Scans only what matters
Reads every user-installed app. Pre-installed system apps from Samsung, Google, and other manufacturers are out of scope on purpose — they're not the source of the problem.
Built for one moment
You picked up the phone, noticed pop-up ads where there shouldn't be any, and suspect a recently-installed app is the cause. Ad Cleaner answers the question and lets you act on it.
Detects what adware does
Looks at the patterns adware uses: hidden launcher icons, overlay permission grants, abuse of accessibility services, device-admin rights, and known threat signatures.
One tap to uninstall
For each flagged app we open Android's native uninstall dialog. You always confirm the action. Ad Cleaner never removes anything silently.
Refreshes itself
Install or uninstall anything on your device and the scanner picks it up automatically — no need to tap Re-scan.
Plain-English explanations
For every flagged app, see exactly which behaviour triggered the alert and what to do about it. No jargon, no scare tactics.
Won't spawn its own ads
No advertising, no analytics, no in-app purchases. The product can't be both the cure and the disease.
How it works
Three steps, none of them touch the network.
Enumerate
Ad Cleaner reads the list of installed apps on the device, filtering out anything that ships from the manufacturer.
Analyse
Each app is run through a heuristic engine (permissions actually granted, installer source, launcher presence, accessibility-service status, device-admin status) and a signature engine. Compound rules escalate combinations — a sideloaded app with no launcher icon is treated as high-risk, even if each signal in isolation is low.
Hand the user the controls
The result lists every app sorted by risk. Tapping a flagged row opens a detail sheet with the firing signals; tapping Uninstall opens Android's native uninstall dialog.
Privacy is the product
What goes in, what comes out, and what stays on your phone.
- No accounts. No sign-ins. Ad Cleaner has no user database.
- No analytics, no crash-reporting SDKs, no third-party trackers.
- Your installed-app list never leaves your phone. Scanning is local.
- No ads, no in-app purchases, no “Pro” tier — the app is free and stays that way.
- The only network call is an anonymous HTTPS fetch for the latest threat signatures.
- Read the full privacy policy.