Blocking YouTube Ads in 2024

It's no secret that YouTube have become super aggressive with their advertisements within the last year or so. And for many people it has become almost unbearable. Not just with the frequency of the ads themselves either, but also with their content. Which some people are finding to be quite offensive, s*xual in nature, or downright scams. Their ad standards, as in what they accept to be shown, seems to have dropped considerably. Add to the fact that a good majority of the ads can't even be skipped and its clear that this has become really annoying for users.

 If I had to watch ads on YouTube and there was no way to stop them, I would simply just stop using the website altogether. Either that or I would watch the videos from YouTube on another site [I may write a post about how to do that at some point]. But yeah, many people are extremely frustrated with YouTube and I can understand why. So today I will show you how to block all ads from showing on videos. And its really easy.

All you have to do is go and download an adblocker called uBlock Origin. 

You can download it here for Windows / Desktop PC.

It's also available for Android or iOS based systems [smartphones, tablets etc] when used as an add-on for the browser. So, just go and download it direct as an add-on / extension. Works with Firefox, Chrome, Brave, Edge and Opera.

Only YouTube

Once installed that should be it. uBlock Origin will now block ads on YouTube. If you only want to use it for blocking ads on YouTube, and not on any other website, take a look at the screenshot below which shows how to use uBlock Origin to only block ads on specific sites. In our case, YouTube.

Just click details and go to "site access". Choose the "on specific sites" option from the drop down menu. Then click "Add a new page". Add YouTube's URL: https://www.youtube.com/. And that's it, uBlock Origin will now only work with YouTube. You can allow access to other sites [block other ads] at any time. 

A lot of the other adblockers that used to work with YouTube no longer block the ads effectively. For YouTube, uBlock Origin is the best. And I love their statement at the bottom of the page, and I quote: "I will not accept donations or sponsorships of any kind." Many other adblock companies sold out to YouTube and other websites a long time ago. Anyway, hope this post helped you out. Until the next time amigo.