Windows 10 PC owners who are in the Insider program can now download and install the promised AdBlock and Adblock Plus extensions for the Microsoft Edge web browser.
Both extensions (via WalkingCat on Twitter) allow users, obviously, to block ads on websites. Microsoft has promised they would be available for Edge and now Insiders can try them out. Keep in mind these downloads will work just for the most recent Insider versions of Windows 10 that enabled extension support for Edge. This feature won't be available for every Windows 10 PC user until the big Anniversary Update is released later this summer.
Also, keep in mind that even though they have similar names, AdBlock and Adblock Plus are made by two separate companies.
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AdBlock and Adblock Plus extensions for Microsoft Edge launched for Insiders in Windows Store
just installed it. couldn't find it with a search in the store but your direct link worked. i have tested it and once i right clicked on some items on wc i could now hide the adds like that one youtube video that plays on every page that crashed your website on edge. i can also type normally again. :D this blocker will make me use edge more now :D:D:D:D:D:D
uBlock Origin is better including if you double it with Ghostery
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AdBlock link gives me (We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found.), AdBlock plus working perfectly, as soon as i insalled it edge asked me to activate, clicked yes, and now it shows in the three dots menu :D
Im waiting on lastpass
Anything wrong with the store guys i always end up here on everything!
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I was able to install ABP but the link for AB is not working ; adblock seems to work fine for me however i am experiencing a lot of stutter while scrolling the page; any one noticed this ; or anyother trouble with the new extension
I don't want to block ads on Windows Central for obvious reasons but I've found that it performs very poorly in Edge and now, with Adblock Plus installed, I can type a comment without a third of the characters being dropped. Until something changes on Windows Central or in Edge to address the issue, I'm going to have to leave it off the white list.
Do like I did and buy 1 year of adguard. Works with edge and all browsers. 100% ads removed . I use the same on my android. Its not an extension so it works on non preview version of win 10. Since its paid software there's no ads that remain on like how Google and Microsoft pay as blockers to keep certain ads on.
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Already got it on my W10 Stable env, just want to test out the extensions in my W10 Alpha env, as do many others who use Adguard or similar.
Well, it's officially absolutely retarded, tried fking everything to get 1 or both going, & doing nothing but exhibiting bizarre fking behaviour, this is so fking infuriating. Running latest Insider (Fast) build, all updates applied (Store/OS).
Nvm, got it going, ABP at least; Adblock is still behaving bizarrely (not even showing up in extension list in Edge now).
Working well for me and lets face it WPC is terrible on Edge and this makes it useable again. I would echo that of others with regards to having it on the other platforms. I was pretty happy with the system implemented in IE11 though to be honest but this seems a good comprimise with some adverts but not the crippling ones.
How the hell did you get either going, tried fcking everything (short of doing a clean install of the latest build), few other extensions have proven to be retarded too.
Nvm, got it going, ABP at least, Adblock still behaving bizarrely (not even showing up in extension list in Edge now).
i found this about AdBlock: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/10/02/trust-us-we-block-ads/#gref
Cool stuff. Finally. Now need this functionality in mobile, xbox and other platforms.
That will be great: Extensions on Mobile
:D
i think i would be better if they made it integrated in edge :)
I've been using browsers as long as browser have existed. Never felt a need for extentions. EVER.
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Once you get used to the web without ads you will never go back to them. Why expose yourself to that attack vector if you don't have to?
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Maybe just a little spellcheck one?
About time. I been using Catblock, and it made browsing on Edge faster.
All I get is the useless 'try that again, something went wrong' error on my Surface 3
I thought one of them bought the other one.
I prefer AdBlock as I had read reports of ABP white listing websites for cash without the user's consent. AdBlock's performance on Chrome has been very satisfying than ABP's. I had switched to AdBlock long ago and have since then stuck to it. It is better than ABP and also has a few more functions than ABP.
The white listing is optional and disabled by default.
-- Lumia 640 (Windows 10)
I do miss TPL on edge
Learned something new today. 2 different companies....
-Mach 8 Solutions, LLC a software company.
Http://mach8solutions.com
Yup, IIRC plus is the "good one". There was something fishy about AB
The "hub" site has all their ads still working somehow...
-Mach 8 Solutions, LLC a software company.
Http://mach8solutions.com
Do you make it works?
I've been using opera this week and it's blazing fast
Can't get them to load. It appears they work on Open, but no appearance in Pane and no functioning in browser.
open edge then open the apps then it'll ask you to add the extensions
If you have any sideloaded extension try disabling or remove them all. Once the adblocker is loaded you may enable/reload them.
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I still don't see the point to limiting Edge updates to OS updates. Is there something in the core of the OS that Edge requires in order to be updated?
Edge's requirements are often more demanding than the UWP platform allows. In fact Edge is one of the apps passing the capabilities of UWP, but because they can't always wait for UWP to catch up they had to move it to the OS instead. They had hinted that one day in the future when they are no longer pushing the UWP envelope that out could go back into the Store.
well there are also easy things they dont seem to push out. but microsoft did a good job building their new browser with so much requirements from the system that they can finally replace the internet explorer - which was to integrated into the system. so much irony
Actually I thought part of the reason was that EdgeHTML and co were part of the OS (also the same things that handle loading westminster web apps and other webviews in apps) but the actual Edge browser was a store app. Just adding new features to the browser isn't happening as most features also require changes to the EdgeHTML and Chakra renderer.
