Why Samsung and LG sets are out of scope here

This is the question we get most often, so let us be clear: if your television is a recent Samsung or LG, almost nothing on this site applies.

The reason

The two largest manufacturers on the market use their own systems:

• Samsung uses Tizen, Linux-based but nothing to do with Android.
• LG uses webOS, which came from Palm and then HP.

Neither has Android's package manager. Neither exposes the ADB debugging interface in the way we use it here. There is no pm uninstall --user 0 because there is no pm.

The exception: older Samsungs

Samsung sold Android models before settling on Tizen, mostly before 2015. There are few left and they are very old, but they exist. The way to tell is the usual one: if Settings has About → Build and tapping seven times brings up developer options, it is Android.

What you can still do

Not all is lost, it is just different:

Turn advertising down in the settings. Both Tizen and webOS have privacy options that meaningfully reduce ads and recommendations. They are buried, but they are there. Look for "Terms and policy" or "Interest-based advertising" inside Settings.

Block at the router. The route that works identically on any television, whatever the system: filtering telemetry and advertising domains at the DNS level. We cover it in blocking your TV's ads at the router.

Use an external player and not the TV. If the television is only a screen and the whole interface comes from another device over HDMI, the television's software stops mattering. It is the most complete answer and we cover it in using your TV as a monitor.

What we will not do

Methods exist for gaining privileged access on Tizen and on webOS. We do not document them here and we are not going to: they fall outside the scope we have set, they involve modifying firmware, and they are not reversible with a command. You can read where we draw the line and why on the scope page.