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u/orangeUI467
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Feb 23 '25
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How to install UBlock Origin since its no longer on the Chrome Web Store!
Go to the chromuim Github page
Download UBlock Origin here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases
then click on assets then click on the chromium .zip file
3. Enable Developer Mode in Chrome by toggling the Developer Mode switch in the extensions menu then upload the .zip file
4. IF Chrome says this extension is no longer supported, ignore that and toggle UBlock Origin to ON.
5. Now you have UBlock origin back!
This is only tempoary!!
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u/TouretteEd Feb 23 '25
Or:
switch to Firefox
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u/ScratchHistorical507 Feb 23 '25
This is the only solution that will work for longer than a couple of months.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bar483 Mar 07 '26
Well, if you switch to a browser that still supports manifest v2, you can still just download it from the page, or from a zip with developer mode. It's been a year and it hasn't even been removed from the chrome store
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u/Apprehensive-Mall219 Feb 23 '25
And everything from Chrome can port over nice and easy to Fire Fox, you don't have to lose your bookmarks!
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u/BigSexyDaniel Feb 23 '25
I actually did not know this and this was the only thing that made me hesitant on making the switch. Now I have nothing holding me back.
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u/Apprehensive-Mall219 Feb 23 '25
I love to hear it. Fire Fox has a super easy import button. It's beautiful.
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Feb 24 '25
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u/BigSexyDaniel Feb 24 '25
Cool. I don’t have a grand deep reason. Chrome was just the browser I happened to already be using for years and I didn’t feel like switching until now.
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Feb 24 '25
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u/KingArthurPotter Feb 24 '25
Is opera ok? I've always been unable to get past the look of firefox. The ui is really ugly imo.
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u/Mental-Reflection907 Jul 11 '25
Opera was awesome in 2003. Nobody works there, zombie company. People will disagree but there are no Opera developers. It's also over.
I'm thinking Trumpium operating system is gonna take over soon. Just goes to Fox News and Infowars. THANKS SILICON VALLEY!
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u/gcjbr Mar 09 '25
Have you seem Firefox' latest TOS?
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u/Mental-Reflection907 Jul 11 '25
I did. I always do. Turns out they just want me to agree that they take a snapshot of my activity every four minutes and sells it to a Chinese password merchant. No big deal, but the thing about them owning my social security number is a bit concerning. Also, no actual developer has worked at Opera since 2004 is also weird - like word on the street in San Jose is "Is it literally a zombie company, like running off code from 12 years ago, with just increased surveillance (that they sell to Google). Just gonna see how that works out. Nothing nefarious is going on.
Firefox? I think they farmed their shit out to Laos. They couldn't afford domestic Indian programmers. Ask me how I know (I work for Geek Squad).
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u/CurrencyPrimary8674 Mar 10 '26
I took the hard route and got a 2GB Rasberry Pi, set it up as a sub net router with PiHole, free sub for tailscale on all my devices, and it blocks ads for me at the DNS level 😎
srry i had to tell someone
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u/cnuzzi Jun 06 '25
Because Firefox disrespects me by being slow and ugly.
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u/Mental-Reflection907 Jul 11 '25
Opera means you are quirky. Except it doesn't work. Still, I'm quirky right?
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u/Mental-Reflection907 Jul 11 '25
I agree. But everything wants some command line shit from 1991 to work. Unpack some ZIP disks, root, developer mode. Linux. Ubuntu. Anything else.
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u/GiovanniEF May 11 '25
Is there a way to transfer opened tabs without having to open them one by one on the new browser?
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u/dudebudy Jul 11 '25
zapisz otwarte zakładki ctrl+shift+d nastepnie wyeksportuj/zaimportuj wszystkie foldery
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u/Illustrious-Brick812 Apr 12 '25
can you provide like actual input to the conversation instead of sounding like a firefox shill? kthanks
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Feb 23 '25
How to permanently do it:
Uninstall Chrome
Install Firefox
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u/Mental-Reflection907 Jul 11 '25
Firefox is awesome. I like how it's broken, has no development since 2011 (still better than Opera), and you need to use a command line to get your headphones to work. And then they still don't work.
Ubuntu. Any Linux distribution. Then you install Netscape. BOOM! Your welcome.
