Sometime back, we had written a detailed guide on how to disable ads from the Android TV home screen. We hoped that Google TV — the next refresh of Android TV — will at least not have ads in the form of content recommendations. However, that is not true. Some of the cards and banners do seem intrusive and Google heavily pushes them to a majority of users, making the recommendation feel like an ad. So, if you want to outrightly disable personalized recommendations on Google TV then just go through our short guide below.
To disable personalized recommendations on Google TV, move to the profile menu and open “Settings“.
Here, scroll down and enable the toggle for “Apps-only mode“. As the name suggests, Apps-only mode only displays apps and not personalized recommendations from Google.
So that is how you can disable personalized recommendations on Google TV. Many people find the home screen curation by Google intrusive which seems more like an ad rather than a personalized suggestion. In case, you are also in the same boat then you can turn it off with just a toggle.
