How to block ads in Microsoft Edge using AdBlock and Adblock Plus extensions

A completely new browser – Edge – has become available to Windows 10 users. Such a web navigator cannot be downloaded to another operating system, since it is not a separate application. The web navigator is an integral part of the OS.

Unfortunately, no matter what browser a user uses, there will be advertisements on websites. To get rid of it, it is recommended to use the adblock extension developed for Microsoft Edge. The addition will allow you to get rid of annoying advertising and also increase the speed of loading content.

Adguard is the easiest way to block ads

• Official website: adguard.com
• Free version for Windows:

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The installation procedure is quick. Setting up an Adguard account is an optional feature, but not required. Users should be aware that any web browser will be automatically closed during installation. After launch, the anti-advertising module is integrated into all installed browsers.

The initial configuration can be made at startup and subsequently changed. In the settings, you can select the interface language, the need to filter the https protocol (secure connections) and the filtering mode, Adguard Internet filter.

Adguard is able to disable social media widgets (such as the Like button, which can track users' Internet activity) along with web analytics counters (to prevent marketing companies from collecting and viewing statistics).

Adguard anti-banner for Microsoft Edge

If you don’t like seeing advertising banners when visiting Internet resources, this application will be a great addition to the already convenient Edge browser. All you need is to download this program from our website. You can do this using the link in the description of the program “Download Adgurd Anti-banner for Microsoft Edge”. After this, the download and installation of the resource will occur automatically. The application already has functions for blocking banners, so no additional configuration is required.

About the browser

Microsoft Edge has a lot of great features, including the cortana virtual assistant, Reading Mode, and the ability to annotate web pages. It also loads pages very quickly (and not just in benchmarks).

However, the Microsoft Edge browser does not support ad blocking at the same level as third-party extensions like Adblock Plus, so EdgeAdBlock was born. EdgeAdBlock allows you to block ads in Edge, which works as a simple ad filter and does exactly what its name suggests:

• it helps block advertising banners;
• block flash advertising;
• in the ad text;
• pop-up advertising windows;
• other unwanted advertisements that may be installed without your knowledge.

Ghost

Ghostery is one of the most powerful ad blockers of all time. It is very popular due to its user-friendly interface, locking quality, and so on.

It also enhances your privacy and security and protects your personal information by all means.

To name some features of Ghostery:

• It removes all unnecessary content from the website so that you can focus on the content of your choice.
• This allows you to view and block trackers that collect your data.
• It helps you get your work done faster by optimizing your web pages for their quality.
• All of its default settings can be updated at your discretion.

However, Ghostery can sometimes lag and not completely block all ads. This may cause inconvenience in the future.

What is Ad Blocking?

When they talk about ad blocking, they mean the technology of blocking web pages before they are loaded into a web browser.

Advertising can come in a variety of forms, including:

• Images;
• Animation;
• Text;
• JavaScript;
• Flash.

Additional filters allow you to finely control the display of advertisements through blacklists, whitelists and regular expressions. The benefits of ad blocking are faster loading times, cleaner web pages without ads, and a reduction in unwanted Internet traffic.

uBlock Origin

What sets uBlock Origin apart from others is its ability to function fully in a small amount of memory and provide numerous filters.

It can activate thousands more filters than all other blockers.

Some of the outstanding features of uBlock Origin are:

• You can enable or disable it with one click.
• It's free.
• You have a variety of filters that you can apply on your website to avoid ads.
• It has less memory than others.

While uBlock Origin can do a lot, it's worthless without pre-installed filters. This is also a version that is still in development and therefore may have issues that need to be fixed.

Block ads in Edge without additional software

Edge ad blocking is supported out of the box. Standard tools do not have such rich functionality, but they are worth paying attention to. The only setting is available from the main menu. You need to go in and turn on the slider.

Opening the additional menu

Pull the slider to the right

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Avast Online Security

The main purpose of the plugin is virus protection. An additional feature is ad blocking. The extension is similar in functionality to AdGuard. This is what the main control panel looks like.

