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Re:How to Stop Advertising Notifications from the Google Pho... by aroman on Thursday November 23, 2017 @12:36AM (#15763039)
You can "delete" many default apps on recent versions of iOS. (It doesn't actually delete them, it just hides them — the same as disabling an app on Android).
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Re:How to Stop Advertising Notifications from the Google Pho... by firloop on Thursday November 23, 2017 @01:40AM (#15763269)
The removed apps are deleted, not just hidden.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208094

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Re:How to Stop Advertising Notifications from the Google Pho... by aroman on Friday November 24, 2017 @01:10AM (#15769714)
I don't think that document is entirely accurate. The apps "re-download" immediately, suggesting (to me at least) that they are still on-disk, somewhere. I believe that they delete associated user-data, though.

EDIT: Apparently things are different in iOS 11? Huh. TIL — will have to try it out!

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Re:How to Stop Advertising Notifications from the Google Pho... by aaomidi on Thursday November 23, 2017 @01:31AM (#15763240)
Try doing that and then opening a location through iMessage.
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