diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherModel.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherModel.java
index 2467ace128..14f659810a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherModel.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherModel.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import com.android.launcher3.compat.PackageInstallerCompat.PackageInstallInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.UserManagerCompat;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.IconCache;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.LauncherIcons;
+import com.android.launcher3.logging.FileLog;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.AddWorkspaceItemsTask;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.AllAppsList;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.BaseModelUpdateTask;
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ public class LauncherModel extends BroadcastReceiver
 
     public void onPackagesRemoved(UserHandle user, String... packages) {
         int op = PackageUpdatedTask.OP_REMOVE;
+        FileLog.d(TAG, "package removed received " + String.join("," + packages));
         enqueueModelUpdateTask(new PackageUpdatedTask(op, user, packages));
     }
 
@@ -261,7 +263,6 @@ public class LauncherModel extends BroadcastReceiver
     @Override
     public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
         if (DEBUG_RECEIVER) Log.d(TAG, "onReceive intent=" + intent);
-
         final String action = intent.getAction();
         if (Intent.ACTION_LOCALE_CHANGED.equals(action)) {
             // If we have changed locale we need to clear out the labels in all apps/workspace.
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/SecondaryDropTarget.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/SecondaryDropTarget.java
index 55cb6f2143..c8c590d9de 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/SecondaryDropTarget.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/SecondaryDropTarget.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.android.launcher3;
 
 import static android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager.INVALID_APPWIDGET_ID;
 import static android.appwidget.AppWidgetProviderInfo.WIDGET_FEATURE_RECONFIGURABLE;
+
 import static com.android.launcher3.ItemInfoWithIcon.FLAG_SYSTEM_MASK;
 import static com.android.launcher3.ItemInfoWithIcon.FLAG_SYSTEM_NO;
 import static com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Favorites.CONTAINER_DESKTOP;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import android.widget.Toast;
 import com.android.launcher3.Launcher.OnResumeCallback;
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.LauncherAppsCompat;
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DragOptions;
+import com.android.launcher3.logging.FileLog;
 import com.android.launcher3.logging.LoggerUtils;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.nano.LauncherLogProto.ControlType;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.nano.LauncherLogProto.Target;
@@ -240,6 +242,7 @@ public class SecondaryDropTarget extends ButtonDropTarget implements OnAlarmList
                     .setData(Uri.fromParts("package", cn.getPackageName(), cn.getClassName()))
                     .putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_USER, info.user);
             mLauncher.startActivity(i);
+            FileLog.d(TAG, "start uninstall activity " + cn.getPackageName());
             return cn;
         } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Failed to parse intent to start uninstall activity for item=" + info);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/ModelWriter.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/ModelWriter.java
index b7a19d39ee..c69ace946c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/ModelWriter.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/ModelWriter.java
@@ -40,15 +40,18 @@ import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Settings;
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.WorkspaceItemInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
+import com.android.launcher3.logging.FileLog;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.BgDataModel.Callbacks;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.ContentWriter;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.ItemInfoMatcher;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * Class for handling model updates.
@@ -262,9 +265,12 @@ public class ModelWriter {
     /**
      * Removes the specified items from the database
      */
-    public void deleteItemsFromDatabase(final Iterable<? extends ItemInfo> items) {
+    public void deleteItemsFromDatabase(final Collection<? extends ItemInfo> items) {
         ModelVerifier verifier = new ModelVerifier();
-
+        FileLog.d(TAG, "removing items from db " + items.stream().map(
+                (item) -> item.getTargetComponent() == null ? ""
+                        : item.getTargetComponent().getPackageName()).collect(
+                Collectors.joining(",")), new Exception());
         enqueueDeleteRunnable(() -> {
             for (ItemInfo item : items) {
                 final Uri uri = Favorites.getContentUri(item.id);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/PackageUpdatedTask.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/PackageUpdatedTask.java
index e6a1a0b2e2..5e6c7b8c2d 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/PackageUpdatedTask.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/PackageUpdatedTask.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package com.android.launcher3.model;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.WorkspaceItemInfo.FLAG_AUTOINSTALL_ICON;
+
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
@@ -53,8 +55,6 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static com.android.launcher3.WorkspaceItemInfo.FLAG_AUTOINSTALL_ICON;
-
 /**
  * Handles updates due to changes in package manager (app installed/updated/removed)
  * or when a user availability changes.
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public class PackageUpdatedTask extends BaseModelUpdateTask {
                 break;
             case OP_REMOVE: {
                 for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+                    FileLog.d(TAG, "Removing app icon" + packages[i]);
                     iconCache.removeIconsForPkg(packages[i], mUser);
                 }
                 // Fall through