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Crankhandle
Apr 15, 2016Novice
Is it safe to uninstall apps?
Hi Everyone, The last time I tried to uninstall an app my Readynas 102 crashed and became unaccessible. At the time many other people were have the same problem - some bug with the firmware. The ...
- Apr 15, 2016
The bug you are talking about was fixed ~6.2.3 (a year ago), so it shouldn't be a problem now.
StephenB
Apr 15, 2016Guru - Experienced User
The bug you are talking about was fixed ~6.2.3 (a year ago), so it shouldn't be a problem now.
mdgm-ntgr
Apr 16, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
It should be fine, but depending on what else you have installed on your system there is a small chance that uninstalling the app won't work. There are a lot of apps out there and we can't test every possible combination of apps installed.
We have a safe mode for the http/s service so even if that happens the web admin page should still be available.
Of course it wouldn't be a bad idea to update your regular backup before doing something like this.
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