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com.samsung.android.knox.containeragent

Work profile

Risk: Safe
Source: Manufacturer
What it is: Home screen

What it is

Formerly, Workspace.

Provides an isolated environment to store data (see Secure Folder)

Note: With Knox 3.4, Knox containers are now deprecated and replaced by Android work profiles.

Comunicate with Samsung servers:

- https://vas.samsungapps.com (App updates)

- http://cn-ms.samsungapps.com (APK Server).

Commands

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.knox.containeragent

To put it back:

adb shell cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.knox.containeragent

Every removal listed here is per-user only: the system image is untouched, and the restore command puts the app back from the copy already on the device. Nothing is downloaded.

References

https://support.samsungknox.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012547907-What-URLs-do-I-have-to-whitelist-to-make-Samsung-apps-work-with-an-authenticated-proxy-

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