If this does not work, you can try AdBlock Plus instead using the section below. The two services are made by different people, but are almost identical apart from their business model. AdBlock is run entirely from donations, and blocks all ads by default.
The number on the icon shows how many ads are disabled on the site you are currently viewing. You can disable this at the options by unchecking “Show on AdBlock button. "
Click the icon and select “Block an ad on this page” or right click the ad and select “AdBlock” → “Block this ad. " Move your mouse until the ad is highlighted in blue, then click (unless you already selected a specific ad). Move the slider until the ad disappears. This slider appears on a pop-up window, which can be dragged around the screen if you need to see beneath it. Click “Looks good” to permanently block that ad.
To support specific YouTube channels, enable the YouTube whitelist option, visit any video on that YouTube channel, click the AdBlock icon, and select “Whitelist. " Check “advanced options” for a list of features that are not fully functional, such as bypassing Hulu. com ad-blocking detection, and synching your settings to other computers with Dropbox. [1] X Research source [2] X Research source
Extra filters include “Antisocial” to block social media buttons, “Fanboy’s Annoyances” to block social media buttons, in-page popups, and other non-ad “clutter,” and others. [3] X Research source Look up a description of the filter list before you use it, as it may block something you use or (slightly) slow down your browsing. The “Customize” link at the top of the screen lets you add your own filters yourself. Do not do this before reading the instructions in the section on filters, or the adblock plus tutorial (which uses the same syntax).
Adblock Plus accepts payments from companies to show some unobtrusive ads, although you can disable this option. [4] X Research source [5] X Research source The service is otherwise almost identical to the AdBlock extension described in the other section.
Malware Blocking will block domains that are known sources of viruses or other malware attacks. Remove Social Media Buttons will block buttons from Facebook, Twitter, etc. from appearing on other sites. Disable Tracking will prevent websites you visit from tracking your browsing, which is usually done for the purpose of providing you with targeted ads.
Uncheck “Allow some non-intrusive advertising” to disable small, text-only ads. Check “Adblock Warning Removal List” to disable banners and messages requesting that you turn off Adblock. Click “Add Filter Subscription,” select a non-English language from the list, then click “Add” to disable ads in that language.
Right click the ad, then click “Block Element. " Alternatively, click the Adblock Plus icon in the top right, click “Block element,” then click the ad. Do not edit the filter that pops up without reading the instructions in the section below, or the official tutorial. Click “Add,” or press enter on your keyboard, to block the ad. If you made a mistake, click “Cancel” or press esc.
A full tutorial is available here, but the instructions below may be easier to follow for beginners.
For example, if you add the filter http://www. website. com/top-banner/image-of-clowns. jpg, only that specific image will be blocked. If you visit the same page later and it displays “image-of-puppies. jpg” instead, you will see that image.
http://www. website. com/top-banner/* will block anything that website. com stores in its “top banner” folder, hopefully preventing you from seeing anything in that ad frame. (Note that not all websites use addresses that are this obvious. ) http://www. website. com//image-of-clowns. jpg will block the image “image-of-clowns. jpg” on all website. com pages. http://www. website. com/ will block all content on website. com. If a website you tried to remove ads from is now a blank page, you probably used an * in the wrong place.
The ^ symbol at the end of a filter will restrict the filter to addresses that end there or follow with a “separator character. " For example the filter website. com/ad^ will block “website. com/ad/anything-here” or “website. com/ad?=send-malware-yes” but it will not block “website. com/adventures-of-tintin”. Add the | symbol (the vertical pipe, usually above the enter key) to the beginning or end of a filter to only block addresses that begin or end at that point. For example, the filter swf will block all addresses that contain “swf” (all Flash videos, but a lot of other content as well). “|swf” will only block addresses that start with “swf” (not a useful filter). “swf|” will only block addresses that end with “swf” (Flash videos only).
