Your settings.
Your next move.

Google · YouTube

Start with My Ad Center.

Review personalization and preferences for Google services. Some controls depend on whether you’re signed in and whether personalized ads are enabled.

1. Open My Ad Center using the Google account you use on that service.
2. Review the information and activity used for ads.
3. Choose whether to adjust a topic, a data category, or personalization as a whole.

Changing topics does not change the total number of ads. Turning off ad personalization does not also delete saved account activity.

Facebook · Instagram

Review your ad preferences.

Start in Accounts Center. You may see controls for advertisers, topics, and Activity from other businesses. Availability and wording vary by account and region.

1. Open Settings in Facebook or Instagram, then Accounts Center.
2. Find Ad preferences and read the description of the setting.
3. For a specific ad, use its three-dot menu and look for Why am I seeing this ad? or About this ad.

Meta’s Activity from other businesses control is expanding to affect content recommendations as well as ads. Read the scope shown in your account.

Google ads on other sites

Check the ad’s own menu.

Look for More or AdChoices, then About this Ad. Not every website uses Google advertising. Google’s partner-site settings and Google-service topic preferences have different scopes.

Use the account and browser where you saw the ad. Settings can behave differently when signed out.

A specific ad

Hide, block, or report?

Hiding or blocking is feedback about what you want to see. Reporting asks the platform to review an ad for a possible violation. These actions are different, and none guarantees a universal or permanent block.

You can use an ad’s disclosure menu without opening its advertiser destination. Avoid sharing personal details with a suspicious advertiser.