2 Ways to Remove Ads from Samsung Galaxy Phone Lock Screen

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Method 1: Disable Lock Screen Services

Lock screen services like Glance will display ads and even promote apps and games directly on the lock screen. This will take over your Galaxy phone’s lock screen experience, and you will no longer see the wallpaper you select. Thankfully, Samsung offers an option to disable the add-on. The option is buried in the Settings menu. Here’s how you can access and use it.

Step 1:Open theSettingsapp on your Samsung Galaxy phone. SelectLock screen>Wallpaper services.

Step 2:SelectNoneand you are good to go.

Method 2: Disable Appear on Top Permission

Android OS allows developers to implement Appear on top functionality, which lets apps showcase banners on top of other apps and the lock screen. While this permission is primarily designed for messaging apps, some developers use it to display ads on Galaxy phones.

These developers also trick you into allowing permission when you launch the app for the first time. And after that, you start getting ads. You must find out such apps and disable the required permission.

Step 1:Swipe down from the top to reveal thenotification center. Tap on theSettings gearto open the Settings menu > scroll down to theAppssection.

Step 2:Identify and selectappssending these ads. If you started seeing ads recently, pick an app you recently installed.

Step 3:You will find theAppear on toppermission from the app info menu. Disable the toggle.

If the app isn’t useful and you can live without it, you might as well uninstall it since it might also contain other forms of malware.

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Last updated on 29 August, 2024

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