Duplicated app issue

[Noobie]

Hi there,

I dont know how it happened, but today when i woke up, I saw that I had 3 Google Messages app. One being in the main home screen (obviously) and 2 being in the app drawer. I cant delete either of the duplicates and its really frustrating me. Help is appreciated. Thank you.

[GaryB82 · Accepted solution]

Yes this is a known issue with Google Messages and they are working on it.
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/13/google-messages-two-icons-bug/

[Noobie]

Ohh it was because of a beta update. Thank you for letting me know.

[GaryB82]

Yeah the Google Messages Beta caused it

[GaryB82]

@Noobie  Check to see if you have a Google Messages update which they pushed earlier to resolve this