What is an adblocker?
An adblocker for Chrome or Firefox is an extension (or add-on) to your browser, which adds functionality to your browser so it can filter content. Adblockers itself have no functionality, in the sense that they do not block anything until it is 'told' what to do. The so-called filterlists tell the adblocker what to block. These filterlists, are basically an extensive set of rules, which tell Adblock Plus what to block. The lists are created and maintained by a large online community.
How to block ads
Adblock Plus for Mozilla Firefox is currently equipped with over 40 potential filter lists. Adblock Plus is proud to have started the Acceptable Ads initiative in order to provide a compromise to. AdBlock is one of the most popular ad blockers worldwide with more than 60 million users on Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge as well as Android. Use AdBlock to block all ads and pop ups. AdBlock can also be used to help protect your privacy by blocking trackers. AdBlock blocks ads on Facebook, YouTube, and all other websites.
While it can do so much more, the core function of Adblock Plus is to block annoying advertisements. These tutorials shows you how to block obtrusive ads in the different browsers.
How to block ads in Firefox
Adblock Plus for Firefox allows you to get rid of all annoying advertising, such as YouTube ads, Facebook ads, banners, pop-ups, and many others. If you do not have the Mozilla Firefox browser installed yet, please install it from Mozilla. If you want to block ads in a different browser please see the tutorials of installing Adblock Plus for Google Chrome and Opera.
The easiest way to add Adblock Plus to Firefox is to simply go to the Firefox installation page and click on the install button. A small screen will open on the left side of your browser, please click on 'Allow'. Then, another small screen will appear, where you have to click on 'Install now'. This will add Adblock Plus to your browser, and you will be protected against all obtrusive ads.
You can also install Adblock Plus through Mozilla Firefox. First, go to Adblock Plus in the Mozilla Add-ons section. Then, when you have opened the link, the following screen appears:
http://www.promecpaispyw1970.simpsite.nl/pokemon-ruby-destiny-life-of-guardians-legendaries. Please click on the big green button 'Add to Firefox' to install Adblock Plus. Then, Firefox will ask you to 'Install add-ons only from authors whom you trust.' please confirm this by clicking on 'Install'. After confirming this, all annoying ads will be blocked.
A default filterlist will be installed the first time you install Adblock Plus, based on the language of your browser. To add other filtersubscriptions, read more here. For more advanced options, like custom creating filter, please go here.
How to block ads in Google Chrome
Currently, annoying ads are blocked on 100 million devices. If you use Google Chrome, use the Adblock Plus extension to get rid of all annoying advertising. Adblock Plus blocks all annoying ads on the web, like YouTube video ads, flashy banner ads, Facebook ads and much more. It even blocks pop-ups which are not blocked by your browser. This tutorial will show you how to install Adblock Plus, and how you can block ads in Google Chrome.
Add Adblock Plus to Google Chrome
There are two ways how you can add Adblock Plus to your Chrome browser. First, you can add our ad blocker for Chrome by going to the Chrome installation page and clicking on the green install button. A small screen will appear asking you to confirm to install Chrome's Adblock Plus. Please click 'Add' to install Adblock Plus. You are now protected against annoying ads.
You can also add Adblock Plus through the Google Chrome Webstore. To install our adblocker, access the Webstore. Click on 'Add to Chrome', and click 'Add' to confirm.
Adblock Plus automatically installs a default filterlist, based on the language of your browser. If you wish to learn how to add other filterlists, you can read more here. For more advanced options, like disabling tracking, click here.
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How to block ads in Opera
To block ads in Opera, you only need to install Adblock Plus. The easiest way is to go to the Opera Add-ons page and click on 'Add to Opera'. A small pop-up will ask you to add Adblock Plus to your Opera browser. Click on 'Install' to protect yourself against all online ads.
How to block ads on Android
If you want to block all ads from your Android device, you can simply go to our homepage with your Android device and download the application 'Adblock Plus'. Before you download it, you should make sure your device allows app installation from unknown sources. If you do not have a rooted device, you will probably need to configure the proxy manually. After that, you will be protected against ads.
How to disable online tracking
There are many companies that collect data about your browsing habits across multiple websites. Even your browsing history is being examined and collected. Few users have no problems with these practices, because firms can better target ads tailored to their needs. However, there are hundreds of ad agencies that collect a loads of data about you and your browsing habits. If you do not want your online behavior being tracked by other companies, you can use Adblock Plus to disable all online tracking practices. According to this Stanford University Study, Adblock Plus is the best solution to protect yourself against online tracking.
