Uninstall default apps on Fire HD 7 - Fire HD 6 and 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone, i just bought a fire kindle hd 7 (9th generation), version 6.3.15 (updated recently)
I'm trying to remove bloatware and default apps.
Everytime i try to remove one like goodreads, kindle or the default mp3 player using - pm uninstall commands i always get the DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR. I've managed to uninstall a few, but the amazon specific apps won't go.
Is there a workaround?, am i missing somtheing? Thanks in advance.

austingrey said:
Hello everyone, i just bought a fire kindle hd 7 (9th generation), version 6.3.15 (updated recently)
I'm trying to remove bloatware and default apps.
Everytime i try to remove one like goodreads, kindle or the default mp3 player using - pm uninstall commands i always get the DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR. I've managed to uninstall a few, but the amazon specific apps won't go.
Is there a workaround?, am i missing somtheing? Thanks in advance.
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The 9th gen 7in Fire is not HD.
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