This question has been posted before but I have not seen a satisfactory answer. Why this is not optional, idk. Why does Roku think I want this list of terrible channels that have horrible picture quality in my OTA channel list? And how do you remove it?

Hi everyone, Thanks for the posts. If you wish to only show over-the-air TV listings in the guide, you hide all the streaming TV channels from the Live TV Channel Guide using the steps below: Press the Home button on your Roku TV remote. Scroll up or down and select Settings. Select TV inputs, followed by Live TV. Select Hide streaming TV channels. Check the box next to Hide all. For more information about TV listings using Live TV Channel Guide, visit our Support page here: https://support.roku.com/article/115012658287 Thanks,Danny

How do I remove Roku tv channels from my OTA guide

90 Replies

Geezer70
Reel Rookie
5 years ago
How do I hide SOME of the Roku streaming channels on the "Live TV" channel guide??
PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME TO USE THE “HIDE ALL” FUNCTION. I do NOT want to hide all.
I only want to hide the channels I will never watch.
??????
- bachphi
  Binge Watcher
  5 years ago
  Is there a solution to this question?
  If not, ROKU engineers please give us this option ASAP. Thanks.
  - atc98092
    Community Streaming Expert
    5 years ago
    bachphi wrote:
    Is there a solution to this question?
    If not, ROKU engineers please give us this option ASAP. Thanks.
    At this time, the streaming channel listings are all or nothing. You can move through the channel grid faster using the << and >> buttons to move a full page at a time. But it would be nice if Roku added the ability to show/hide individual channels from the grid the same as OTA channels.
    It's possible that whomever Roku contracts with for these channels (Pluto is the likely source) doesn't permit it to happen. If their contract says so, this is all they can offer.
TallMisterHall
Newbie
5 years ago
Just recently, my mom was streaming from channel 2 to 54, which used to be a fairly short trip. Now, there are channels in the 1000s!!! With the antenna channels, there is an option to SELECT which channels to hide. The only option in that menu was to hide ALL the streaming channels... Actually, some of them look pretty tempting, but if ROKU forces a choice between some and none, I will likely choose none.

So, is there a way to select which channels to include?
If not, is ROKU going to add one?
akflintnoh
Newbie
5 years ago
When I turned on my TV I saw that Roku had added a bunch of new channels in front of the channels from my cable company. I didn't want these channels and I still don't want them. Since Roku does not have a remote that you are able to type in a number and go directly to a channel and need to arrow up and down it takes forever to go to the channels I really want. It also wiped out my favorite channel and since Roku won't let you pick your favorites I am screwed. For example I watch channel 2 and channel 56, by the time one show is over and I try to arrow up one channel at a time I never make it to the next channel in time to watch the whole show. After these channels were added my remote will only do one channel at a time, it won't continue scrolling as I hold the button down. And I can't hit it several times to go quicker, I have to wait for each channel to load. Why do they do things that they haven't tested or asked if we even want it and make watching tv a hassle instead of an enjoyable experience. I have resorted to watching Netflix or Prime instead of live tv and now I am missing the shows I really want to watch.
- RokuDanny-R
  Retired Moderator
  5 years ago
  akflintnoh Rich52
  
  Thanks for the posts.
  
  If you are referring to the over-the-air channels being displayed on your Roku TV, you hide all the streaming TV channels from the Live TV Channel Guide using the steps below:
  
  Press the Home button on your Roku TV remote.
  
  Scroll up or down and select Settings.
  
  Select TV inputs, followed by Live TV.
  
  Select Hide streaming TV channels.
  
  Check the box next to Hide all.
  
  For more information about TV listings using Live TV Channel Guide, visit our Support page here: https://support.roku.com/article/115012658287
  
  Thanks,
  Danny
  - mikeism
    Streaming Star
    5 years ago
    1) Is it true that the ability to configure 'Favorite' Live TV channels is no longer available? That was previously an option that I appreciated and was able to utilize. Is the 'Favorites' feature really gone?
    2) On Live TV, when I press the * button to switch channel lists and then select ''Recent Channels'... the channel list is empty. The list is empty even though I have watched multiple over-the-air stations. Is this a known issue, or am I doing something wrong?
- atc98092
  Community Streaming Expert
  5 years ago
  akflintnoh wrote:
  When I turned on my TV I saw that Roku had added a bunch of new channels in front of the channels from my cable company. I didn't want these channels and I still don't want them. Since Roku does not have a remote that you are able to type in a number and go directly to a channel and need to arrow up and down it takes forever to go to the channels I really want. It also wiped out my favorite channel and since Roku won't let you pick your favorites I am screwed. For example I watch channel 2 and channel 56, by the time one show is over and I try to arrow up one channel at a time I never make it to the next channel in time to watch the whole show. After these channels were added my remote will only do one channel at a time, it won't continue scrolling as I hold the button down. And I can't hit it several times to go quicker, I have to wait for each channel to load. Why do they do things that they haven't tested or asked if we even want it and make watching tv a hassle instead of an enjoyable experience. I have resorted to watching Netflix or Prime instead of live tv and now I am missing the shows I really want to watch.
  Are you referring to the OTA channels displayed on a Roku TV? If so, you can hide unwanted channels from the list by going to Settings/TV Inputs/Live TV/Edit channel lineup.
  You can also move a page at a time in the channel guide using the buttons marked << and >>.
achterhof
Newbie
5 years ago
All of a sudden, there re bunch of streaming TV channels appearing under my over the air channels in my Live TV channel. I do not want them there. I only watch OTA channels, and now scrolling takes forever.

