How to Get All That Crap Off Your Roku Home Screen
No one wants to deal with so many pre-installed channels on their Roku, especially if you only have a few channels that you watch regularly. As it turns out, there’s no need to keep those unnecessary channels close at hand. In fact, you can remove any of them.
Some of the pre-installed apps and channels are useful – they save you the trip to the Roku channel store and let you jump right into streaming your favorite shows and movies. Your Roku doesn’t know you, it just guesses what the average user thinks they want on their device (not to mention what they want you to use on their Roku). But I, for one, believe that the device should have as few pre-installed programs as possible; and if you have Roku’s home screen cluttered, it might be because it’s not obvious that you can remove all the bells and whistles. But you can.
How to delete or move channels on Roku
Removing a particular channel is simple, although a bit incomprehensible. To get started, go home on your Roku (press the home button if necessary), then move your cursor to highlight the channel you no longer need on your Roku. Now press the star (*) button on the remote control to open the options menu. From there, click “Delete Channel”, then confirm your choice when Roku prompts you.
You can also rearrange the channels on the home screen so that the channels you use most are at the top. Same procedure: Highlight a channel with the remote control, press the star button, but now press Move. You will be able to move the channel to a new location and press OK on the remote control to lock it in place.
This hack caught my attention from a comment on this TikTok , in which a man helps his grandma navigate the many apps on her Roku. Commenter Ria suggested the Star button on the remote to help clean up Grandma’s Roku home screen, and we’re all better off for it.