Americans are desperate to remove this popular app from their phones and tablets

With 24,810 searches looking for information on deleting the app, messaging service Telegram was fifth on the list with those in New Jersey especially anxious to get the app off of their devices.

The rest of the top 10 popular apps that America most wants to wipe off their mobile devices include:

6. Spotify (14,560 searches)

7. TikTok (14,120 searches)

8. LinkedIn (8,540 searches)

9. Tinder (7,980 searches)

Number 10 is a surprise as 6,720 searches were discovered by Americans looking to delete video streamer YouTube. With over 10 billion downloads on Android alone, the number of search requests seeking a way to remove YouTube from a phone or tablet is quite a small percentage.

These are the 10 popular apps that Americans most want to delete

Christopher Bluvshtein, a Privacy expert at VPNOverview, said, “Some people are also turning their backs on social media altogether. Whether due to politics, increasing cybersecurity issues, or even insecurity over those in a more fortunate position, there’s clearly been an increasing trend of people leaving these applications behind. People are burning out. Recently, an interesting term came about known as ‘’doom-scrolling’’ Essentially, this refers to spending excess time online reading negative news. There are a lot of problems in the world right now, and this kind of endless negativity can wear you down over time, so this could easily be contributing to the phenomenon.”