[brandonmb]

Turn off all notifications except SMS and phone. Change email to pull, not push. Delete all social media apps, use the phone browser for it. Remove all work applications from your phone. Either you’re working or you’re not, no in between where you get pulled in against your will (I have a work phone provided by my company, so it’s easier).

I did this 8 years ago and I can’t recall anything important that I have missed. I can still look at email/social media/whatever in the browser or I sit down at my tablet/laptop. I still have Spotify and YouTube on my phone, but I try to limit entertainment apps on it.

[stevage]

> Delete all social media apps, use the phone browser for it.

This doesn't really work with Facebook - it tells you to get the mobile app instead.

[SanjayMehta]

I deleted Facebook completely around ten years ago, never regretted it.

Last year deleted the LinkedIn mobile app, and oddly enough LinkedIn now wants me to verify my identity using a govt id. What a coincidence.

[NicuCalcea]

I use Android's private space for social media and banking apps. Accessible when I need them, but not running by default.

https://support.google.com/android/answer/15341885?hl=en

[Zak]

Facebook has a website, and it works inside mobile browsers. When are you finding it impossible to use that way?

[direwolf20]

Why do you want to use Facebook?

[itake]

I find I leave the 'important' apps open longer, trying to recheck if I got a notification.