Live TV home shortcut won't stay deleted

[KDgamer]

I don't watch live TV and have removed this app from my home screen but every time the TV is taken out of standby the home icon for it is back. Is this happening for every one?

Photo:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/QpBiC7y7W6PSqcNx7

[Corydmch]

TV is not connected to a coax or antenna source. When you remove "Live Cable Tv" tiles from the home bar it will add itself back in within a number of hours. I don't watch live TV and I shouldn't have to deal with Samsung forcing it and adds on me.

[RockinRog]

You know, those simple Over The Air (OTA) HD Antenna's like these found here https://www.cnet.com/news/the-best-tv-antennas-for-cord-cutters-in-2019/ 

Like these...https://amzn.to/2VKWtbm 

[RockinRog]

Yes, he likely meant ANT IN.

[Pieter53]

Did anybody verify the procedure of "LuckfileWalker" 

1. Connect internal antenna (just to see if there is any air signal reaching my bedroom);
2. Unplug the antenna;
3. Remove Live TV shortcut;
4. And even after rebooting the TV the shortcut stayed delete.

[Pieter53]

1. Connect internal antenna (just to see if there is any air signal reaching my bedroom);
2. Unplug the antenna;
3. Remove Live TV shortcut;
4. And even after rebooting the TV the shortcut stayed delete.

[na12]

yes, it works. you need at least one tv channel to remove live tv shortcut. but if you will rescan channels and there will be 0 channels the shortcut will come back

[Pieter53]

Oke. Thx for your reply. I will try it.

[maisondasilva]

I have the same problem, I never used a local antenna, do I need to do a search to at least save a channel to solve the problem?

Thanks

[Pieter53]

I haven't tried it because I do not have a cable/antenna. I moved the antenne icon completely to the right just to see it less. 

[donhac]

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@na12 wrote:

yes, it works. you need at least one tv channel to remove live tv shortcut. but if you will rescan channels and there will be 0 channels the shortcut will come back

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So you can only remove "Live TV" from the screen if there are live TV channels that you are actually able to watch, but if live TV is not an option for you (because there is no signal in your area) you are forced to have a useless "Live TV" option on screen forever?

Thank you for the answer, but Samsung should be embarassed for shipping this.  This is the dumbest software specification I've ever seen.

[AndersK]

Agreed - not smart

but an antenna is not needed to circumvent this.

simply configure a program manually:

settings > broadcasting > expert settings > manual tuning > analogue channel tuning > new

then specify a programme number and any channel ( without a cable it will be white noise) and save.

you now have a programmed channel with no signal.

and now you can remove "Live TV" from the start menu. And it seems to stay away