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Best free ad blocker for android phone?

  • 18-04-2025 09:12AM
    #1
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,280 ✭✭✭✭


    Best free ad blocker for android phone?

    sick of adverts on youtube.



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  • #2
    GIMP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭GIMP


    I use Samsung browser with adguard adblocker, never see ads on YouTube or and website



  • #3
    SimpleDimple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭SimpleDimple


    I also use a private dns which remove most ads in apps as well



  • #4
    the_amazing_raisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭✭the_amazing_raisin


    You could give Grayjay a try, it blocks all Youtube ads

    https://grayjay.app/

    For browsing, I use Firefox with ad blocking extensions. uBlock Origin seems to work best, Adblock plus is another good option, also Privacy Badger

    There's DNS servers you can use to filter ads from apps, one example below

    dns.adguard-dns.com

    You'll need to manually set a DNS server on your device to this URL and ads should stop loading in apps

    I found it does stop some apps and pages from working at times

    "The internet never fails to misremember" - Sebastian Ruiz, aka Frost



  • #5
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,478 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    For YouTube specifically I use ReVanced (logged in) or NewPipe (logged out).

    Firefox + uBlock Origin for browsing.

    I toggle Blokada (acts as a VPN) for some apps.



  • #6
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,280 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123368501#Comment_123368501

    Tried a few suggestions and Grayjay is the only one that worked, thanks.



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  • #7
    SimpleDimple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭SimpleDimple


    For YouTube if you have a vpn, setting the country to Albania blocks all YouTube ads



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