to delete, go to options>advanced>applications and navigate to the app and press menu>delete.
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After you delete an app from the Applications list, answer Yes to the prompt to reset the device. If you don't get a prompt, reset the BB anyway by pressing Alt, Rt Shift and Del.
If you are going to delete several apps, you can hold off on resetting the BB till after the last one is deleted.