Turn off Personalised ads from the platform vendor on Samsung One UI 6.1
Advertising
Sensitivity 3/5
Default: On
Phones / Samsung One UI 6.1 / 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
Navigate to Settings, choose Security and privacy, tap Other privacy settings under Privacy, and adjust Ad privacy controls.
Usually found under: Settings > Security and privacy > Privacy > Other privacy settings > Ads
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Ads will be less relevant 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.