Believe me I know how it feels for Pop-up Ads to suddenly display on your mobile device.
Pop-up Ads can be really intrusive, interrupting and annoying that's why I've taken my time to write down this article to help you get rid of them.
One special thing about about this post is that it takes every mobile device into consideration. Either you're using Samsung, IOS or iPhone, Itel, Tecno.... It doesn't really matter because this post has got you covered.
In this post expect to learn and understand:
- What Pop-up ads is all about
- Why Pop-up Ads display on your mobile phone screen when browsing or surfing the internet
- Why you keep receiving incessant adverts on my notification panel
- Why ads keeps popping up suddenly on your phone.
- How you can find out what application is causing Pop-ups
- How you can stop Pop-up Ads on your Android home screen
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How do i get rid of Pop-up ads on my Phone?
First It's of great importance that you have a good understanding of what this Pop-up Ads are all about and what they do to your mobile phone.
What Pop-up ads is all about
Pop-up Ads is a type of ad format that comes in a form of online advertisement whose focus is mainly on attracting traffic when clicked.
They are usually gotten with the help of JavaScript on a new browser window.
They are also one of the most popular and commonly used Online Advertisement technique.
Pop-up Ads is one of the most stubborn ad-format because once it appears you will need to dismiss it before you can proceed with whatever you're doing.
Why Pop-up Ads display on your mobile phone screen when browsing or surfing the internetYouu can come across Pop-up Ads on your phone through diverse ways which include:
- When you install a third party app
- When you visit a site without an Ad-blocker
- When you visit a malicious site
When you Install a Third Party App
Sometimes when we want to access a particular function of an app, we do Install them in our mobile devices. Some of these apps usually give free services but at a price. Some of this third party app can go as far as disturbing you with unnecessary and disturbing notifications. Well, this post has got you covered!
How to get rid of Pop-up ads from third Party Apps
First step: is to close the app from running in background through your minimize button
Second step: Go to phone settings and locate the app permissions or Permission manager depending on the model of device. This settings is usually found under the 'App Management' tab in the phone settings.
Third step: A list of Permissions will be displayed, locate the permission and check the app having access to that particular permission.
For an example, if I have an app disturbing my phone call, I will simply look for the permissions concerning phone call or call logs and disable the app permission.
Or
If you feel disturbed by their notifications
First step: Simply hold on one of their notifications for two seconds in the notification panel
Second step: an option displays, click turn off notifications
Third steps: Several options displays click on the topmost button and turnoff
When you Visit a Site Without Ad-blocker
Some web browser has provided provisions for blocking Ads although, it's not 100% efficient.
Some of this web browser that make provisions for Ads-blocking are
Phoenix browser, Google chrome, Opera mini and lots more
How to block Ads on Chrome App
Chrome Ad-blocker
1.Open the chrome app on your device
2.Open a new tab and click on the three dot at the top right corner and tap settings
3. Locate 'Site settings' among the options listed
4.Find the 'Pop-up and redirects' option listed and click on it to turn it off
When you Visit a Malicious Website: Not all sites are good to surf because some of this websites may Pop-up harmful ads that makes our mobile phones vulnerable to malwares.
How to identify Scammy and malicious website
- Any ads that pop's up when you visit a website and cause your phone to hang or act slowly
- When the links of the websites looks weird. E.g https://58399tzq356-win-Iphone527
- when the layout of the website looks unprofessional: when it looks like most words are misspelt or the images are so blurred
- When it tell you of how a government agency is giving a free money or donation
- When the Ads refuse to close when you try to close them
- When the Ads tells about a huge amount of money you've earn or how you been selected to receive a free expensive phone without working for it
- When the Ads takes up your phone entire screen: In this case you've to be very careful because when trying to use the minimize or back button on your phone it may lead you to another malicious website. When this happens please run a security check on your phone as soon as you can.
How to find out which App is Causing Pop-up Ads on your
1. Power off your phone and reboot in safe mode.
There are several ways to switch to safe mode for Android phones but I'm going to be showing you the two most common methods
Method 1: After switching off your phone, hold on the power button and as soon as the animation starts quickly hold the down only volume button till the end of the animation
Method 2:
Step one:while phone is still on, hold on the power button assuming you want to power off the phone
Step two: it displays power off, reboot...
Step three: hold on the power off option it will immediately change to reboot on safe mode then click on it. It will automatically reboot in safe mode.
While in Safe mode, navigate to Settings, and then swipe to and tap Apps.
From here, you can remove the most recently installed or updated app(s) that might be causing the pop-up ads.
To help you find the bad app, you can sort the list to show the most recently installed apps or latest updated apps.
2. Quickly run an Anti-virus scan. Use a very good and secure Antivirus application software to scan your files and app for malware
3. Locate the app and uninstall: Try holding on the app for three seconds, a list of options displays, click on the uninstall option
Or take a look at the picture below
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| Scroll and look for the App management |
I hope this article " How do i get rid of Pop-up ads on my Phone" have been helpful and have provide solutions to your problem.
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