While Android is truly great at customization, it also opens a lot of doors for apps to deceptively acquire permissions and exploit them for pushing ads. It’s one of the reasons why you see full-screen pop-up ads on Android devices. However, there are some easy ways you can disable these kinds of intrusive ads. In this article, I have shared some simple and straightforward steps to block pop-up ads on Android. Along with that, I have also mentioned ways to minimize intrusive ads on Chrome. That being said, let’s begin the article without any delay.
The steps mentioned below will work on all Android versions including Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo and the latest OS versions. Also, by following these steps, you will be able to stop redirects to spammy websites, remove deceptive links and overall improve Chrome’s security. Now having said that, let’s go through the steps.
- Next, open “Pop-ups and redirects” and make sure the toggle is disabled.
