{"id":53283,"date":"2026-09-22T16:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=53283"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:18:16","slug":"persistent-ads-in-ios-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/22\/persistent-ads-in-ios-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Persistent Ads in iOS Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/i-wish-apple-would-just-stop-that-crap-apple-has-added-persistent-ads-to-ios-and-its-driving-users-crazy\">Alex Blake<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=49801939\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/i-wish-apple-would-just-stop-that-crap-apple-has-added-persistent-ads-to-ios-and-its-driving-users-crazy\">\n<p>The &lsquo;ads&rsquo; in question appear in the Settings app in iOS. They can be found near the top of the iPhone&rsquo;s display and promote several products to the user, including paid-for iCloud+ storage, free trials for services like Apple Music and Apple TV, and the AppleCare+ extended warranty.<\/p>\n<p>Infuriatingly for iOS users, the only way to disable these promos is to either let them expire &mdash; which in many cases could take weeks or even months, leaving a persistent notification badge on the Settings app in the meantime &mdash; or pay for the service being offered. There is not always a &ldquo;dismiss&rdquo; button to shoo them away for good, and when there is, some people have reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ios\/comments\/1wmw86g\/comment\/pbaetkc\/\">it doesn&rsquo;t seem to work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/24\/advertising-cognitive-dissonance\/\">Advertising Cognitive Dissonance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/21\/apple-financial-statements-products-vs-services\/\">Apple Financial Statements: Products vs. Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/26\/ads-in-apple-maps\/\">Ads in Apple Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/06\/apple-news-scam-ads\/\">Apple News Scam Ads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/24\/more-app-store-ad-spots\/\">More App Store Ad Spots<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/24\/10-off-at-fandango\/\">$10 Off at Fandango<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/23\/apple-turnaround\/\">Apple Turnaround<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/25\/ads-in-the-windows-11-start-menu-and-in-ios\/\">Ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu and in iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/06\/ios-announcements-and-offers\/\">iOS Announcements and Offers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Blake (Hacker News): The &lsquo;ads&rsquo; in question appear in the Settings app in iOS. They can be found near the top of the iPhone&rsquo;s display and promote several products to the user, including paid-for iCloud+ storage, free trials for services like Apple Music and Apple TV, and the AppleCare+ extended warranty. Infuriatingly for iOS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-09-22T20:36:38Z","apple_news_api_id":"6110c6eb-92ca-44cb-bb8b-d5718597b090","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-09-22T20:36:38Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AYRDG65LKRMu7i9VxhZewkA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[354,1230,2250,1789,416,1836,2119,31,2887,1181],"class_list":["post-53283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-advertising","tag-apple-music","tag-apple-services","tag-apple-tv-plus","tag-applecare","tag-dark-patterns","tag-icloud-plus","tag-ios","tag-ios-27","tag-system-preferences"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53284,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53283\/revisions\/53284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}