Not quite one button, you have remember what field to aim for in the detailed menu for the one click, but uBlock can do this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-tu...
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uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
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What it is
uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
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Where it is used
- LibreWolf — LibreWolf includes uBlock Origin in the browser. Source
- Mullvad Browser — Mullvad Browser uses uBlock Origin to block third-party trackers. It includes this extension as part of its tracker-blocking approach. Source
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You should look into the homepage linked from there https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock because that's were it's really from, and not some recommendation via. Especially their…
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 127 | 13 | 114 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 70 | 3 | 67 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 53 | 2 | 51 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 67 | 2 | 65 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 59 | 4 | 55 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 76 | 3 | 73 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 85 | 5 | 80 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 92 | 7 | 85 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 99 | 9 | 90 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 52 | 3 | 49 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 45 | 2 | 43 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 26 | 0 | 26 |
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uBlock Origin (uBO)
Browser
Install from ...
Status
Firefox Add-ons
uBO works best on Firefox
Edge Add-ons
"Moving the Microsoft Edge extensions ecosystem forward with Manifest Version 3": "Beginning in August 2026, Microsoft Edge will start the consumer transition away from Manifest Version 2 (MV2) extensions and toward MV3. Our goal is to complete the consumer transition by the end of 2026, with enterprise deprecation following in early 2027."
Opera Add-ons
Removed
"Manifest V2 support timeline": "Aug 31st 2026: All remaining Manifest V2 extensions removed from the Chrome Web Store"
About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported"
Thunderbird Add-ons
No longer updated and stuck at 1.49.2. Later versions require "GitHub - Releases".
GitHub - Releases
Stable and development versions on Firefox, Chromium MV2, and Thunderbird. Must be placed manually into web browsers; the Chromium and Thunderbird versions usually won't auto-update.
Related:
uBlock Origin Lite
uBlock Origin (uBO) is a CPU and memory-efficient wide-spectrum content blocker for Chromium and Firefox. It blocks ads, trackers, coin miners, popups, annoying anti-blockers, malware sites, etc., by default using EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe's Blocklist, Online Malicious URL Blocklist, and uBO filter lists. There are many other lists available to block even more. Hosts files are also supported. uBO uses the EasyList filter syntax and extends the syntax to work with custom rules and filters.
You may easily unselect any preselected filter lists if you think uBO blocks too much. For reference, Adblock Plus installs with only EasyList, ABP filters, and Acceptable Ads enabled by default.
It is important to note that using a blocker is NOT theft. Do not fall for this creepy idea. The ultimate logical consequence of blocking = theft is the criminalization of the inalienable right to privacy.
Ads, "unintrusive" or not, are just the visible portion of the privacy-invading means entering your browser when you visit most sites. uBO's primary goal is to help users neutralize these privacy-invading methods in a way that welcomes those users who do not wish to use more technical means.
Documentation
Installation
Firefox
Chromium
Thunderbird
All Programs
Enterprise Deployment
Release History
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About
Documentation
Basic Mode
Advanced Mode
The simple popup user interface for an install-it-and-forget-it type of installation that is configured optimally by default.
The advanced popup user interface includes a point-and-click firewall that is configurable on a per-site basis.
Visit the Wiki for documentation.
For support, questions, or help, visit /r/uBlockOrigin.
Installation
Required Permissions
Firefox
Firefox Add-ons
Development Builds
uBO works best on Firefox and is available for desktop and Android versions.
Chromium
Chrome Web Store: Removed on 2026-08-31
Microsoft Edge Add-ons (Published by Nicole Rolls until version 1.62. Ownership transfer at version 1.64.)
Opera Add-ons
uBO should be compatible with any Chromium-based browser.
Thunderbird
Thunderbird Add-ons
In Thunderbird, uBlock Origin does not affect emails, just feeds.
All Programs
Do NOT use uBO with any other content blocker. uBO performs as well as or better than most popular blockers. Other blockers can prevent uBO's privacy or anti-blocker-defusing features from working correctly.
Manual Installation
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Deploying uBO
Release History
Releases Page
Translations
Help translate uBO via Crowdin.
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GPLv3 License
Free. Open-source. For users by users. No donations sought.
If you ever want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which are available to use by all for free.
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
70 sources> Can we stop the "sellout" business? Having a clearly stated and one-click reversible whitelist is neither dishonest nor bad for the user.
It is dishonest and bad for the general public. Users expect their adblocker to block adds; not block 'some' adds because of Mafia practices, or corruption (ie. advertising companies paying large, inappropriate sums of money to the company behind ABP in order to be whitelisted by default).
> I like having the option to support sites I enjoy without massively inconveniencing myself.
You can still do this on a case-by-case scenario with uBlock Origin.