How can I remove these? I thought tv tuners were only supposed to show OTA channels - do I need to complain to the FCC?
- RokuDanny-R
  Retired Moderator
  5 years ago
  Hi everyone,
  
  Thanks for the posts.
  
  If you wish to only show over-the-air TV listings in the guide, you hide all the streaming TV channels from the Live TV Channel Guide using the steps below:
  
  Press the Home button on your Roku TV remote.
  
  Scroll up or down and select Settings.
  
  Select TV inputs, followed by Live TV.
  
  Select Hide streaming TV channels.
  
  Check the box next to Hide all.
  
  For more information about TV listings using Live TV Channel Guide, visit our Support page here: https://support.roku.com/article/115012658287
  
  Thanks,
  Danny
  - dobber
    Reel Rookie
    5 years ago
    I don't find an option for hiding some but not all streaming channels. I'd like to have Reuters for news, and a few others, but not so many. Can it be done?
- drmdolfan
  Reel Rookie
  5 years ago
  What I learned is that you have to do a RESTART after you uncheck the streaming channels from the settings. Turning the TV off and back on will not reset the lineup back to the OTA even the setting is unchecked.
Harvini
Roku Guru
5 years ago
This looks like a repeat of an aborted effort about a year ago. I hit their "Upgrade" last night myself. On my Sharp Roku TV, several years old, you can get rid of theor recent introduction of their delinquent channels by going to:

SETTINGS -> TV INPUTS -> ANTENNA TV -> HIDE STREAMING TV CHANNELS -> HIDE ALL

Once you have clicked on HIDE ALL, then go to:

SETTINGS -> SYSTEM -> POWER -> SYSTEM RESTART -> RESTART

That cleared the latest abomination, although the black area at each new screen is noticeably larger than before, and the time to change channels in OTA mode is noticeably slower and draggier, even with their streaming channels turned off. Also seems to impact responsivity of the built in DVR feature for channel pause/replay.

I hope this helps.

(And a note to Roku executives. As a consumer, I have a choice of multiple products when I purchase a new set. This change, while it enhances eyeballs on your ad driven channels, does nothing for me. I will consider that when I purchase my next TV set.)
- StevieRay
  Reel Rookie
  5 years ago
  Thank you so much! That worked. I didn't even have to do the restart part of your instructions. The Roku channels were cleared as soon as I hid them. The black area is larger and it is dragging like you say.
  - RokuDanny-R
    Retired Moderator
    5 years ago
    Hi everyone,
    
    Thanks for the posts.
    
    If you wish to only show over-the-air TV listings in the guide, you hide all the streaming TV channels from the Live TV Channel Guide using the steps below:
    
    Press the Home button on your Roku TV remote.
    
    Scroll up or down and select Settings.
    
    Select TV inputs, followed by Live TV.
    
    Select Hide streaming TV channels.
    
    Check the box next to Hide all.
    
    For more information about TV listings using Live TV Channel Guide, visit our Support page here: https://support.roku.com/article/115012658287
    
    Thanks,
    Danny
Rich52
Reel Rookie
5 years ago
How do I get rid of streaming channels in the menu. They showed up today. Do I need to get rid of Roku?
- atc98092
  Community Streaming Expert
  5 years ago
  Rich52 wrote:
  How do I get rid of streaming channels in the menu. They showed up today. Do I need to get rid of Roku?
  You can remove a channel from the home screen by pressing the * button when the desired channel is highlighted and select Remove Channel. Once you've done that, you must reboot the Roku to ensure it's completely removed.
numike
Reel Rookie
5 years ago
why is my antenna tv also have some sort of roku streaming channels?
There is no control over the channels
Can I get rid of this and just get back to my antenna channels?
Thank You
- Ivory1
  Reel Rookie
  5 years ago
  I am having the same issue. Hope we get an answer. It uses up internet.
- RokuDanny-R
  Retired Moderator
  5 years ago
  numike Ivory1
  
  Thanks for the posts.
  
  If you are referring to the over-the-air channels being displayed on your Roku TV, you hide all the streaming TV channels from the Live TV Channel Guide using the steps below:
  
  Press the Home button on your Roku TV remote.
  
