Turn off Personalised ads from the platform vendor on Nothing OS 4
Advertising
Sensitivity 3/5
Default: On
Phones / Nothing OS 4 / 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, search for Google, tap Ads, or visit myadcenter.google.com, and turn off personalised ads.
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
You will still see advertisements across Google products, but they will not be 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.