See How to disable social media button if you want to disable tracking from companies like Facebook and Google by removing the social media buttons from all websites.
Disable online tracking in Firefox
Online tracking can be disabled by adding a new filterlist subscription to Adblock Plus. The so-called 'EasyPrivacy' filter will block all tracking requests made by websites. To add this list to Adblock Plus, simply click here, and click 'Add subscription'.
Disable online tracking in Google Chrome
In Google Chrome, Adblock Plus can disable all unwanted tracking practices from advertising companies. Disabling tracking can be done by installing and enabling the 'EasyPrivacy' filterlist subscription, by opening this dialog. Click on 'Add' to protect yourself against tracking in Chrome.
How to disable social media buttons
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Almost every website today contains buttons of social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google + and others. Even if you never click these buttons, your browsing data is still being transferred to these platforms in order to create a profile based on your browsing habits.
If you want to browse the web without being observed by the social media websites, Adblock Plus offers an easy solution to remove these buttons.
Disable social media buttons in Mozilla Firefox
If you want to block social media buttons in Firefox, just follow these easy steps: simply click here and choose 'Add subscription'.
Disable social media buttons in Google Chrome
In Adblock Plus for Google Chrome it is very simple to remove social media buttons by adding a new filterlist to subscriptions. All you have to do is simply click here, and then click 'Add' in the filterlist settings of Adblock Plus.
How to block ads on YouTube
One of the greatest online annoyances is the 30-second commercials you have to sit through to see a 20-second movie on YouTube. Although people are complaining about this continuously, it is expected that this way of advertising will only grow in the near future. With Adblock Plus, it is very easy to block the video ads on Youtube. Just install Adblock Plus and all YouTube video ads will be blocked.
For Google Chrome, Adblock Plus can be installed by visiting the Chrome installation page and clicking on the install button. After the small pop-up window pops up, click on 'Add'. Adblock Plus is now automatically blocking all annoying YouTube video ads.
For Firefox, you can install Adblock Plus by visiting the Firefox installation page and clicking on the install button. Confirm the installation by clicking 'Allow' on the first one, and 'Install Now' on the second. Out of the box, Adblock Plus automatically blocks all those annoying video ads from YouTube.
How to block ads on Facebook
Getting tired of ads cluttering your Facebook timeline? Use Adblock Plus to block all Facebook ads. After installation, Adblock Plus automatically blocks all ads, including Facebook advertising.
For Google Chrome, Adblock Plus can be installed by visiting the Chrome installation page and clicking on the install button. Just confirm the installation by clicking on 'Add', and refresh Facebook. You will see that all Facebook ads will be blocked!
Adblock Plus for Firefox can be installed by visiting the Firefox installation page and clicking on the install button. Firefox will ask you to confirm the installation of the add-on twice, so click on 'Allow' and then 'Install Now'. After the installation process, Adblock Plus will be blocking all those annoying Facebook ads.
- First steps
- Solving problems
What is Adblock Plus?
Adblock Plus is the most popular browser extension available for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Android. Its primary purpose is to remove all intrusive advertisements from your browsing experience: YouTube video ads, Facebook ads, banners, pop-ups, pop-unders, background ads etc.
How does Adblock Plus work?
In order to block ads, Adblock Plus requires the so-called filters to 'tell' it which requests to block. Out of the box, Adblock Plus comes without any filters, but, it will offer you to add a filter subscription on first start. With these filters enabled, it can block specific requests from websites, usually the requests to serve an ad. Blocked ads often leave blank spaces or 'Advertising Tags' on webpages. Adblock Plus is still able to remove these with a functionality called 'element-hiding': based on certain specific characteristics, Adblock Plus is able to hide certain elements from the webpage.
Installing Adblock Plus
For Firefox
If you use the Mozilla Firefox browser, click the install button on the Firefox installation page. Firefox will prompt you to allow Adblock Plus to install the add-on: Click on 'Allow'.
Firefox will start the installation of our ad block, and will ask you to confirm that you trust the author. Click on 'Install Now' to add Adblock Plus to your Firefox browser.
You are now protected against all intrusive ads!
For Chrome
Google Chrome allows two ways to install our ad block software. The easiest way is through our website, the second way is through the Chrome Webstore.
