How to Turn Off Adblock

Are you trying to watch a video or read an article on a site that doesn't allow ad blockers? Do you want to support a site you love by allowing it to show you ads? Use the steps below to pause AdBlock temporarily or add a site to your whitelist to see ads every time you visit. In this way, you're able to manually select which sites you allow to display ads.

Both AdBlock and AdBlock Plus can prevent you from accessing some websites, so will need to turn them off first. This can be generally useful in stopping malicious ads from displaying, but it can also stop you from accessing the site entirely if they require ads to be shown. This article outlines the simple few steps you can take to turn off AdBlock and AdBlock Plus on Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Internet Explorer. Read on to find out more!

How to turn off AdBlock and AdBlock Plus on Chrome

1. Open your Chrome browser.
2. Select the More Tools menu and click on Extensions from the sub-menu.
3. Locate the AdBlock or AdBlock Plus from the list of extensions.
4. Uncheck the Enabled checkbox to disable the AdBlock or AdBlock Plus or click the Remove option to completely remove it from your browser.
5. Close and reopen your browser to confirm the changes and apply them.

How to turn off AdBlock and AdBlock Plus on Firefox

1. Open your Firefox browser.
2. Click on Tools then select Add-ons or use the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+A.
3. Click Extensions from the left-hand pane and locate AdBlock or AdBlock Plus from the list of extensions.
4. Select Disable to turn it off or Remove to remove it from your browser completely.
5. Close and reopen your browser to confirm the changes and apply them.

How to turn off AdBlock and AdBlock Plus on Internet Explorer

1. Open your Internet Explorer.
2. Open Settings by clicking the gear option and select the Manage Add-ons option from the drop-down list.
3. Click the Toolbars and Extensions option on the left pane and find the AdBlock or AdBlock Plus.
4. Right-click AdBlock or AdBlock Plus, then select the Disable option.
5. Click the Disable button in the subsequent confirmation window.
6. Close the Manage Add-ons window.

How to turn off AdBlock and AdBlock Plus on Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge browser and click on the three dots icon in the upper-right corner of the browser window.
2. From the drop-down menu, select Extensions.
3. Find the Adblock or Adblock Plus extension and click on the toggle switch next to it to turn it off.
4. You will see a message asking you to confirm that you want to turn off the extension. Click on the Turn Off button.
5. The Adblock or Adblock Plus extension will now be turned off, and you should see ads on websites that were previously blocked.

Turn off/ Disable AdBlock and AdBlock Plus for Specific Sites

To turn off AdBlock and AdBlock Plus for a certain site, follow the following steps:

1. Go to the site where you need to turn off ad blocking.
2. Click the simple AdBlock or AdBlock Plus logo to the right of the status bar.
3. Click on the Enable on this site option on the drop-down list and it will automatically disable ad blocking for that site.
4. The site will reload automatically but if it doesn’t, reload it to see the ads.