Turn off Personalised ads from the platform vendor on OnePlus OxygenOS 16
Advertising
Sensitivity 3/5
Default: On
Phones / OnePlus OxygenOS 16 / 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 few seconds
How to do it
Open Settings, browse to Security & privacy, select More privacy settings, and switch off personalised advertising.
Usually found under: Settings > Security & privacy > More privacy settings
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Ads displayed across system apps and OEM services will be non-targeted.
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.