Hello, lately I’ve been experiencing slow internet speeds, and I’d like to free up all the space I can. My roku tv loads advertisements every time I turn it on to watch netflix or plays games. I’d like to disable these advertisements so that my games and netflix can run more smoothly on an already strained internet connection. I can’t find the setting to disable ads anywhere, but I’m probably just looking in the wrong place. Please help!

You can't. That's one way Roku makes money, by pushing ads to your player. You have no control over that unless you can configure your router to block access to the Roku ad servers. I have no idea how that can be done, and not all routers provide that level of configuration. You just have to live with it.

ads wrote:

Hello, lately I’ve been experiencing slow internet speeds, and I’d like to free up all the space I can. My roku tv loads advertisements every time I turn it on to watch netflix or plays games. I’d like to disable these advertisements so that my games and netflix can run more smoothly on an already strained internet connection. I can’t find the setting to disable ads anywhere, but I’m probably just looking in the wrong place. Please help!

You can't disable them. That said, they're small image files - a drop in the bucket compared to even low-bandwidth streaming (plus they're typically downloaded once, then used repeatedly). They're not causing your issues. 

ads wrote:

Hello, lately I’ve been experiencing slow internet speeds, and I’d like to free up all the space I can. My roku tv loads advertisements every time I turn it on to watch netflix or plays games. I’d like to disable these advertisements so that my games and netflix can run more smoothly on an already strained internet connection. I can’t find the setting to disable ads anywhere, but I’m probably just looking in the wrong place. Please help!

I don't know if it is going to help your TV (it probably will) but I was able to remove those advertisement images from my 2018 Roku Ultra home screen. I switched to AdGuard DNS on my router. Now I have blank spot with just rectangular border on the right side of my Roku home screen.

Here is article about AdGuard DNS:
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/12/31/a-look-at-adguard-dns/

P.S.
And I used Family protection IP addresses on my router: 176.103.130.132 and 176.103.130.134 because one day my 10yo daughter was playing some game on her tablet and accidentally tapped pop-up ad and it opened porn site in the browser and she was very upset.

Install Pi-hole on your network. https://pi-hole.net/

I can't say enough good things about this project.  haven't seen a homescreen ad in like a year.

I hate to sound like a shill for ads and my home network is on Openwrt with Adblock installed, so i obviously don't have anything against blocking ads, but i whitelisted Roku because the ads on the homescreen are A) unobtrusive and well done and B) actually show me things i might want, can't even say how many times ive quickly clicked on a channel with just a glance at the ad and immediately regretted it because it looked like something i might be interested in, but i know when i click back the next ad will already be loaded. So yeah, i get it, but you might try allowing those ads for a while and see if you find them useful, you can always just block them again.

ghb51 wrote:

I hate to sound like a shill for ads and my home network is on Openwrt with Adblock installed, so i obviously don't have anything against blocking ads, but i whitelisted Roku because the ads on the homescreen are A) unobtrusive and well done and B) actually show me things i might want, can't even say how many times ive quickly clicked on a channel with just a glance at the ad and immediately regretted it because it looked like something i might be interested in, but i know when i click back the next ad will already be loaded. So yeah, i get it, but you might try allowing those ads for a while and see if you find them useful, you can always just block them again.

I agree. And Roku's home screen ads are about as unobtrusive as you can possibly get. Not to mention that most of us spend very little time on the screen with ads. I choose a channel, then I'm watching content. 

I wanna know the best way to get those dang logos and model names off my car.. help!

jeffrok wrote:

I wanna know the best way to get those dang logos and model names off my car.. help!

You can always sandblast the logo off the back of your iPhone.

ads wrote:

Hello, lately I’ve been experiencing slow internet speeds, and I’d like to free up all the space I can. My roku tv loads advertisements every time I turn it on to watch netflix or plays games. I’d like to disable these advertisements so that my games and netflix can run more smoothly on an already strained internet connection. I can’t find the setting to disable ads anywhere, but I’m probably just looking in the wrong place. Please help!

Disabling the ads on Roku isn't going to speed up your internet speeds unless you are on something as slow as dialup. If you are experiencing slow speeds, you should contact your ISP and have them check your internet.

You can change the ad source in one of the secret menus. Try one of the staging sources and you'll get an empty space. I didn't leave it for long so it might change to something else over time.

jeffrok wrote:

I wanna know the best way to get those dang logos and model names off my car.. help!

Floss.

Get rid of Ad's on Roku homescreen

Pay 'Nothing' to anyone! It just involves your time (it took me approx. 15min.).

Reading the posts shared, I myself prefer not to have Ads or Brand names etched or embeded on things I've bought (roku t.v.).
Movie, t.v. and streaming sites etc. offering free content is another thing, as it comes with the territory of being free.

(Homescreen image with De-branded T.V..)

http://imgur.com/gallery/iBIlbui

http://imgur.com/gallery/qa0pdsV

https://imgur.com/gallery/tVX3KDB

(Every router brand and model is different and you'll have to put in the time to find out how to use these ad-blocking IP's.)
I take no responsibility for your actions upon modding your router.

Use these Alternate DNS addresses in your router settings:
23.253.163.53  &  198.101.242.72

Done!....... Responding to a problem acknowledges and confirms that there is one. While resolving a problem will help all.

ghb51 wrote:

I hate to sound like a shill for ads and my home network is on Openwrt with Adblock installed, so i obviously don't have anything against blocking ads, but i whitelisted Roku because the ads on the homescreen are A) unobtrusive and well done and B) actually show me things i might want, can't even say how many times ive quickly clicked on a channel with just a glance at the ad and immediately regretted it because it looked like something i might be interested in, but i know when i click back the next ad will already be loaded. So yeah, i get it, but you might try allowing those ads for a while and see if you find them useful, you can always just block them again.

I didn't mind it as much when the ads were for random channels, but now it seems like every ad is for the Roku Channel. I have zero interest in ad-supported streaming services and therefore, zero interest in the Roku Channel. (Ads are why I dropped cable and broadcast TV way before it was a thing). I will never watch the Roku channel. And to be honest, I don't think the maker of the box or the TV OS should be able to have their own TV channel anyway. (How long before "The Roku Channel" somehow looks better with less traffic interruptions than Hulu or Amazon Prime)?

I will install one of these network wide ad blockers to get rid of the ads.  Otherwise, it will only be a matter of time before Pepsi or Ford is buying ad space there. I won't tolerate being advertised to without my consent, on a connection that I have to pay for.

Stolrah wrote:

I will install one of these network wide ad blockers to get rid of the ads.  Otherwise, it will only be a matter of time before Pepsi or Ford is buying ad space there. I won't tolerate being advertised to without my consent, on a connection that I have to pay for.

But you don't pay for the Roku channel. If you don't want to watch it, fine. You want to block the ads that are visible on the home page, you're certainly entitled to control what's on your network. There are certainly numerous options available for watching without ads. But you'll have to pay for them. I seldom watch the Roku channel, but not because of the ads. Mostly because I watch media streaming from my home server, not the Internet.