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How to Turn Off Ad Blocker in Edge

Anonymous
2023-10-15T22:01:10+00:00

I' need to turn off ad blocker in edge.

I've spent the last half hour trying to find this setting.

Cal anyone tell me how to turn off ad blocker??

James

Microsoft Edge | Browser extensions | Windows 11

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-03T02:19:24+00:00

    Hi

    Welcome to Microsoft community.

    To turn off the ad blocker in Microsoft Edge, you need to disable the tracking prevention feature. Here's how:

    1. Open Microsoft Edge.
    2. Click on the three horizontal dots in the upper-right corner of the browser window to open the menu.
    3. Click on "Settings".
    4. On the left side of the Settings page, click on "Privacy, search, and services".
    5. Scroll down until you see a section titled "Tracking prevention".
    6. You'll see three options: Basic, Balanced and Strict. If you want to turn off most ad blocking features without completely disabling tracking prevention, select "Basic". To completely disable it, toggle off "Use Tracking Prevention".

    Please note that if you have installed any third-party extensions like AdBlock or uBlock Origin in Edge browser, these steps won't disable those extensions.

    To disable third-party ad-blocking extensions:

    1. Click on three horizontal dots at top right corner of Edge browser.
    2. Go to Extensions.
    3. From here you can either toggle off your ad-blocker extension or click 'Remove' button to remove it entirely.

    Please feel free to let me know if you have any further updates, thanks.

    Best regards

    Derrick Qian | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

    I have removed my adblock extension and disabled tracking prevention both to no avail. Both Tubi and YouTube continue to say disable my adblock.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-10-16T16:43:36+00:00

    Hi

    Welcome to Microsoft community.

    To turn off the ad blocker in Microsoft Edge, you need to disable the tracking prevention feature. Here's how:

    1. Open Microsoft Edge.
    2. Click on the three horizontal dots in the upper-right corner of the browser window to open the menu.
    3. Click on "Settings".
    4. On the left side of the Settings page, click on "Privacy, search, and services".
    5. Scroll down until you see a section titled "Tracking prevention".
    6. You'll see three options: Basic, Balanced and Strict. If you want to turn off most ad blocking features without completely disabling tracking prevention, select "Basic". To completely disable it, toggle off "Use Tracking Prevention".

    Please note that if you have installed any third-party extensions like AdBlock or uBlock Origin in Edge browser, these steps won't disable those extensions.

    To disable third-party ad-blocking extensions:

    1. Click on three horizontal dots at top right corner of Edge browser.
    2. Go to Extensions.
    3. From here you can either toggle off your ad-blocker extension or click 'Remove' button to remove it entirely.

    Please feel free to let me know if you have any further updates, thanks.

    Best regards

    Derrick Qian | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-23T17:29:11+00:00

    I did both of those, and YouTube is still holding me back. Is there an actual way to stop YouTube from blocking my playback?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-27T16:50:34+00:00

    Need to turn off the ad blocker just for YouTube in Edge, not everything. Otherwise, we will not be able to watch YouTube in Edge.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-05T15:38:27+00:00

    How do I do this? I have Edge but no ad blocker installed. I do have Malware bytes installed. I tried switching to Basic under tracking prevention but it had no effect. I still cannot watch a You Tube video anymore.

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