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Adblocking / Privacy — Chromium

Adblocking, Privacy, Extensions, and Best Practices for Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera & Vivaldi

💡 TIP
Manifest V3 limits some extension capabilities. We recommend uBlock Origin Lite or full uBlock Origin where supported. Avoid running multiple general adblockers simultaneously.

Recommended Adblockers (Chromium)

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    uBlock Origin Lite / uBlock Origin — The gold standard for lightweight adblocking with minimal CPU/RAM overhead.
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    AdGuard Browser Extension — Open-source adblocker with tracking protection and cosmetic filtering.
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    Brave Shields — Built-in Rust-based ad and tracker blocking engine native to Brave.

Privacy & Anti-Tracking Tools

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    ClearURLs — Removes tracking parameters and ref tokens from URLs.
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    Privacy Badger — EFF tool that learns to block invisible third-party trackers.
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    SponsorBlock — Open-source extension to skip sponsored segments in YouTube videos.

DNS Adblocking

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    NextDNS — Cloud-based personal DNS filtering with custom blocklists.
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    AdGuard DNS — Encrypted DNS servers blocking ads and malicious domains.
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    Quad9 — Security DNS provider blocking malware and phishing domains.