# Check your TV before running a cleanup agent

> Identify the operating system and preserve a restore path before disabling TV packages.

Source: https://fullbytedeveloper.com/blog/review-tv-cleanup-before-changes
Keyword: TVCLEAN
Published: 2026-11-05

CleanYourTV's agent workflow targets Android TV and Google TV. Its repository directs owners of Samsung, LG, Roku, Vizio and Hisense VIDAA televisions to separate settings instructions [1]. Start with the operating system your exact model runs.

## Choose the instructions for your model

Check the TV's settings and model information. For a non-Android model, use the project's [platform-specific privacy settings guide](https://cleanyour.tv/not-android). It describes changes made with the remote, without installing the Android cleanup tool [2].

## Preserve the restore information

For supported Android televisions, the repository's workflow backs up installed packages and settings before changes. It uses Android debugging and asks the owner to authorize the computer [1].

**Warning:** Disabling TV packages can remove behavior you use. Review the proposed package list and the documented restore procedure before approving changes [1].

## Disable only what you have reviewed

The repository describes disabling packages with `pm disable-user`, rather than uninstalling them, and keeping a restore script [1]. Follow its current instructions for your model; a command list from another brand is not evidence that the same packages are safe to disable.

Keep the backup and restore instructions somewhere you can reach without the TV. Check the remote, inputs and apps you actually use before treating the cleanup as finished.

## Sources

1. [CleanYourTV repository: platforms, backup and restore](https://github.com/Gathin23/cleanyourtv)
2. [CleanYourTV: non-Android televisions](https://cleanyour.tv/not-android)

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