Edit or remove an ad unit in AdMob

This information is for AdMob users only. AdMob is a mobile app advertising platform for app developers. If you don't have an AdMob account, we recommend you:

• Read how to block certain ads
• Visit My Ad Center to control the information that Google uses to show you ads.

This article describes how to manage ad units in your AdMob account. Ad units can be edited to change things like the name of the ad unit, the format or ad types allowed to serve to the ad unit, or optimzation features. You can also remove ad units that you're no longer using.

On this page

• Edit an ad unit
• Remove an ad unit

Edit an ad unit

Complete the following steps to edit an ad unit:

1. Sign in to your AdMob account at https://admob.google.com.
2. Click Apps in the sidebar.

3. Select the name of the app associated with the ad unit you want to edit.

   Note: If you can't find it in the list of recent apps, click View all apps and click the name of the app.
4. Click Ad units in the sidebar.
5. Click the name of the ad unit.
6. Make the desired changes to the ad unit.
7. Click Save.

Remove an ad unit

You can remove an ad unit that you no longer need. Removing an ad unit disables all associated ad serving and settings and active campaigns linked to the ad unit may stop running. You will no longer be able to access the ad unit; however, you can still view historical data related to that ad unit in reports.

You cannot restore an ad unit after it has been removed.

Complete the following steps to remove an ad unit:

1. Sign in to your AdMob account at https://admob.google.com.
2. Click Apps in the sidebar.

3. Select the name of the app associated with the ad unit you want to remove.

   Note: If you can't find it in the list of recent apps, click View all apps and click the name of the app.
4. Click Ad units in the sidebar.
5. Click the checkbox beside the ad unit(s) you want to remove.
6. Click Remove. A dialog box appears.
7. Click Remove again.

Note: This action can't be undone.