Installation through our website in two steps
Simply go to the Chrome installation page and click on the install button to add the ad blocker to your Chrome browser. Click on 'Add' when the following dialog pops-up in your browser:
Adblock Plus will be installed into your browser. You know it has been successful if the following message shows up:
Installation through the Google Chrome Webstore in three steps
If you wish to install Adblock Plus through the Chrome Webstore please click here to open ABP. The following screen will open our adblock for Chrome:
In this screen, please click on the blue 'Add to Chrome' button in the top-right corner. After clicking this button, the following pop-up will ask you to 'Add' Adblock Plus to your browser:
After confirming, you will be protected against all obtrusive online advertising by world's most popular ad blocker!
For Opera
To install Adblock Plus on Opera, go to the Opera Add-ons page and click on 'Add to Opera'. The following pop-up will show up:
Please confirm by clicking on 'Install', and Adblock Plus will block ads in your Opera browser.
On Android
Adblock Plus is also available for Android devices. It is important to note, that there are a few limitations for non-rooted devices. To install Adblock Plus, you will need to allow app installation from unknown sources:
- Open 'Settings' and go to 'Unknown sources' option (under 'Applications' or 'Security' depending on your device)
- Tap the checkbox and confirm the upcoming message with 'OK'
In order to download Adblock Plus for Android, access the Android installation page, download the app and open it.
Once Adblock Plus has been installed, enabled and configured, all ads should be blocked.
First steps
Choosing the right filterlist
As previously described, Adblock Plus requires filterlists to block ads. By itself, Adblock Plus can only see the webpage you are loading, but has to be 'told' by the filterlist which elements to block. When you install Adblock Plus for the first time, it will automatically suggest a filterlist to you based on the language settings of your browser.
There are a two basic lists out there, EasyList and Fanboy's List. These two lists block the ads from the most popular (often English) websites. However, these lists do not block ads on less popular national websites. In the case that you, for example, come from Germany, you will have to subscribe to the national German filter list. In this case, this will be 'EasyList Germany + EasyList'. An overview of all the lists can be found here.
It is important to note that you should not add too many filterlists to Adblock Plus. This will slow down the adblocker, therefore, your browsing. As a rule of thumb, it is highly recommended to not use overlapping filterlists (e.g. choose either EasyList OR Fanboy's List).
You can also use filterlists to protect yourself against tracking, malware, social media tracking etc. Read more about this here.
How to add a filterlist
If you want to remove a filterlist again check out this tutorial.
In Firefox
In Firefox select 'Firefox' >> 'Add-ons' (for Mac OS X / Linux, select 'Tools' from the menubar >> 'Add-Ons'), this will open your Firefox Add-ons Manager.
On Windows:
On Mac OS X / Linux
In the Add-ons Manager under the 'Extensions' tab, you will find Adblock Plus:
Please select 'Preferences' to access the Adblock Plus profile, and click on 'Filter Preferences':
This will open the Adblock Plus Filter Preferences menu:
Please click on 'Add filter subscription', and open the drop-down menu for the filterlist subscriptions to add new/more filters. Select the list you want to subscribe to, Adblock Plus automatically enable these lists by default. This menu only shows the most popular and recommended filters. Please go here for more filter lists.
In Google Chrome
To add a filter subscription to Google Chrome, please select 'Settings' from the menu in the top right corner. This menu can be found under the small icon with three horizontal bars:
In the drop-down menu, select 'Settings'. Next, go to the tab 'Extensions' on the left side of the screen. This will open the extension window of Google Chrome, where you will find Adblock Plus.
Under the description, you can find the 'Options' hyperlink. Please click on this link to open our adblock for Chrome's menu:
In the Adblock Plus Options menu, you can see an overview of the installed and enabled filter lists. To add a new subscription for our adblocker, select 'Add filter subscription'.
This will open a drop-down menu with the recommended and most popular filterlists. Please select the filterlist you want to enable, and click 'Add'. If your desired filter is not showing amongst these pre-selected filters, please go here.
In Opera
To add a new filterlist in Opera, please go to 'Menu' button (for Mac OS X / Linux, 'Tools'), select 'Extensions' >> 'Manage Extensions' . This will open your currently installed extensions, including Adblock Plus:
To access the filter preferences menu, please click on the small tool-icon on the right side. This will open your 'Adblock Plus Options' menu, where you can add your subscriptions.
