- First steps
- Solving problems
What is Adblock Plus?
Opera GX built-in Adblock doesn't work on any site. I used normal Opera for years, and I loved it, I loved all its functions.
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?
- The easiest way to remain ad-free while watching anime on Crunchyroll is to watch it in your browser and enable an adblock. AdGuard does a great job of eliminating ads on PC and MAC-operated computers, the same goes to Android and iOS operated smartphones.
- After installing Adblock Plus, you can find it on your Opera web-browser bar. It will begin to block ads automatically, though, you can adjust settings to add things like whitelists, create your own filers, and block social media trackers to have a more personalized experience. Supporting websites and creators.
- Opera GX is a special version of the Opera browser built specifically to complement gaming. The browser includes unique features to help you get the most out of both gaming and browsing. The Network limiter allows you to set maximum limits (upload and download) on how much of your network’s.
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.
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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.
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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.
A year ago, we released the very first version of our desktop browser with native ad blocking. We did it to double the browsing speed and challenge the online ad industry, pushing the idea that there should be a switch towards more user-friendly ads.
Since then, more people than ever have started to block ads all around the world. Now it’s time to review what else has changed since then.
Bloated ads haven’t gone away
A few months after we released native ad blocking in Opera, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) set new standards for light, non-intrusive online ad formats based on its LEAN principles. It was definitely a step in the right direction, but whether it’s widely implemented by the ad industry in the future is the next question.
Right now, we are concerned that the switch towards lighter ads is moving too slow, causing the demand for ad blocking to continue to increase.
The size of webpages keeps growing
At the same time, the size of the average website is still growing. One reason for this growth is because of online ads gobbling up more bandwidth than ever, causing webpages to load more slowly. For publishers and e-commerce sites, an increase in loading time leads directly to a decrease in revenue.
Source: https://www.keycdn.com/support/the-growth-of-web-page-size/
Slow ads and privacy concerns cause growth of ad blockers
Privacy and tracking of online behavior are other growing concerns, leading people to be more conscious about using an ad blocker. However, the number of trackers online hasn’t decreased over last year, and it’s still a central component for ad networks to gather your information and profile you across websites.
Taking these concerns into account, it’s no wonder that more and more people are starting to block online ads. According to a PageFair report, 236 million people were using desktop ad block software in December 2016, and we can see that among mobile users the growth has been even more dramatic.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/pagefair-2017-ad-blocking-report-2017-1
Most Opera users have not activated native ad blocking yet
Since releasing Opera’s ad blocking feature a year ago, although we observed a growing number of Opera users blocking ads right from the browser, only one-third of all Opera desktop users are making use of the feature. This is because the ad blocking feature is currently activated through a setting inside the browser preferences, rather than switched on by default.
We can also see that the usage of native ad blocking varies across countries. The biggest percentage of Opera users that use this feature can be found in Canada, followed by the UK, US, France, and Germany.
Ad block extensions are still too slow
Following the demand for ad-free browsing, we saw a growing number of ad block extensions. However, they are simply not fast enough. Our research* shows that browsing with Opera’s ad blocking feature is on average 50% faster compared to browsing on Google Chrome with the AdBlock Plus extension.
In addition to page loading, we decided to look at the startup time for browsers and whether ad blockers actually slow you down rather than speed you up. A cold start is when the browser is opened for the first time after an operating system reboot, while a warm start is when the browser has been restarted. You will find the complete methodology of this test at the end of this blog post.
We were surprised to see the big difference in the results when comparing Opera with native ad blocker to the other browsers with the extensions enabled. Looking, for example, at warm startup times, Opera with native ad blocker is 87% faster than Microsoft Edge and 143% faster than Mozilla Firefox. It also performs better on a cold start when compared to competitors.
Built-in benchmarking tool
Opera’s ad blocking feature, unlike ad block extensions, also gives you a great looking tool to check your speed improvement per web page. To compare a web page’s load speed with and without ad blocking, click the shield icon and then the “speed test” link at the bottom of pop up.
Our stand on ad blocking is unchanged
While talking to our users we can hear the negative effect online ads are having on them, even louder and clearer than last year. A shift towards less intrusive and privacy-friendly online ad practices is more urgent in 2017 than it was a year ago. Brands and advertisers need to finally understand this.
It’s time for us to repeat our stand:
We are taking the user’s side in the debate about ad blockers, which is why we will offer built-in, native ad blockers to our hundreds of millions of users.
And we’ll do it until the problem is solved. The change must happen. We all deserve a better, faster web.
Stay tuned for improvements
We will continue this mission by making our native ad blocking feature even better this year. You can expect to see the first steps in this process this spring. Stay tuned for more speed and a more user-friendly experience.
As for now, we only provide native ad blocking as a preference. This may change, as we are currently evaluating whether we should help people be more active in blocking ads going forward.
Let us know what you think!
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About our test methodology:
We conducted our tests on the 9 most popular websites worldwide (according to SimilarWeb). For each browser we repeated the tests 10 times. Our internal tests were performed on a machine running Windows 10 x64 using an i7-6500U CPU and 8 GB RAM. A cold start is the time a browser needs to fully load while starting it for the first time after a system reboot. A warm start occurs when we start our browser for the (at least) second time.