Frequently Asked Questions Who is behind AdBlock? We are a small team of developers who rely entirely on your support for AdBlock's maintenance and development. We’re enormously proud of what we've built and thankful for every user, and we take your feedback to heart with every new release of AdBlock. We are committed to ensuring it remains our best tool for filtering content on the Web. What's in a name? AdBlock was inspired by an extension created long ago for the older Firefox web browser called 'Adblock Plus' (which was in turn named after a yet older Firefox 'Adblock' project; yes, it's confusing), but it's not related to those.

You've come to the right place to. Is my information safe? Your browser may require AdBlock to ask for permission to access your browsing data so it works on all tabs in your browser. AdBlock won't save or retrieve your personal browsing habits or information for any reason beyond what is required to make it work.

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AdBlock is entirely supported by voluntary donations from users like you, and collects no information for advertising or promotional purposes. How can I help AdBlock? You can to support our work.

You can tell others to try AdBlock. And, if you're technically-savvy, you can and help us find bugs before they're released to the public.

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