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Why You Should Install an Ad Blocker Today

April 10, 2025

An Adblocker is a simple extension you add to your browser, and it blocks trackers, ads, and minimizes tracking that companies such as Google, Facebook (Meta), and others can do.

My favorite Adblocker is uBlock origin, it starts blocking ads right as you install it!

Installing one is as simple as just 3 clicks! From here select your browser and click something along the lines of 'Install' or 'Add'.

Chrome
Firefox
Edge
Opera

Firefox for example

Image showing a button that says 'Add to Firefox'

And thats all, it will instantly start blocking ads and trackers, if you want to configure it you can do so by doing these steps.

In your browser click on it

Image showing the uBlock origin extension in Firefox

Clicking it will open up a menu, this is where you can turn off uBlock if a website every breaks by clicking that big blue power button.

In the bottom right click the settings icon.

Image showing the uBlock origin extension menu in Firefox

You will be brought to the advanced menu, on the top bar, click 'Filter Lists'

Image showing the uBlock origin advanced extension top menu in Firefox, showing only 3 items

Upon clicking, you will see the panel where you can enable, and disable filters. The built in ones are great, but if you want to enable more you can by clicking the checkbox next to one.

Image showing the uBlock Firefox extension origin advanced menu, on the filter list tab with many filters checked enabled.

Great job! You have now improved your resistance against tracking online in just a few clicks!