> You prefer maximum adblocking, and that's fine, but there's nothing at all wrong with giving us both the choice.
This is false dichotomy. You have the same very choice with uBlock Origin. And uMatrix for that matter. I'm also not taking away your choice;
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nothing prevents you from installing and using ABP. What I will not do is stopping calling what ABP does sellout. Because as I argued above it is corruption.
On top of that, uBlock Origin is performance-wise better than ABP [1].
[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#performance
uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox
12 points · Open discussionI updated the neutered script from googletagservices.com, I found the site was throwing an error because of a missing method in uBO's neutered version of the script. Not sure whether it's a new method or whether I missed it when I created the neutered script.
There is no filter in EasyList or EasyPrivacy for googletagservices.com (hence it worked fine with ABP), it's something I added to "uBlock filters - Privacy" a long while ago, and created a neutered script to replace the real one to minimize web page breakage.
If you want uBO to behave just like ABP blocking-wise, just select the same exact filter lists -- though I strongly advise you at least keep "uBlock filters" for best results.
For reference, ABP comes with only EasyList enabled by default + a regional list if applicable. Privacy-wise though, you lose a lot by not using EasyPriv
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acy, Peter Lowe's and other uBO's own filter lists. See this graph[1]: second bar is when only using EasyList + "uBlock filters". Third bar is uBO's default list/settings.
[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode
Since this submission relates to blocking ads and trackers, I think it's worth bringing up that uBlock Origin [0] is better than Adblock Plus in (all?) ways (see the README for more details). I migrated to it a few years ago and overall I've been very happy with the outcome.
I'm opposed to all tracking that isn't opt-in by default. I haven't thought about the topic at great lengths, so there may be cases which I'm failing to consider, but I've generally found "opt-out by default" to be highly hostile to users. e.g. In the US you're only allowed to digitally opt-out of credit card prescreening [1] for five years unless you're willing to mail something out. This considerably raises the burden on the user, even though I'd conjecture most people are not interested in receiving this kind of mail, and they'd largely consider it spam. I make a p
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oint of blacklisting any service that mails me spam, and I encourage others to do the same.
Additionally, I'm also opposed to ads because I've found they're generally against the user's best interests. Humans are more important than companies.
[0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
[1] https://www.optoutprescreen.com/
> Is this a matter of something changed in the extension itself
Probably related to the `redirect` filter option, introduced in uBO 1.4.0[1].
[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.4.0
In UBlock Origin for SafariShort version: Author of uBlock Origin is original author of uBlock and decided to hand it off. Drama ensued and original author decided to fork what had previously been his own project and continue.
See https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/38
In UBlock Origin for Safari> µblock blocks and removes ads and trackers, µmatrix does the same for cookies and JS.
Not according to its creator https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode
In Brew commands send data to Google AnalyticsuBlock Origin was first developed as a Chromium extension, so converting to WebExtensions API is a non-issue. There is currently a dev build for the WebExtension version of uBlock Origin in the latest release.[1]
FYI, uBlock is abandonware[2].
[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases (search for "webext")
[2] https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/releases ("released this on 31 May 2015")
In Add-ons in 2017> The commit referenced in the blog
Interesting, the date of the commit is April 20, 2015.
I did comment on April 16, 2015 about how the WOT extension could record a user's browsing history[1], so it does look like they were doing this before this specific commit.
Edit: ah never mind, my comment was for the Chrome version of the extension while the commit is for the Firefox extension. So they have been doing it since longer for the Chrome extension.
[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/65#issuecomment-937...
In Mozilla stops distribution of WOT addonLooking at the page source, the whole content can be found both within a <script type='text/template'> tag and within a <noscript> tag (yes, there are two copies of the whole content). The problem is that some Javascript blockers like uBlock Origin ignore the <noscript> tag; see https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/308.
In Here’s to more HTTPS on the webIt's an option in uBlock, and it works great:
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...
In Web fonts, boy, I don't knowYes, this appears to be correct - the Firefox API supports filtering out of the box. If you check the readme on the WebSocket companion, it specifically mentions Chromium based browsers, assumedly indicating it's intended for them.
There is also a note on the normal uBlock repo that says that Firefox has an extra feature with a link to inline script tag filtering, which says it does not work on Chromium based brownsers: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Inline-script-tag-fil...
In Pornhub Bypasses Ad Blockers with WebSocketsJust one thing worth mentioning. If you use the exact same filter lists in ABP and uBlock Origin[1] then the end result should be IDENTICAL (if it's not it's a bug) save for the fact that uBlock does things faster and more efficient.
Some people seem to get thrown off that uBlock might block more but that's only because it enables a few more filter lists by default. That being said the default are still designed to minimize false positives.
[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
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