Turn off personalized ads
Stop ads being chosen from your own browsing, in the setting that actually does it.
Turning off personalized ads stops a company choosing what you see from what it knows about you. Ads keep coming, chosen at random.
The switch is in the account settings of whoever shows you the ads, one company at a time.
Key points
- Turning off personalized ads changes how ads are chosen, not how many
- The switch lives in each company’s account settings, one at a time
What to remember
- One switch, and it can be turned back on.
- The switch covers one company, so do it for each.
Try this
Open the account settings of the company you use most and look for Ads.
Practice: Turn off personalized ads. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.