Gathin23/cleanyourtv
Debloat any Android or Google TV over Wi-Fi and get an Apple TV-style home.
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🎃 New: the Halloween pack (until 1 Nov): cleanyour.tv/halloween Read in: 简体中文 · 正體中文 · Tiếng Việt · 日本語 · Italiano · Nederlands · Deutsch Official links: cleanyour.tv and this repo. Other domains using the name, such as cleanyourtv.com, are not run by this project (#1004). How it works · Quick start · What you get · Supported TVs · Doing it by hand · The launcher · Restoring · Firmware updates · Questions · Contributing Android TVs have the same debug bridge as Android phones. Switch on USB debugging in the TV's developer options, allow your computer once, and the rest is standard Android tooling: No root, no cable, nothing uninstalled, and a one-line restore if you change your mind. The bloat differs by brand, so the prompt has your coding assistant discover it on your TV and ask before touching anything you might use. The three steps below…
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Inside the original README — Document outline
- Start here
- How it works
- Quick start
- What you get
- Supported TVs
- Doing it by hand
- The microphone, and what can be said about it
- The launcher
- Restoring your TV
- After a firmware update
- When something goes wrong
- Questions people ask
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What this repository does
Debloat any Android or Google TV over Wi-Fi and get an Apple TV-style home.
Repository facts
- Owner
- Gathin23
- Primary language
- Python
- Stars
- 48,433
- Forks
- 6,053
- Open issues + pull requests
- 153
- License
- Other
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-10-17T08:12:35.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-11-01T12:07:47.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: adb, adblock, android-tv, android-tv-launcher, apple-tv, bloatware-removal, claude-code, debloat, fire-tv, google-tv, launcher, privacy, smart-tv, sony-bravia, tcl, vibe-coding, xiaomi
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