'Any' button cannot be removed by modifying the properties in layout xml (some can, others cannot) - why do so many people ask how to remove EPG etc if it were that simple ?. Visibility of the main categories (Live TV, EPG, VOD, Series) is hardcoded - if it were not then how would it work with a management panel ?Yes the ads banner cane be set to "gone" in each categories.xml and yes you can also remove or hide any button using the xml file if you know how I have created many layouts that way and I did post after saying that the wrong version was uploaded and I updated the link
As said i will test the 'new' version