How to block ads on Safari in your iPhone and iPad? Trick 1: Enable Ad-blocking Extensions (Formerly – Content Blockers) Part 3: How to block ads on iPhone apps.Part 2: How to block ads on other web browsers in iOS?.Part 1: How to block ads on Safari (the default iOS web browser).Therefore, I will break this post into 3 parts: Web browsers (like Safari / Chrome / Firefox).Go to system settings > VPN > DNSCloak and turn on “Connect On Demand”ħ.On an iPhone, we usually see ads on 2 major places: Go back to the main menu and select any of the “AdGuard-dns” listed or any of the providers that your would like.Ħ. Click on “Pick Blacklist file” and point it to the hosts.txt file that is saved on your phoneĥ. Navigate to Settings and turn on “Connect On Demand” and then navigate to “Blacklists & Whitelists”Ĥ. txt file on your local storage (Use an app like “Documents”)Ĥ. Download and save the hosts file from here as a. Open it and install the VPN profile as directedģ. Download and install “DNSCloak” from the App Store.Ģ. Here is an alternative method which involves no purchases!ġ. The current version exists on the App Store but Apple is not willing to approve updates unless the feature in question is completely removed. Your best bet so far has been to purchase “AdGuard Pro” which is an open source app which blocks ads across apps but Apple is no longer allowing apps which run a local network to stop ads. We are not going to get into the ethics of Ad blocking (We are content creators and this site serves Ads) but Apple has been actively making it difficult to block ads system wide.

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