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Another problem you may have encountering when you install lot of apps is that some of them start sending you an advertisement in the notification bar, even when you're not using them. Well, if your Samsung Galaxy SIII already with the Android Jelly Bean inside and you feels annoying with the ads, then you can easily block the ads on certain apps to not appearing.
How to disable notifications of the apps?
Here are the steps you need to do:
- If you already know the apps which displaying ads, then go to the App info window by following one of the steps listed below:
- On the Apps menu, tap and hold the required apps then drag it to the App info icon.
- Go to Settings> Applications manager> tap the required apps.
- Uncheck the box next to the "Show notifications" option to stop the apps sending you a notifications or ads.
- If you don't know the apps which displaying ads, then you may have to install another third-party apps named Addons detector to help you to monitor all of the notifications that appear in the notification bar and tell you which the apps displayed them.
- Another way, if you no longer use the apps that displaying the ads then you may have to consider to uninstall the apps. This will be able to not only stop the apps displaying the ads, but also will be able to free up some space on your phone's storage.
By knowing how to disable notifications, now you can get rid the annoying ads appearing in the notifications bar. The other benefit of this step is it will save you more data because now you would no longer accidentally tap the ads and load the site referred from them. So, hope this helps :)