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How-to: Block Facebook Ads

Submitted by boydjd on Thu, 02/28/2008 - 00:29
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So, upon logging into Facebook today, I was greeted by several new ads that Adblock Plus for Firefox wasn't blocking.

Frustrating.

Add the following filters to Adblock Plus to make them go away:

facebook.com#*(social_ad)
facebook.com#*(social_ad_advert)

Now I can continue using Facebook without having to deal with their stupid ads.

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brilliant!

Submitted by freemoth (not verified) on Sun, 11/23/2008 - 20:05.

brilliant! thank you for sharing this, it has been an annoyance for too long ... also interested in removing the remnants as someone else mentioned ... but the ads are gone!
freely,
moth

Love the blocks, but

Submitted by FyreNWater (not verified) on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 06:32.

Love the blocks, but sponsored links (aka ADVERTS) disguised as News Feeds aren't blocked. Any updates for taking those out, too?

See the comment below yours

Submitted by boydjd on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 03:51.

See the comment below yours for blocking sponsored links.

Excellent, good sir, you have

Submitted by Ping (not verified) on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 18:12.

Excellent, good sir, you have introduced me to element hiding.

With these skills, I offer this:

also add this filter:

facebook.com#*(sponsored_links)

And that will remove the "more ads | advertise" links below the now-hidden ads.

with that instruction i do not see photos in other profiles

Submitted by vince (not verified) on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 08:39.

have you did a try ?
with that option i cannot see photos of my friend.

Your Time Well Spent and Appreciated

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 21:33.

I just love it when I have a problem, put a few words into Google, and find that some generous person has helped me solve my problem. Thanks so much. The ads were so annoying and I just didn't know how to do it myself. susana.

Yup, thanks :)

Submitted by stepdown (not verified) on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 08:11.

Yup, thanks :)

works perfect! thank you

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 14:25.

works perfect! thank you

Superb

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 06:14.

Superb

thanx

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 12:59.

Thanks for the info - was just about to figure out element hiding but glad I looked it up and you posted it...

Worked wonders.

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 15:51.

Thank you!

Thank you! But...

Submitted by Lee (not verified) on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 17:17.

Thanks so much for this. I'll distribute this link... on Facebook! One thing: the thumbs up/down and the 'Advertise' links are still shown. Is there any way of blocking these remnants?

sidebar

Submitted by Simon (not verified) on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 02:34.

The entire sidebar can be filtered by adding
facebook.com#*(UIStandardFrame_SidebarAds)
I also use the two above:
facebook.com#*(social_ad)
facebook.com#*(social_ad_advert)
and these two:
facebook.com#*(sponsored_links)
http://creative.ak.facebook.com/ads*
The latter is actually a proper filter, not just element hiding, and saves on downloads.

Wondering the same thing...

Submitted by Johnny Dozer (not verified) on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 15:49.

Wondering the same thing...

Facebook ad and element blocking

Submitted by ElaineJanice (not verified) on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 13:33.

Thanks for the information; I can't believe that it took me this long to find it. Much appreciated.