In the age of data collection where controls and safeguards on your data is not a given, ad-blocking software protects you in many ways. The information contained within this article will help you reduce the amount of information that you unwittingly share as well as reduce network traffic by preventing advertisements from being displayed.
Some of the add-ons / extensions / plug-ins below are not necessarily ad-blocking software but do contribute to blocking advertisements or reduce or eliminate the amount of data you share online.
Internet Browsers
A for Android, i for iOS, L for Linux, W for Windows
Browser base: C for Chromium, F for Firefox
| Based on | "Do Not Track" feature | DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials | NoScript | Privacy Badger | uBlock Origin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brave | C | ||||||
| Chrome | C | L, W | |||||
| DuckDuckGo | C | A | |||||
| Edge | C | L, W | |||||
| Firefox | F | A, L, W | A, L, W | A, L, W | A, L, W | A, L, W | |
| Firefox Developer Edition | F | L, W | L, W | L, W | L, W | L, W | |
| Opera | C | ||||||
| Safari | - | ||||||
| Vivaldi | C | ||||||
| Waterfox | F | L, W | L, W | L, W | L, W | L, W |