recovery mode. Most of all we use recovery mode when Pixel phone is not responding or won’t turn on. In the Android recovery screen, you can always see certain options including reboot system now, reboot to bootloader, view recovery logs, Apply update from ADB, Wipe data/factory reset, Wipe cache partition and power off.

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How to Enter Google Pixel Recovery Mode

Check out below given two methods to boot into recovery mode on Google Pixel and Pixel XL.

Enter Google Pixel Recovery Mode Using Hardware Key

Step 1: Turn off your Google Pixel and Pixel XL.

Step 2: Press & hold the volume down button and the power button at the same time until the phone Android system recovery screen appears.

By default “Start” button is shown.

Step 3: Press the volume down button until view the Recovery mode.

Step 4: Press the power button to restart into recovery mode.

You can see the above options in your Google Pixel recovery mode.

How to Boot Into Google Pixel and Pixel XL Recovery Mode Using ADB on Windows PC or laptop

Step 1: Connect your Google Pixel device to PC using a USB cable.

Install ADB / USB driver on your PC for the Google Pixel device.

Step 2: Navigate to android-sdk-winodws\platform-tools directory.

Now, open the command prompt in your desktop or laptop devices.

Step 3: Type the adb reboot recovery command on your PC and press the enter button.

Now your Google Pixel phone will turn off and boot into the recovery mode.

We hope this makes clear how to enter Google Pixel Recovery mode. If you have any other trick, you can share it with us in the below comment box. Stay connected with us for the latest Google Pixel XL tricks.

Want to use multi-window mode on Google Pixel and Pixel XL? Here’s how to enable split-screen multitasking on Google Pixel XL and Pixel devices. You can use two applications at the same time in your Android devices. You can view both apps side by side and also resize the window size. In your Google Pixel, tap & hold the recent apps key to activate multi-window mode on Google Pixel and Pixel XL (7.1.2). Enjoy YouTube videos or movies and chat with your friends on social network apps at the same time. Not all apps supported this split-screen view. You can use split-screen using System UI tuner settings in your Pixel running Android Nougat 7.0.

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How to Use Multi-Window Mode on Google Pixel and Pixel XL

Step 1: Tap on the Recent apps button.

A list of recently opened applications on your Pixel devices.

Step 2: Tap on any App wish to display on multi-window mode.

Step 3: Press & hold the recent button to use that app multi-window mode.

You can see below the screen in your Google Pixel and other devices. Now one side set the app on your screen.

Step 4: Select other app from recent apps list want to use multi-window mode on Google Pixel.

One application set in one half and another app in the second half. In the middle of the screen, you can see a black bar to resize apps on your device. Just swipe left or right/up or down to set window size. Now, enable multi-window mode in your Pixel and Pixel XL device and use two apps at same time.

If you want to replace one application to other application, tap on the overview button (Show below image) and select another app from the recent apps list. Press & hold the overview button to exit multi-window mode in Google Pixel.

Enable Split Screen Mode on Pixel XL Using the Application

Step 1: Open the app that supports split-screen mode.

Step 2: Press & hold the recent button.

Step 3: Select app from recent apps lists want to use as split-screen in Pixel.

Enjoy two apps at same time such as Watching YouTube videos and document related work or chat with friends etc.

Enable Split Screen Swipe Up Gesture on Android Nougat 7.0

Step 1: Scroll down the notification bar from any screen and tap & hold settings gear icon.

You can see this message: Congrats! System UI tuner has been added to settings

Step 2: Now Go to Settings > System > System UI tuner

If can’t enable System UI tuner in your Pixel device, make sure enable developer mode in Pixel device.

Enable Split Screen on Android 7.0 (Moto G4 plus)

Step 1: Go to Settings in your device.

Step 2: Tap on System UI Tuner under the system section.

Here you can show status bar, do not disturb (DND), and other options.

Step 3: Select the other.

Step 4: Toggle on “Enable split-screen swipe-up gesture”

That’s all. Do you have other tips to use multi-window mode on Google Pixel? Let us know your thoughts in the below comment box. For more such smart tips, visit Google Pixel tricks.

Using split-screen mode in your Google Pixel XL, you can watch YouTube videos and chat on WhatsApp or Facebook with your friends at the same time. Here’s how to play YouTube in the background on android devices without using multi-window mode. In the YouTube app on your android device stop running videos when opening another app on your devices. But using this trick even after the locked phone screen, play YouTube videos in the background on Android devices. Also, use Picture-in-picture mode in YouTube App on your Android or iPhone devices.

You can download apps from play store or use YouTube red to play YouTube videos in background on android phone. In YouTube red, you can find background play features to play videos in the background. Check out below-given tricks to play YouTube videos in the background on Pixel and Pixel XL (Android Nougat 7.1.2).

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How to Play YouTube Videos in Background on All Pixel/Android phones

This trick is perfect to use Picture-in-picture mode without YouTube Red in android devices.

Step 1: Open any web browser on your android devices.

Step 2: Open Google and Search YouTube.com.

You can view a list of YouTube videos on your device.

Step 3: Tap on a video you want to play in the background in your android device.

Step 4: Tap on Three vertical dots from top of the right side corner.

Step 5: Check the box Request desktop.

Step 6: Pause the video.

Step 7: Tap on the Home button to close the browser.

Step 8: Now Pull down the notification panel from the home screen.

Step 9: Touch on the Play button.

Step 10: Tap on the Full-screen icon.

Step 11: Tap on the home screen button in your android device.

Now small screen view (Show above screenshot) in your device. Enjoy YouTube PIP mode in android devices without YouTube Red.

Now, play YouTube in the background on your Pixel and Pixel XL phone. Open WhatsApp or Facebook or any other chat app and chat with your friends and enjoy YouTube music.

Also, using the multi-window mode, you can play YouTube videos and chat with your friends at the same time on your Pixel and other latest android devices.

How to Use Split-Screen Mode on Google Pixel and Pixel XL

Using multi-screen mode on Google Pixel, you can use two apps at the same time in your devices.

Tap on recent button > Tap on any app wish to display on multi-window mode > Press & hold the recent button > now select other apps want to use from the recently opened app

Alternative Way (Latest Android): Open recent apps > Tap the App icon at the top of the app > Split screen > Select the second app from a list

Now displaying two apps on your Google Pixel and Pixel XL phone screen. You can chat with your friends and enjoy your favorite music on YouTube also.

I hope you will enjoy this trick to play YouTube videos in background on Pixel phone. Do you have any other tips you want to share with us? Let us know in below comment box.