My older sister recently complained to me about being tired of all phone notifications, and was asking me how to block ads on android. Although I'm not tech-savvy, I realize these very basic tips might not be common knowledge to everyone. So, I thought I might as well share a few simple tricks.

1. Stopping your data from being collected
   Last year, my own phone was bombarded with spam emails. I decided to stop the problem altogether. I learned that there are services that scan which companies collect data about you, use it to send spam emails, and then these data removal services send requests to remove your details. I might not have explained it well, but I think this reddit post does.

2. How to block ads on your phone
   I personally find them very annoying because you hear sound, you look into your phone and instead of messages from friends there is some unnecessary ad. Luckily, they are easy to block.
   Go to Settings > Apps, find the app that's spamming you, tap on 'Notifications', and turn off 'Allow notifications'. This should stop the pop-ups from apps.

3. Blocking unwanted text ads
   If you get a text from a number you don't want messages from, you can usually block it right from the message by choosing the 'Block' option. It’s probably one of the easiest and cheapest ways.

4. Dealing with spam emails
   Gmail has quite an effective and easy-to-use spam filter. Marking email as spam should definitely be your first step. I believe this redditor wrote a few more good tips.
   I know these are very basic tips on blocking ads on android, but, as I said, some people don’t know how to do even that. So I hope it helps. And If you have tips to add, please share.

This happened after downloading some BP and blood sugar monitoring app (it wasn’t me). I deleted the app but the ads still keep popping up every 5 seconds when I turn on my WiFi. It always leads me to another suspicious app on playstore and sometimes a website using the Samsung Internet browser.

I restarted it already and changed some app settings for extra security and privacy but it didn’t work. Even with the wifi off, ads attempt to show up (but nothing pop ups anyway just some black lines at the bottom)

The ads are so annoying I want it to stop. Is there any way to fix this 😭

I finally, after a day of trying to figure it out, found that I had malware/virus operating in the background of my Android LG velvet 5g and spamming me with ads even opening the ads without my consent or permission. All I had to do was go to my settings, applications/application manager, and look for any unrecognized or suspicious apps. I found THREE apps which were UNNAMED and HAD NO IMAGE ICON next to them! Just random blank ads I DEFINITELY got from torrenting/ect. I removed all 3 and VIOLA!!! no more problems. Just been struggling educating myself on tech things and figured this would help someone else out who doesn't understand how to locate/identify virus apps causing problems on their device. THANKS!!!

My older sister recently complained to me about being tired of all phone notifications, and was asking me how to block ads on android. Although I'm not tech-savvy, I realize these very basic tips might not be common knowledge to everyone. So, I thought I might as well share a few simple tricks.

1. Stopping your data from being collected
   Last year, my own phone was bombarded with spam emails. I decided to stop the problem altogether. I learned that there are services that scan which companies collect data about you, use it to send spam emails, and then these data removal services send requests to remove your details. I might not have explained it well, but I think this reddit post does.

2. How to block ads on your phone
   I personally find them very annoying because you hear sound, you look into your phone and instead of messages from friends there is some unnecessary ad. Luckily, they are easy to block.
   Go to Settings > Apps, find the app that's spamming you, tap on 'Notifications', and turn off 'Allow notifications'. This should stop the pop-ups from apps.

3. Blocking unwanted text ads
   If you get a text from a number you don't want messages from, you can usually block it right from the message by choosing the 'Block' option. It’s probably one of the easiest and cheapest ways.

4. Dealing with spam emails
   Gmail has quite an effective and easy-to-use spam filter. Marking email as spam should definitely be your first step. I believe this redditor wrote a few more good tips.
   I know these are very basic tips on blocking ads on android, but, as I said, some people don’t know how to do even that. So I hope it helps. And If you have tips to add, please share.