I suggest starting with the remote’s big silver TiVo button.

When prompted, press the remote button you’d like to remap.

Open the Button Mapper app, select “Add Buttons,” then select “Add Button” again on the next page.

Before opening Button Mapper app, head to Settings > Device Preferences > Accessibility, then set “Button Mapper” to “On.”.

You can install it by searching for “Button Mapper” in the Google Play Store from your TiVo Stream 4K.

Now that you’ve freed up some buttons on the TiVo Stream 4K remote, it’s time to reprogram them with the Button Mapper app. Many of the TiVo Stream 4K’s remote buttons can be reprogrammed to launch apps or navigate through menus. Remapping the TiVo Stream 4K remote Jared Newman / IDG (We’ll talk about remapping those buttons in the next section.) To restore TiVo’s functions, head to Settings > Apps > See all apps, then re-enable everything in the “Disabled apps” list. Reboot the device by heading to Settings > Device Preferences > About, then hitting “Restart.”Īt this point, your TiVo Stream 4K should look just like a regular Android TV device, and the remote control’s TiVo, Guide, i info, Skip, and Live buttons will be unresponsive.

On the home screen, find TiVo’s “Recommended” row, scroll left until you see the minus button, then click on it to remove the final hint of TiVo’s presence.

Select them from the “all apps” menu, then hit “Uninstall.”

Optionally, you can remove other pre-loaded apps such as CBS All Access and Pandora.

Click on it, select “Disable,” then hit “Yes” to confirm.

Scroll down and click on TiVoPlusPlayer, then select “Disable,” and hit “Yes” to confirm.

Return to the all apps menu, then select “Show system apps” at the bottom.Scroll down and click on TiVo Stream, then select “Disable,” and hit “Yes” to confirm.Head to Settings > Apps, then select “See all apps.”.This method won’t stop TiVo from running some additional software in the background, but it’s also easy to undo if you want to bring TiVo’s features back later. The simplest way to strip TiVo features from the TiVo Stream 4K is to disable a handful of pre-loaded apps through the device’s settings menu.

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