  Scroll up or down and select Settings.
  
  Select TV inputs, followed by Live TV.
  
  Select Hide streaming TV channels.
  
  Check the box next to Hide all.
  
  For more information about TV listings using Live TV Channel Guide, visit our Support page here: https://support.roku.com/article/115012658287
  
  Thanks,
  Danny
  - numike
    Reel Rookie
    5 years ago
    THANK YOU that took care of
    Now might I suggest you clean up the streaming channels
    such as allowing the users to set up favorites
    Again thank you
heavyloss
Reel Rookie
5 years ago
Help! I want to delete all free streaming channels just added to antenna tv. I do not want to hide them. I want to remove them. There are no tiles associated with these channels therefore the normal delete process will not work. My roku is now sluggish, buffers all the time and what worse these are not channels I will ever listen to or view.
- atc98092
  Community Streaming Expert
  5 years ago
  heavyloss wrote:
  Help! I want to delete all free streaming channels just added to antenna tv. I do not want to hide them. I want to remove them. There are no tiles associated with these channels therefore the normal delete process will not work. My roku is now sluggish, buffers all the time and what worse these are not channels I will ever listen to or view.
  They are treated the same as an OTA station, so there's no way to remove them. Simply hide them and forget about it. They aren't using any resources when they aren't being watched, so it isn't hurting anything with them being there but hidden.
  - Visitor45763
    Roku Guru
    5 years ago
    atc98092 wrote:
    heavyloss wrote:
    Help! I want to delete all free streaming channels just added to antenna tv. I do not want to hide them. I want to remove them. There are no tiles associated with these channels therefore the normal delete process will not work. My roku is now sluggish, buffers all the time and what worse these are not channels I will ever listen to or view.
    They are treated the same as an OTA station, so there's no way to remove them. Simply hide them and forget about it.
    I'm puzzled why 1000+ channels would be deliberately added to Antenna/Live TV in the first place. There's no numeric keypad to reach channel 847. Even when holding down the channel-change button continuously stepped through channels, it was slow enough that I wouldn't imagine that being useable. But, the recent "update" broke that functionality. Now, customers would have to repeatedly press (and release) the channel-change button 800 times.
    I'm convinced nobody at Broku uses their own product. This is an absolute nightmare. I'm seriously contemplating putting my two TCL/Broku tvs on Craigslist. Unload them on some other **bleep**, and buy something else. If Broku's updates are this buggy and poorly thought out, and there's no way to blacklist updates (rollback to previous ones), and they spring big updates just 5 days before Christmas when they know they won't have hands on deck to deal with fallout... why would anyone choose this?
    They could have done real, productive, helpful changes. Like letting you hide a channel right from the channel you're watching (access the show/hide list right there, with the current channel being the one the cursor's on). That would make tons of sense to *everyone*. But, instead Broku makes Favorites less useful, and thinks people would enjoy stepping through 1000+ channels one at a time. It's like there's no inspiration there. The logical explanation is: they don't use their own product. They're probably all using Sony/Android.
    I have never hated a company as much as I do Broku, so quickly. It's not that it's garbage. It's that the company clearly doesn't care.
vmh
Binge Watcher
5 years ago
My Roku TV just updated itself today, 23 Dec 2020 and the Antenna TV logo has been changed to Live TV. In addition there are dozens and dozens of streaming channels that popped up in the channel line up and in the guide.

Is there a way to remove all or some of these streaming channels or hide them as you can do with scanned OTA channels?

I understand that some people may be thrilled to have all these new channels though we are not. I would be happy with the option to hide or remove the ones we do not want.

Any assistance is appreciated. Thank you.
- atc98092
  Community Streaming Expert
  5 years ago
  vmh wrote:
  My Roku TV just updated itself today, 23 Dec 2020 and the Antenna TV logo has been changed to Live TV. In addition there are dozens and dozens of streaming channels that popped up in the channel line up and in the guide.
  Is there a way to remove all or some of these streaming channels or hide them as you can do with scanned OTA channels?
  I understand that some people may be thrilled to have all these new channels though we are not. I would be happy with the option to hide or remove the ones we do not want.
  Any assistance is appreciated. Thank you.
  Yes, they should have a menu box to hide them all. I haven't seen that update yet, but others have reported they can be hidden. What I don't know is if you can pick and choose which to hide. There might be some you want to keep in the line up, but I don't know if that's possible.
- Ivory1
  Reel Rookie
  5 years ago
  Go to your home page and select settings, tv imputs,Live TV and check Hide streaming tv channels.
Frustrated8
Newbie
5 years ago
Remove the live TV channel and add it back to see the option to remove streaming channels. Apparently the option to remove the streaming channels was not included in the original live TV option and you must install the new version to see this option.

Many of the posts on this topic have gone unanswered or the answer did not fully satisfy the user (paying customer). I hope my solve is helpful.