I recommend to do some background reading (see links above), especially about how the Intent Firewall works and how you can find the folder. Step4: Hit Delete or Ctrl+D to remove the selected contacts. Step3: Long press Ctrl and click on the duplicated contacts you want to delete. Step2: In the Current View group at the top, click on Phone.

Step1: Click People in the Outlook window. I simply used Root Explorer to copy the file there (no chmod required), tried to share something that caused Direct Share targets to pop up and BOOM! Nothing! Here is the step-by-step guide to help you with that. On most devices that would be /data/system/ifw/

Now you have to put it on the phone and copy it into the Intent Firewall directory. You just create a simple xml file like and drop this into it: I quickly figured out how to create a rule for it to block apps from receiving the 'Hey are there any apps that want to bug the user by putting a couple of Direct Share buttons under their thumb as they're about to tap something?'-event. Well, Android actually has that built in. It turns out that they register a service with an intent receiver (read: event listener) and when I realized that, I started looking for a way to block certain intents from broadcasting through the system. In my search for a way to stop this stupid feature from bugging me I had a look at how the feature is actually implemented in apps by developers. It turns out that - for rooted people - there is a way to completely turn off Direct Share!įor the short version skip to the bottom of this answer.

Remove outlook contacts