Online advertisement has taken the exponential curve these days. Having said that, there has been a huge spike in online advertisement and digital spending. This has also resulted in a few cheap and misleading ad agencies showing up on your devices.
These agencies typically use cheap techniques and lure customers with intrusive and malicious ads. Hence, it’s always recommended to block these types of ads. Microsoft Edge browser has an in-built feature to block these ads. All you need is to enable the options under site settings.
The other day, my younger sister was browsing through the internet to search for some data for her school work. I was sitting right beside her and I saw that some malicious and explicit ads were popping up continuously which was quite disturbing for both of us. I decided to use the ad blocker for windows edge to stop these ads at once.
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This option only blocks the misleading and intrusive ads, while allowing the acceptable ads on the website without hurting publisher revenue.
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How to Block Misleading Ads on Sites in Edge Computer?
Some site shows intrusive or misleading ads that may distract the user and make them frustrated. It is always recommended to block such ads before they cause more harm to you.
Here are the steps to block the misleading ads in the Edge browser on any computer:
- Launch the Microsoft Edge Chromium on Computer.
- Click on
 menu for options. - Select Settings from the list.
- Switch to the Site Permissions from the sidebar menu.
- Scroll down and choose the Ads option within Site permissions.
- Toggle the button to turn ON to block misleading or intrusive ads.
This will block only misleading or intrusive ads, and all the acceptable ads to display on the website. This way a genuine content creator or online publisher will be rewarded and a website that is meant to only make money with illegal ads is punished.
Bottom Line: Ads on Edge Computer
Some websites that use malicious ads to attract users should always be punished for such ads. The in-built ad blocker for windows edge lets you do just that by blocking such ads.
I could make efficient use of this feature so that my younger sister could research and work on her project without any distractions. She was thankful that such a feature existed.
Similarly, we can also block ads on Edge Android using a built-in adblocker. Just enable the ad blocker extension and the Edge will automatically disable ads.
I hope you find this article useful and implement it in your daily life for more convenience and ads-free browsing on Edge.
FAQs: Block Misleading Ads in Edge Computer
Now, let us go through some frequently asked questions regarding how to block misleading Ads in Edge Computer.
How to block Misleading Ads in Edge Computer?
Hit on the three dots at the top right corner of the Edge Browser and open the Settings. From there open the Cookies and Site Permission option and scroll down to Ads within Site Permission. Now, turn on the toggle button against the block misleading or intrusive ads option.
How to disable the block Misleading Ads in Edge Computer?
Hit on the three dots at the top right corner of the Edge Browser and open the Settings. From there open the Cookies and Site Permission option and scroll down to Ads within Site Permission. Now, turn Off the toggle button against the block misleading or intrusive ads option.
How to add a site to allow or block misleading Ads in Edge Computer?
Hit on the three dots at the top right corner of the Edge Browser and open the Settings. From there open the Cookies and Site Permission option and scroll down to Ads within Site Permission. Now, add the link of the site in Allow or Block section as per the requirements.