Turn off Personalised ads from the platform vendor on Nothing OS 3
Advertising
Sensitivity 3/5
Default: On
Phones / Nothing OS 3 / Personalised ads from the platform vendor
Platform vendors use your account history and app store habits to decide which advertisements you see inside their own services. Turning this off does not reduce the number of adverts shown.
- Goes to
- Google, Apple, Samsung
- Default
- On
- Control
- Can be switched off
- Effort
- a minute or two
- Needs
- account
How to do it
Open Settings, head into Google Data & privacy, tap My Ad Centre, and turn off personalised ads.
Usually found under: Settings > Google > Manage your Google Account > Data & privacy
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Ads served to you will be generic rather than tailored to your interests.
What is collected
Account profile data, app purchase history, content interactions, demographic estimates.
The system matches promotional messages to a user's inferred interests and past commercial activity.
Retention is not stated here. The sensitivity rating is this site's own estimate.