For more recent versions of the play store, you can get the menu using the navigation drawer on the top right of the app. From the menu that comes up, select 'My Apps'. Now open the market app and tap/click the menu button on your phone. Reinstalling by pushing apps from Google play store.įirst make sure your android phone is connected to the Internet and the market app is configured with your Gmail id. But what about apps?įortunately, there are two easy ways to restore all your apps. You can easily take a backup of your Contacts, Messages, Photos, Calendar etc using using an android manager to restore later. And the first thing you would want to do is to reinstall all android apps and data you were using previously. In all three cases, you get a phone without your previous contacts, messages, apps and data. Usually, there are three scenarios when you would want to reinstall all your android apps - 1. You upgrade your phone to a new one. For almost everyone, there is a set of apps we are accustomed to and maintain in our phones.