You can go to advanced settings and set the desired parameters.

The level of blocking is not inferior to the previous two. An additional advantage is protection from malicious sites and file viruses.

Edge AdBlock is a small, simple, standalone ad blocker

EdgeAdBlock has the following advantages:

1. Blocks ads on all web browsers: Firefox, Google Chrome, IE, not only Microsoft Edge.
2. Not only blocks ads on websites, but also in applications like Skype, Spotify and many others
3. Blocks of spyware and too much malware if their servers are added to the file.
4. Portable, does not require java, .Net or any other cumbersome runtime environment.
5. Works on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 systems.
6. Does not install any browser extensions, add-ons or plugins, so there will be no privacy concerns unlike other similar software solutions.

EdgeAdBlock also has its drawbacks:

1. EdgeAdBlock uses the Windows hosts file so it may need to be updated.
2. Security programs such as Avira or ESET often interpret changes to the hosts file as malware attacks. Other anti-virus programs, anti-sypware, firewalls, can lock the hosts file in Windows so that no one can change it; In this case, you will have to manually allow EdgeAdBlock to change the hosts file on your system.
3. Because EdgeAdBlock attempts to modify the hosts file, it may be considered a virus by some security software. This is simply a false positive. Nothing else.

How to install EdgeAdBlock?

1. Download EdgeAdBlock program
2. Close the web browser and all running programs
3. Double click EdgeAdBlock.zip and extract all files to any folder
4. Right click on "EdgeAdBlock.Bat" and select "run as administrator"
5. Click "Continue" or "Yes" to confirm the elevation of User Account Control privileges
6. Press "1" to enable EdgeAdblock and press "Enter" on your keyboard.

How to remove EdgeAdBlock?

1. Close the web browser and all running programs
2. Right click on "EdgeAdBlock.Bat" and select "run as administrator"
3. Select "2" to disable EdgeAdblock and press "Enter"
4. Delete the EdgeAdBlock folder.

Advantages

The adblock extension installed on the Edge browser has advantages that should be noted. First of all, it is important to note that among the variety of blockers, Adblock is distributed completely free of charge. In addition, installation does not require special IT skills. You just need to click on the button to install.

Another advantage is the flexible configuration of the add-on. Users can set up filters for specific sites or for all Internet resources they visit. It should be noted that the add-on can be disabled if necessary.

How AdGuard works in the Edge browser

For the user, that is, for you, the anti-banner will work unnoticed. Advertising blocks (in the form of pictures and link blocks) and pop-up windows will be automatically removed from each page of the site you open. In most cases, such deletion does not change the design and structure of the pages. But sometimes you may see empty squares and rectangles in the middle of the text, in the side menu or after the title. There is nothing wrong with this, it’s just that due to the design features of some sites, after removing banners, the empty space does not collapse.

To temporarily disable blocking in the current tab, click on the extension icon in the upper right corner and select the “Pause protection” command, or click on the green switch to disable filtering permanently.

Google Chrome

This browser has built-in blocking of intrusive or misleading advertising. To disable it for all resources and thereby allow the display of this kind of content, enter “chrome://settings/content/ads” in the address bar, then in the tab that opens, move the top slider to the active state.

To allow advertising to be shown to a specific resource, open it and click on the icon with the image of a padlock or the Latin letter “i” on the left in the address bar, then select “Site Settings” from the drop-down menu.

In the tab that opens, go to the “Advertising” item and set this parameter to “Allow”.

If you are using a third-party ad blocker, you can disable it in the panel to the right of the address bar or in the extensions menu, which can be accessed via the “chrome://extensions/” link.

Configuring AdBlock, Adblock Plus, Adguard AdBlocker and uBlock Origin whitelists in Chrome is carried out in the same way as in the Edge browser. To get to the menu of any of these adblockers, go to the extensions tab from the above link and click “More details” on any of them.

Next, click “Extension Options” as shown in the figure.