Click on 'Add filter subscription' to access the drop-down menu with the recommended and most popular filterlists.
Here you can select your desired filter, and click 'Add'.
On Android
For Android, it is not possible to select multiple filterlists. In order to change your filterlist subscription, please open the Adblock Plus application, and select 'Filter Subscription'. This will open the menu where you can change your subscription.
Disabling Adblock Plus on frequently used sites
Many web sites depend on advertising income, and if you visit a web site frequently you might want to allow their advertising. To do that, navigate to that site and click on the Adblock Plus icon in the toolbar. From the menu you can choose 'Disable on ..' by clicking the slider (you can undo that choice in the same way by clicking the slider again) and then click “refresh”.
It will add an exception rule like
@@||adblockplus.org^$document
to your list of filters. You can find more information on exception rules in Writing Adblock Plus filters. If you want to disable Adblock Plus on all websites, follow these instructions: Disabling/Reenabling Adblock Plus on all Websites.
Disabling/Reenabling Adblock Plus on all Websites
In Firefox
To disable or reenable Adblock Plus in Mozilla Firefox on all sites, please access your 'Add-ons Manager' by going to 'Firefox' >> 'Add-ons' (for Mac OS X / Linux, select 'Tools' from the menubar >> 'Add-Ons'). Here you will find an overview of your currently installed add-ons. Find Adblock Plus here, and simply click on 'Remove' or click the slider. If you want to enable the adblocker on all website again, simply click on the slider again.
For more detailed information on how to remove add-ons, please visit Firefox's page.
It is important to note that Adblock Plus saves your preferences settings, so if you would reinstall ABP in a later stage, you do not have to reconfigure your settings. If you want a clean start with Adblock Plus you should remove the directory 'adblockplus' in your user profile (how to find your profile). Also, you should go to about:config and reset all preferences starting with 'extensions.adblockplus' (to reset right-click a preference and choose Reset from the context menu).
In Google Chrome
To disable or reenable our Chrome Adblock Plus version, please go to 'Settings' in the menu in the top right corner. Then, select 'Extensions' on the left side. Find Adblock Plus here, and simply click on 'Remove' or click the slider. If you want to enable the adblocker on all website again, simply click on the slider again.
In Opera
To disable or reenable Adblock Plus for Opera, please go to the 'Menu' button (for Mac OS X / Linux, 'Tools' in the menubar), select 'Extensions' >> 'Manage Extensions'. This will open your Extensions menu. Find Adblock Plus here, select 'Uninstall', and confirm this.
On Android
Uninstalling Adblock Plus for Android is similar to any other app you have downloaded:
- Navigate to Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications (on devices running Android 4.x, Settings > Apps).
- Scroll through the list of apps to find the one you'd like to uninstall.
- Tap on the app you'd like to uninstall.
- Tap 'Uninstall'.
Solving problems
What if Adblock Plus blocks too much?
It might happen that Adblock Plus prevents some site from functioning correctly. Usually, this is not a bug in Adblock Plus but a problem with the filters (or filter subscription) you are using, these filters tell Adblock Plus to block something that shouldn't be blocked. You verify this by temporarily disabling Adblock Plus, if this 'fixes' the problem you are dealing with a bad filter. Please report bad filters by using 'Report issue on this webpage' feature that will automatically collect important data of the current web page:
When asked about issue type, please choose 'Adblock Plus is blocking too much':
Your report will be automatically sent to the maintainers of the filter list that you use. Please have understanding that filter maintainers don't reply to or act upon each of the many reports they receive. Your report will be more likely to be considered if you provide additional information to make the problem more obvious and reproducible.
What if Adblock Plus doesn't block an advertisement?
If you found an advertisement that Adblock Plus doesn't block, please check first whether you are using the right filter subscription. For example, expecting a French filter subscription to block advertisements on a Bulgarian website is unrealistic — you should add a Bulgarian filter subscription for that job. If the filter subscription is right, then the subscription maintainer is probably simply unaware of the problem and you should tell him by using 'Report issue on this webpage' feature that will automatically collect important data of the current web page:
When asked about issue type, please choose 'Adblock Plus doesn't block an advertisement':
Your report will be automatically sent to the maintainers of the filter list that you use. Please have understanding that filter maintainers don't reply to or act upon each of the many reports they receive. Your report will be more likely to be considered if you provide additional information to make the problem more obvious and reproducible.