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Remove Amazon Ads & UI

A three-step guide to fully cleaning Amazon's ads, tracking, and recommended content from your Kindle's home screen.

These steps build on each other. Do them in order: Block Amazon first, then clear the cache, then optionally remove the remaining recommended book images.

Step 1: Block Amazon

The KUAL extension blocks Amazon tracking, the Kindle Store, and UI ads via /etc/hosts.

Download: kindle-kual-blockamazon

Installation:

  1. Download and extract the zip above.
  2. Copy the blockamazon folder into your KUAL Extensions folder (/mnt/us/extensions/ by default).
  3. Open KUAL and run the Block function — takes effect immediately.

Credits: mitchellurgero

Step 2: Clear the Ads Cache

Even after blocking Amazon, cached ads can still appear. This script wipes them.

Download: remove_cache.zip

Installation:

  1. Unzip the file.
  2. Move ClearCache.sh into the documents folder on your Kindle.
  3. Move clear_cache.sh into the root of your Kindle (/mnt/us/).
  4. Tap the new "Clear Cache & Thumbnails" book in your library to run it.

To undo, just re-enable the Block Amazon extension.

Credits: kindlemodshelfguy, GreenCat777

Step 3: Delete Recommended Book Images

After the first two steps, you may still see a row of recommended books. This step removes the images for those books. The row itself may still show, just blank.

DISCLAIMER: This requires modifying rootfs.

  1. Open KTerm and run: mntroot rw
  2. Navigate to /app/KPPMainApp/res/KPPHome/non-ku-asset/US (The country code may differ depending on where your Kindle is registered.)
  3. Delete all files in that folder.
  4. Run: mntroot ro
  5. Restart your Kindle.