Description
You open an article and first get a layer covering the text, then five banners across three scrolls, plus two unskippable pre-rolls on the embedded video — for maybe eight hundred words of actual content. With Adblock Plus installed those requests are blocked before the page renders, and the bandwidth you no longer download makes the page faster, with the article visible on the first paint.
One of the original ad blockers, GPLv3 licensed and still maintained by eyeo in Germany. Rules come from community-maintained subscription lists, regional lists included; if the default Acceptable Ads allowance is not to your taste, one setting turns it off entirely.
Subscription filter lists: EasyList, EasyPrivacy and a range of regional lists ship built in and update themselves, so there is no manual list to maintain.
Element hiding tool: right-click anything that bothers you — a promo slot, a floating support widget, the gap an ad left behind — and it writes a rule to hide it permanently.
Tracker and malware blocking: beyond ads it blocks tracking scripts, social buttons and known malicious domains, shrinking the cross-site tracking surface along the way.
Site allowlisting: allow a whole site or a single page for publishers you want to support, instead of choosing between all-on and all-off.
Optional Acceptable Ads: a set of non-intrusive static ads is allowed by default to fund publishers, and a single setting switches it off for strict blocking.
Custom filters: hand-written filter syntax and third-party subscription lists are both supported for anyone who wants fine-grained control.
Every platform: versions for Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Android alongside Chrome, with rules and allowlists that carry across.
One of the original ad blockers, GPLv3 licensed and still maintained by eyeo in Germany. Rules come from community-maintained subscription lists, regional lists included; if the default Acceptable Ads allowance is not to your taste, one setting turns it off entirely.
Features
Subscription filter lists: EasyList, EasyPrivacy and a range of regional lists ship built in and update themselves, so there is no manual list to maintain.
Element hiding tool: right-click anything that bothers you — a promo slot, a floating support widget, the gap an ad left behind — and it writes a rule to hide it permanently.
Tracker and malware blocking: beyond ads it blocks tracking scripts, social buttons and known malicious domains, shrinking the cross-site tracking surface along the way.
Site allowlisting: allow a whole site or a single page for publishers you want to support, instead of choosing between all-on and all-off.
Optional Acceptable Ads: a set of non-intrusive static ads is allowed by default to fund publishers, and a single setting switches it off for strict blocking.
Custom filters: hand-written filter syntax and third-party subscription lists are both supported for anyone who wants fine-grained control.
Every platform: versions for Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Android alongside Chrome, with rules and allowlists that carry across.
