If you’ve been getting your meme fix daily by scrolling through Pinterest and spotting an onslaught of AI ads-breaking up the neat neatness of your feed, you’re not the only one.
There are numerous users who are fed up with seeing more and more ads pushed down to regular pins. Though Pinterest doesn’t have an explicit option to block ads, several known workarounds can decrease or suspend them for some time.
Method 1: Manually Hide Ads
This was a straightforward trick of hiding a couple of ads, which had the appearance of telling Pinterest to stop displaying them (at least for a couple of weeks).
- Open Pinterest and go to your home feed.
- Look up for an ad and click on the three dots below the ad.
- Select Hide.
- Do this for 4 – 5 ads.
Users state that once they hide a handful of ads, Pinterest begins to suppress them so they no longer appear often.
Method 2: Adjust Privacy & Data Settings
Adjusting Pinterest’s privacy will minimise how targeted and often ads will appear.
- Head to your profile and tap the three dots in the upper-right corner.
- Select Settings.
- Tap on Privacy and Data.
- Beneath Ads Personalisation, change off the toggles for:
- Make use of information from the sites you visit.
- Use partner info
- Ads about Pinterest
- Activity for ad reporting
These changes will curtail the way Pinterest monitors your behaviour and decrease ad targeting.
Method 3: Block Third-Party Ad Sharing
Blocking ad-sharing with partners may help decrease ads on Pinterest and other platforms.
- Click Settings and select Privacy and data.
- Scroll down to Sharing info with partners and Ads off Pinterest.
- Turn both toggles off.
Although this will not get rid of all ads, it’ll go a long way in curtailing third-party-driven promotions.
