How to turn off ads on Samsung TV

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After a hard day, many people want to come home and relax by watching the TV and entertaining themselves. There are many features that are provided by the Samsung TV. Plenty of movies and TV shows are available to let you spend your free time delightfully. Moreover, you can not only watch movies or TV shows but also listen to music. It’s also more convenient to watch from a bigger screen when you’re with your family or friends.

However, sometimes the most interesting moment of your favorite content is getting interrupted by the ad. I guess it’s quite an annoying thing. That’s why many users try to find a way how to disable the ads on their Samsung TVs. Fortunately, there’s nothing difficult and we can help you to solve this issue.

What ads on Samsung TV are

Basically, ads on Samsung TV are a common issue. Those commercials which are displayed during the movie or TV show are used to attract people’s attention to one or another product. You’ve definitely seen those short videos, especially when the culmination of the movie is playing. Did you know that there are 3 types of ads?

Your TV may show you ads about its features. In this case, it means that your TV is in Demo/Store Mode. If your TV shows only demo versions of its best features, or displays just the beautiful pictures, it means you have set Demo/Store Mode.

Another type is pop-ups. This kind of ad is widely used and annoys a lot of the users, so it’s a common willingness to disable them. Most of the ads work in the same way as Youtube ones, so Samsung TV ads aren’t an exception.

There’s one more type called Forced Ads, to know more about them, you can read our article.

Unfortunately, you can’t constantly get rid of the ads, but you still can partly effortlessly disable them.

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How to disable pop-up ads on your Samsung TV

Pop-ups may be very annoying, especially when they interrupt you while watching your favorite content or when the movie is coming up to its culmination, even though, the commercials are used to attract them. Fortunately, there’s a way to solve that.

It’s possible to disable pop-ups on your Samsung TV via the settings, as all of them are kept on the servers of your Samsung devices. So, to disable ads you can turn off the Smart Hub. To do that, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

  • First of all, you should head to the “Menu“.
  • After that, you should tap on the “General” section.
  • Then, you should click on the “Smart Features” option.
  • To complete the process, you should uncheck the “Autorun Smart Hub” and “Autorun Last App“.

Sometimes, as was mentioned before, it may be the case, that you should disable the Demo/Store Mode to stop seeing ads. Moreover, it’s also possible to disable the ads by canceling the usage permission. To cancel it, you should disable the personalized ads, so keep on reading.

How to disable personalized ads on your Samsung TV

The main thing you need for this method is your paired remote control.

This type of ad is based on your interests, so the promotion would be shown about the things that you may like. However, if you want to get rid of them also, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

  • First of all, you should tap on the “Home” button on your remote control.
  • After that, you should click on “Settings” which is located at the bottom left corner of your TV.
  • Then, you should head to the “Support” section.
  • There you’ll see the “Terms & Policy” tab, you should select it.
  • Next, you should head to the “Viewing Information Services” option and cancel the box next to the “I agree”.
  • Then, you should find the “Interest-Based Advertising” option and uncheck the “I agree” box.
  • After that, you should head to the “Data Service” section and select the “Expert Settings” button.
  • There you should head to the “HbbTV settings” option and remove the tick near the “HbbTV”.
  • To complete the process, you should reset your PSID. To do that, you should head to the “Condition” section, then find and tap on “Reset PSID” and then tap on “Reset”.

Since then, you won’t see ads based on your personal interests anymore, so the number of promos would significantly decrease and you’ll be able to enjoy your favorite movies and spend your free time without getting annoyed.

How to turn off ads via the router settings on your Samsung TV

There’s one more method to disable ads on your Samsung TV. This method is based o the router settings, but it would be quite confusing for those who aren’t well acquainted with PC network settings. However, if you’re an advanced user, and can understand the router settings, you should follow the prompts which would be displayed in the section below:

  • First of all, you should power on your PC and head to the web browser.
  • After that, you should head to the router’s web interface. It can be done by entering the IP address of your device which is connected to the local network. You should just fill it in the address field.
  • Then, you should head to the “Internet” and click on “Filters“. Keep in mind, that the name of sections can slightly differ depending on the model of the device.
  • Next, you should click on “Blocked Web Pages(Blacklist)” or “Blocked sites“.
  • You should fill in the links (http://ads.samsungads.com) and (http://config.samsungads.com).
  • To complete the process, you should save your new settings and confirm the access.

Since then, the ads would be disabled, but still, this method would be better to use if you are an advanced user, if not, you can still try the methods above, as they would be less confusing.

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How to block ads on Youtube

It’s possible to use your Samsung to block the ads on YouTube. The first way is to do that again via the router settings, as it was mentioned above. In the address bar, you’ll need to fill in the following links to block the YouTube ads:

  • samsung.com
  • samsungads.com
  • www.samsung.net/ads
  • config.samsungads.com
  • samsungotn.net
  • samsungacr.com
  • log-config.samsungacr.com
  • ads.samsung.com
  • gpm.samsungqbe.com

One more way is to use the Smart YouTube TV app. This app has been introduced to make it possible to access YouTube’s Services without the Google services. With its help, you can avoid many native ads. To use it you need to open your TV’s system security settings and check the box for the download of external third-party apps. Since then, you’ll be able to get it installed onto your Smart TV via a zip drive.

All in all, ads can be useful sometimes, as, for example, I sometimes pick up useful information from them, sometimes even find out new interesting things to buy, so if you’ll decide to turn them back on, we’ll help you. However, they still may annoy someone, especially while watching the content and the pop-up suddenly appears at the most interesting moment. Fortunately, there are still ways to help you if it’s your case.

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