Trust Wallet cuts 200 MB from its app by deleting nine years of code

Trust Wallet just got lighter. The self-custody app says it has removed nine years of accumulated code, shrinking the app by 200 MB. The company isn’t done, either. More code cuts are planned, which suggests this is the opening act of a longer cleanup, not a one-off spring clean. What Trust Wallet actually removed The October 19, 2026 announcement covered legacy code, outdated technology stacks and unnecessary dependencies. Those three categories add up to roughly 200 MB of reclaimed space. Trust Wallet describes the work as “behind-the-scenes” refactoring. Refactoring means restructuring existing code without changing what the app does for the user. The wallet should behave the same. It just carries less baggage under the hood. CEO Felix Fan pointed to further optimizations aimed at performance and efficiency. He also offered a memorable description of what it’s like to rework a live product used by millions. “Making jet engine changes in-flight.” For reference, around mid-October 2026, before the optimization work, the Android version of the app sat at about 160 MB. The iOS version was around 250 MB. The second round of trimming this fall The code purge is not happening in isolat...