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Removing ads and bloat from your TV

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MITReplaces partly

CleanYourTV is a set of tools and instructions that use a computer to turn off ads, tracking and preinstalled apps on Android TVs, and replace the home screen with a simpler one. It is for people who own an Android or Google TV and want a cleaner, less intrusive TV, and who are comfortable enabling developer settings and running commands or using a coding assistant.

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Canta is an app for Android phones that removes apps you did not choose to keep, including ones that came preinstalled, without needing to root the phone. It is for people who want more control over what is on their Android device.

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A free toolkit that turns off some optional preinstalled apps and settings on a Xiaomi Android TV, run from a computer connected to the TV. It is for people comfortable with command-line tools, and it records changes so they can be undone.

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