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Reinstalling Wingyy

Switching phone, clearing a bad install, or hitting an update that won't apply. The short version: save your license key, and everything else comes back on its own.

Wingyy 1.5 · last updated August 2026

The one thing to do before you uninstall

Open Wingyy → SettingsYour licenseRevealCopy, and paste the key somewhere that survives the uninstall: a password manager, a note, an email to yourself. That key is your account.

What survives, and what doesn't

Wingyy keeps your coaching data on the server as well as on the phone, so an uninstall costs you much less than people expect.

WhatSurvives a reinstall?
Your matches and message historyYes — restored from the server on first launch
Extracted facts, nicknames, the per-person dossierYes — same restore
Your subscription, plan and token balanceYes — tied to your key, not your phone
Your license keyOnly if you saved it — see above
On-device settings (scan depth, reply language, style ring)No — a few seconds to set again
Android permissionsNo — re-grant the two from the setup guide

The restore is automatic. On first launch after a reinstall, the app notices its local database is empty and pulls your whole graph back — you'll see a "Restored N matches" message. You don't have to re-scan anything.

You already uninstalled and don't have the key

Not lost. Work down this list.

  1. On the free trial? Just reinstall

    The trial is tied to your device, not to an email. Install Wingyy again on the same phone and tap Try free — you'll get your original account and remaining tokens back rather than a new trial. Nothing else to do.

  2. Subscribed? Use the recovery form

    Go to wingyy.app → Lost your license key? and enter the email address you used at checkout. Try any other addresses you might have used — the key is tied to the exact one Stripe charged.

  3. Check your purchase confirmation

    Your key was shown on the confirmation page right after checkout. If that browser tab or its history is still around, the page will show it again.

  4. Still stuck — email us

    Write to support@wingyy.app from the address you paid with. We'll look the account up by hand and send the key back. Include the rough date you subscribed if you can.

"App not updated" / "Appen har inte uppdaterats"

Android refuses to install an update signed with a different key than the copy already on your phone. It's the check that stops someone pushing a fake "Wingyy update" onto your device, and it can't be bypassed — the app has to be reinstalled once.

This affects builds older than 1.2.3, which were signed with a different key than every release since. Everything from 1.2.3 onwards updates in place normally, so this is a one-time cost.

  1. Copy your license key first

    Settings → Your license → Reveal → Copy. On builds older than 1.5.0 that section doesn't exist — in that case recover the key by email using the form on the home page before you uninstall, or check your checkout confirmation.

  2. Uninstall Wingyy

    Long-press the icon → Uninstall, or Settings → Apps → Wingyy → Uninstall.

  3. Install the current build

    Download wingyy.app/get and install it. See the setup guide if Android's prompts get in the way.

  4. Sign in and re-grant the two permissions

    Paste your key, then turn on Wingyy Reader (accessibility) and Display over other apps. Your matches and coaching memory restore by themselves.

Don't uninstall just to fix a normal problem

Reinstalling is rarely the fix. If the bubble is missing or scans come back empty, it's almost always a permission or a battery setting — start with Troubleshooting instead.

Moving to a new phone

Install Wingyy on the new phone from wingyy.app, paste the same license key, and grant the two permissions. Your matches and coaching memory arrive on first launch.

One licence is for you, not for one device, so you can move whenever you like — but it isn't for sharing: the key is your login, and a key being used by several people at once may be suspended.

On the free trial, moving phone is different

The trial is device-bound, so a new phone won't carry it across and won't grant a second one either. Subscribe on the new phone, or finish the trial on the old one first.