But do you know you can remove ads form your Android device? Yes, getting rid of these ads is fairly easy and below are two of the best methods to do the same. So take a look at how to remove ads from your android device.
Ways to Remove Adds from Android Apps
Remove Ads using Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus is a free and most popular ad blocking software that not only blocks ads but also provides security by blocking malware. And to use is to remove ads is very easy, follow steps given below to understand how:
Step 1—>Download the app form its official website, https://adblockplus.org/. You might need to check “allow installation form unknown sources” to allow app installation.
Step 2—> After downloading the apk file from its website, you must configure this app for your android device.
- On the rooted android device you can install this app with super user permissions directly.
- On the non-rooted android device there are some additional steps to be followed to configure the app properly. You can find these steps on its official website itself.
Removing Ads using Host File
This method is exclusive for just the “Rooted” android phones. The Host file maps all the host names to the IP address and what you would do to remove ads form your device is make some changes in the settings of the hosts files so that all the incoming ads get blocked. And you can do this by following steps given below:Step 1—>On your desktop’s browser open pgl.yoyo.org or MVPS (hostfile.mine.nu) and save this text file by the name “hosts”.
Step 2—> Now transfer this hosts file from your desktop to your android phone.
Step 3—>Now locate this file on your phone using any file manager and copy it to the destination /system/etc OR /etc folder. If asked for allow the super user permissions.
Step 4—>Rename the hosts file already present at this destinationby giving some different file extension to them like .txt or .bak
Step 5—> Paste the copied hosts file here and now reboot yourphone.
And now your android phone is successfully free of all the annoying ads. We hope that this post helped you to remove ads from Android Apps installed on your smartphone and tablets. Please share your views over the post in comments below.