AdBlock
Sign in to saveAdBlock is an ad-blocking browser extension for Google Chrome, Apple Safari (desktop and mobile), Firefox, Samsung Internet, Microsoft Edge and Opera. AdBlock allows users to prevent page elements, such as advertisements, from being displayed. It is free to download and use, and it includes optional donations to the developers. The AdBlock extension was created on December 8, 2009, which is the day that supports for extensions was added to Google Chrome. It was one of the first Google Chrome extensions that was made.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Google Chrome extension
- Platform
- iOS
- Official website
- getadblock.com
- Has use
- browser extension
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- programmed in
- Q2005
- software version identifier
- 2.0.1
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License
- publication date
- 2009-12-08
- translation contribution URL
- crowdin.com/project/adblock
- Commons category
- AdBlock
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Crowdfunding
- Sales and acceptable ads
- Filters
- Partnership with Amnesty International
- AdBlock for Firefox
- See also
- References
- External links
AdBlock is an ad-blocking browser extension for Google Chrome, Apple Safari (desktop and mobile), Firefox, Samsung Internet, Microsoft Edge and Opera. AdBlock allows users to prevent page elements, such as advertisements, from being displayed. It is free to download and use, and it includes optional donations to the developers. The AdBlock extension was created on December 8, 2009, which is the day that supports for extensions was added to Google Chrome. It was one of the first Google Chrome extensions that was made.
Since 2016, AdBlock has been based on the Adblock Plus source code.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “AdBlock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.