The anti-Ramsey number $\mathrm{ ar}(n,F)$ of an $r$-graph $F$ is the minimum number of colors needed to color the complete $n$-vertex $r$-graph to ensure the existence of a rainbow copy of $F$. We establish a removal-type result for the anti-Ramsey problem of $F$ when $F$ is the expansion of a hypergraph with a smaller uniformity. We present two applications of this result. First, we refine the general bound $\mathrm{ ar}(n,F) = \mathrm{ ex}(n,F_{ -}) + o(n^r)$ proved by Erd{ \H o}s--Simonovits--S{ \' o}s, where $F_{ -}$ denotes the family of $r$-graphs obtained from $F$ by removing one edge. Second, we determine the exact value of $\mathrm{ ar}(n,F)$ for large $n$ in cases where $F$ is the expansion of a specific class of graphs. This extends results of Erd{ \H o}s--Simonovits--S{ \' o}s on complete graphs to the realm of hypergraphs.
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