Or am I just totally wrong on all that?
You're basically right: that's the more nuanced explanation.
It's probably more accurate to say that Edge is a Universal app but not a Store app. It's not yet part of the Store because it doesn't quite conform to the Store's capabilities; things like Drag and Drop were early features that prevented it from being part of the Store, because the UWP platform didn't support it (it does now which is why Outlook has recently picked up drag & drop). Other things like tearaway tabs and multiple windows were at one point difficult to achieve in UWP, and I'm sure there are some features in Edge that are still challenging in the UWP model. Though you can see that they are coming in leaps and bounds especially with things like being able to now officially install add-ons to UWP apps through the Store. This is a great example of how Edge is pushing the envelope of the universal platform for the better.
And yes, EdgeHTML is a system component and can only be upgraded via an OS update. While this causes a slight delay in new features arriving, it's actually a good thing in the way that it means that Webview apps and native JS apps are not running on a different fork. Whatever Edge can do is available to them, and this was far from the case with web views on older versions of Windows.
Can't get any working here. Installed both from the Store but ads keep showing on Edge. Not sure what I'm doing wrong :/
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Do you have extensions already side-loaded to your Edge browser?
Yep, three of them
Update: I removed the extensions. ABP instantly popped up. Seems like we found the issue!
It's a start.
Now we wait for a good Ad blocker from a less ethically questionable company.
Such as µBlock Origin?
Hopefully that'll be there when Anniversary is released.
Exactly.
Please explain. What up with them?
ABP is the less ethically questionable one
What do you mean by that?
The ABP practice of taking money from Google to white list their ads and tracking is ethically questionable. I'd prefer a blocker that didn't stoop to such practices.
I hope this extensions feature trickles out to Windows 10 Mobile and Xbox One. I have that chatpad for my Xbox and might use Edge more if it wasn't bogged down with ads.
+950 XL DS NAM CV Windows 10 Mobile
I wish too!
This. I can almost watch the battery bar drain on my phone when using some websites. An ad blocker for mobile is fast becoming a necessity.
Yes....i use continuum, it is a must have
Why not just use Reading Mode?
Sometimes when on a site, you want to click links for recommended articles(WC, The Verge) or videos(YouTube, Vimeo). Going in and out of reading mode can be a hassle in certain instances.
*Gasp* The VERGE?!
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Or WinSupersite, or Thurrott, or Lovable Lumia, or WinBeta :):):D:D
Definitely needs to come to mobile if simply to prove that their mobile apps aren't just dumbed down versions of their PC counterparts.
The anniversay update is sure shaping up to be a pretty big update for non-insiders. Although sort of wish they would have called it something more catchy lol - like Windows 10 update service pack RS 1 Build 10.2 For Global Release :P. Joking aside Redstone was a pretty decent name imo as it ties in nicely with Redmond.
I would have liked if they kept the name Redstone or used another cool name. Do stuff like what Apple does with each major update having a name. Windows 10 Redstone, etc.
Sure, let's all copy Apple. Apple will always be about hipster content consumers, wanting gimmicky names.
It isn't a copy from Apple. Windows has a name for it's every major versions and minors too.
The 'Windows Redstone ' name is better I think .
I don't play or follow minecraft, but there was some sort of "Redstone" update/pack available for that in the store recently, I kept thinking it was referring to RS1, but it's something specific to the game
Redstone is an ingredient / element used in minecraft :).
The wire for mechanisms . It is also used for other thing too...
It's working for me :) It doesn't show in the extensions pane for me in Edge after installed, but I can tell it's working.
It does in mine. You have to turn it on in settings
if you have the other extensions installed uninstall them, then restart edge and go back to the extensions settings and the popup for adblock plus will show up asking you if you want to turn it on. click ok and restart edge and it'll show up and work for sure.
Thanks. Was trying to get them to work. This helps.
That is the same problem with IE and Firefox - restart to uninstall, extensions interfering what one another, "you need to uninstall extension XYZ before you can uninstall extension ABC"
I wonder what lesson Microsoft learned from Chrome apart from stripping off every useful feature cos it's convenient.
Yup, that worked. Thanks for the tip.
Cool, thanks... worked a treat :)
That's great, but they consume a lot of RAM compared to the native TPLs that IE has. I hope Microsoft decides do add a feature like that or similar in the future.
Also, Adblock Plus is unavailable for me right now on the store. It says that my device is not supported. (Germany, 14332)
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Just get the latest HOSTS file from Mvps.org. That's really all an adblocker is.
No its not. That doesnt hide placeholders.
What do you mean by this?
host list just redirect the host name in the homepage to 0.0.0.0 and leave the content blank when it is loaded. ad block plus actually removed that frame completely so you wouldnt even know there is a advert in the page
That's fine for geeks, which is all this site is about. Edge has billions of global non-geeks to cater for. Think on.
Mr. Thinks he knows it all, but doesn't.
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