Online advertisement is at its peak these days. Almost every content creator and publisher has been engaging in an online advertisement for monetization. Several ad networks support top-notch publishers in the advertisement industry, for example, Google, Bing, etc., but getting monetization from them is tricky.
A few low-quality advertising networks also offer intrusive ads and ruin the user experience with pop-ups, redirects, etc. As a result, most people are opting for blockers to prevent these advertisements.
One such AdBlock plugin or extension is AdBlock Plus which comes in-built into Microsoft Edge for Android phones. AdBlock for Edge is a beneficial feature.
Block Ads using AdBlocker
As mentioned, these intrusive ads ruin the user experience and annoy the reader. Hence, you can block these ads using the built-in Adblock for Edge. Just enable this extension, and all the ads will be automatically blocked.
Here are the steps to stop ads using AdBlock Plus:
- Launch the Microsoft Edge browser for Android.
- Tap on the More
menu for options. - Select the Settings menu from the options list.
- Scroll down to the Privacy and Security option, and tap on it.
- Enable the toggle button against the Block ads option to turn ON.
This will block the advertisements and ad pop-ups for all sites within Microsoft Edge for Android. However, this option will still allow acceptable ads and block only intrusive ads on the browser.
To block all ads, tap the Advanced settings section, and toggle the button to disable the Allow acceptable Ads. This will block all website ads by using AdBlock Microsoft Edge.
Allowlist Sites for AdBlock
Few news sites and blogs do not allow us to read content when an ad blocker is enabled. Hence, they request we disable the ad blocker to watch the content.
You can enable the ads for these selected sites and whitelist them from the ad-block extension. Here are the steps to follow to whitelist the website from AdBlocker:
- Launch Edge browser for Android.
- Tap on the More menu for options.
- Select the Settings menu from the options list.
- Tap on the Privacy and Security option, and tap on it.
- Enable the toggle button against the Block ads option to turn ON.
- Under the Advanced Settings option.
- Choose the option of Allow Acceptable Ads and enter the URL in the Exceptions that you want to whitelist for ads.
This will enable ads only on the websites entered in the whitelist listing; the rest of the sites and blogs will stay blocked from any ads. You can remove a whitelisted website URL from the same tab mentioned above.
Bottom Line
The AdBlock Edge extension has been tremendously helpful in blocking intrusive ads. You can manage the extension to block either intrusive ads or completely stop the ads using advanced settings.
Whitelisting the sites under acceptable ads helps allow the ad blocker to pause on the sites. After I started using AdBlock for Edge, I could block all intrusive and annoying ads on the websites that hindered my reading. It helped me a lot with my work and made it more accessible.
The best thing about blocking the site’s Ads in Edge Android is that you can put some sites on the whitelist. By doing so, you can only allow the ads notifications from some particular sites you have chosen.
Similarly, you can also block ads in the Edge computer browser. This will block only intrusive ads, not all the ads; in that case, you can use the adblocker extension from the Chrome web store to block ads completely.
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