Advertising is the source of income for most information sites and the scourge of many users. Thanks to it, there are many useful web resources, but at the same time, a significant part of web portals abuse banners.
If your Samsung Smart TV is connected to the Internet, you will constantly see ads. Ads will appear on free TV channels, which can be quite annoying. Unlike regular TV ads, these will be personalized ads from the Internet, tailored to your interests.
No matter what operating system your TV has, it still can’t compare to your computer in terms of flexibility of settings and functionality. All TV manufacturers’ brand stores don’t have a special program to remove ads. At first glance, this makes it impossible to block banners, but there is still a solution.
Well, here’s how to turn off ads on your Samsung Smart TV in a few easy steps.
How to turn off ads on Samsung Smart TV using a router
Let’s first look at one of the difficult methods of solving this problem.
You can turn off ads on your Samsung Smart TV through the settings of your router to which the TV is connected. In this case, it doesn’t matter whether you use a wired or Wi-Fi connection.
So, if you want to do so, you have to follow these steps:
- Open a browser on your PC or laptop and go to the router’s web interface. You can usually access it using the IP address of the device on your local network. Just type it in the search box (e.g. http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.0.1).
- After that, navigate to the “Internet” section and select “Filtering”. The names of the menu items and settings may vary slightly depending on the router model.
- Next, select “Blocked Web Pages” (Blacklist) or “Blocked Sites”.
- Then, add the following links to the list of blocked pages:
- “http://ads.samsungads.com”.
- “http://config.samsungads.com”.
- Finally, confirm and save the settings.
Once you have completed these steps, you should block ads on your Samsung Smart TV.
How to turn off ads on Samsung Smart TV
If you want to turn off ads on your Samsung Smart TV through the TV settings, you have to follow these steps:
- Press the Home button on the remote control.
- Then, select “Settings”.
- In the window that appears, go to the “Terms and Conditions” tab.
- After that, open the “View Information Services” option and uncheck the “I Agree” box.
- Under “Terms and Conditions”, select the “Interest-Based Ads” option. Uncheck the “I Agree” box too.
- Now, navigate to “Data Service” and select the “Expert Settings” button. If you don’t have the “Data Service” section on your Samsung Smart TV, you can try to go to the “Broadcasting” menu and then “Expert Settings”.
- Open the “HbbTV Settings” menu and uncheck the “HbbTV” box.
- Finally, go to the “Terms and Conditions” tab again. Scroll down and select the “Reset PSID” button, and in the next window click on the “Reset” button.
Using this setting, you’ll reset ad personalization and no longer see ads based on interests, which will greatly reduce the amount of advertising on your Samsung Smart TV.
How to remove ads on Samsung Smart TV using AdGuard
AdGuard is a service that fights annoying ads.
You’ll need to install Adguard DNS. Thus, all Internet content before hitting the TV screen will go through the ad blocker services with the following addresses DNS1 – 176.103.130.130, and DNS2 – 176.103.130.131. There is a fast filtration of built-in add-ons, and the output is pure content, without any banners.
If you want to remove ads on your Samsung Smart TV using AdGuard DNS, you have to follow these steps:
- Press the Home button on the remote control.
- Then, select “Settings”.
- After that, go to the “Network” section and select the “Network Status” option.
- Next, scroll down and click on the “IP settings”.
- Now, go to the “DNS Settings” and select click on the “Enter manually” option.
- Finally, specify the address 176.103.130.130 and enjoy ad-free watching.
Once you have completed these steps, you should be able to watch your Samsung Smart TV without ads.
How to remove YouTube ads on your Samsung Smart TV
There are several working ways to turn off ads on YouTube:
- Set up Adguard DNS. All necessary instructions are given above. The method allows you to get rid of ads in all popular apps and this is its main advantage.
- Buy a YouTube Premium subscription.
- Go to using the YouTube Kids service. It’s not that there are no ads in the service at all, but there are significantly fewer of them. As an alternative way for someone may be suitable.
That’s all you should know about how to get rid of annoying ads on your Samsung Smart TV.
