Where do Sogou ads usually appear?
Commonly in candidate-bar hot-search and promo words, bottom news and novel pushes, bundled checkboxes on install, and mobile notification-bar and lock-screen pushes. Operate only in the official build and turn each off to cut the noise.
How do I turn off ads and hot-search on PC?
Right-click the tray icon, open Properties, and in Search and Hot Words, Info, and Push sections turn off hot-search, banners, popups and promotion toggles; afterward candidate-bar and popup ads drop noticeably.
How do I remove promo words in the candidate bar?
In Properties, turn off the cloud-recommendation and hot-word promotion toggles; some versions also let you disable candidate-bar activity and promo slots under Advanced, Display, leaving only normal words.
How do I turn off ads and pushes on mobile?
Open More Settings from the S logo and turn off hot-search, novels, news recommendations and candidate promotions; then in system Settings, Notifications, Sogou, turn off notifications and lock-screen pushes, and the popups largely stop.
How do I stop lock-screen and notification pushes?
In system Settings, Notifications, find Sogou Input Method and turn off Allow Notifications, lock-screen display and banners; also turn off the in-app message-push toggle, and lock-screen and notification-bar promos stop appearing.
How do I deal with desktop icon or popup ads?
These usually come from bundled extras installed alongside, or third-party lite builds. Uninstall the bundled companion and viewer apps, keep only the official input method, and install only from the site to avoid such popups at the source.
How do I avoid getting ad components on install?
On the Windows build choose Custom Install and uncheck the pre-ticked browser, PDF, viewer and navigation extras; install only the input method itself so you do not get the ad-laden bundle.
Can I use an ad-free lite build?
Not recommended. Third-party ad-free or green lite builds often repack the app and may inject new ads or malware, riskier than the official build. For fewer ads, use the official build and turn off the settings yourself.
Should I turn off personalization and improvement?
To be bothered less by guess-what-you-search promos, disable personalized recommendations and the user-experience improvement program in settings; this reduces input-based recommendations and data use without affecting normal typing.
Can membership remove ads?
Some membership perks include a cleaner interface or removal of certain promo slots, but core ads are mainly reduced by turning off settings one by one. Turn off all the free-version toggles first, then decide whether membership is worth it.
Still seeing ads after turning everything off?
First confirm you installed the official build (check sogouinputmethod.com and the package name), then run through every related toggle in PC Properties and mobile system notifications; stubborn popups are usually from bundled apps, so uninstall them.
Sources: Sogou Input official site、Apple App Store、Microsoft Support Compiled from the official and authoritative sources above.