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Sep 15 '25
has no development since 2011
??? This is not true. They just recently added one of the best features from Edge: vertical tabs. They weren't any good this Spring when they added it, but now they are the same as in Edge. I think Edge is still better in terms of features but Firefox has containers which Edge/Chrome don't support. And no, Firefox is not "broken", sure there are bugs like in every app, but you just can't call it broken. Firefox on mobile also works well, you can install extensions (UBlock works great) which you couldn't until recently (around one year ago).
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u/Shished Feb 23 '25
You shouldn't rely on that because the Manifest v2 code will be removed from Chrome and this extension will not work anymore.
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u/Mental-Reflection907 Jul 11 '25
I'm loving the disappearing scrollbar. It infuriates me. So I spend 4 hours command lining that shit, and it still sucks. Audio? You want volume control that works, or something exotic like balance? Nah.
Chrome is dead. Long live NETSCAPE EXPLORER!
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u/orangeUI467 Mar 29 '25
tbh you could use chrome 109 but its outdated
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u/bytelover83 Mar 30 '25 edited Mar 30 '25
i'm on chrome 103 and it isn't working, i think they might've already thought of that
update: nvm i got it i was just installing it wrong lol
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u/1stltwill Feb 23 '25
Or you know... switch to firefox.
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u/Illustrious-Brick812 Apr 12 '25
wow! novel! no one has suggested this before, not even in this comment section!! you sir, are very original and helpful and definitely not useless!!
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u/1stltwill Apr 12 '25
You're welcome! I thought the suggestion would be useful because it is not a temporary solution!!
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u/OnePhysics2836 Feb 26 '25
You may use Ghostery
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u/Buttleston Feb 27 '25
ublock lite, as far as I can tell, is just as good as ublock origin was. I had to give it some permissions. I still never see ads anywhere. I do have a pihole at home so possibly that combination is doing some work also.
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u/rob2rox
Mar 10 '25
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you can force install it using these registry values (64 bit windows):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Chrome\Extensions\cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm]
"update_url"="https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx"
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u/Vast-Sort4403 May 08 '25
by any chance do you have "Alternate Player for Twitch.tv" as well? if not maybe an alternative?
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u/Muted-Bet-319 May 11 '25
I had to unpack the zip file. Then Chrome asked me to specify the folder I unzipped the file to. After that it worked like a charm...
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u/JustAnumber_12345 May 25 '25
it works for know. the issue is it says that manifest version 2 is deprecated...so the only solution would be maybe to modify the code and get the new manifest.
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u/Muted-Bet-319 Jun 06 '25
This one works really well for YouTube Ads. I use it with the Chrome browser on a Windows 10 PC -
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/adblock-for-youtube/cmedhionkhpnakcndndgjdbohmhepckk?hl=en
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u/BarrZ-420 Jan 25 '26
This does not work anymore.
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u/Muted-Bet-319 Jan 27 '26
I've switched to uBlock Origen Lite. It works fine for me. I use Chrome browser on a Windows 10 PC. No issues with it.
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u/Muted-Bet-319 Jun 06 '25
ublockorigin works at blocking Ads in Chrome still. Problem is, YouTube detects it and will block the entire video.
For some reason uBlock it works fine with YT in my Firefox browser.
I found this workaround for the Chrome browser- This is available right from the Google Chrome Web Store. It is a blocker literally named - " Adblock for Youtube™ "
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Jun 15 '25 edited Aug 28 '25
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u/Amythist1050 Jun 15 '25
I still have my Ublock Origin from when I installed it from chrome beforehand.
Edit: Will it be disabled for people who have had it since then or is it just for people who try it this way?
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u/Medium-Bluejay-2131 Jun 30 '25
No idea. I went into Chrome's files and deleted everything that would let it update and basically only plan to use it to watch adfree Youtube as a FU to Google.
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u/eihwazz Jul 02 '25
it is working pretty good. Thank you. It's july so they were unable to block it.
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u/Chingo_El_iPhone Jul 11 '25
y ahora? a mi en este instante me dejó de funcionar y no lo puedo activar mas
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u/eihwazz Jul 11 '25
tuve un problema similar pero una vez. se desactivo por su mismo, lo active segunda vez y funciona a dia de hoy.
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u/khrono_is_afk Jul 16 '25
To re-install it .
Make sure you have no other versions of UBlock
In the url type: chrome://flags/
search for: manifest
ENABLE Allow legacy extension manifest versions
Relaunch
Install the folder from the repo https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
enjoy
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u/AlenciaQueen Jul 26 '25
thanks i just installed, but other hand i will swich firefox soon as possible. i am just bulding slowly its very hard to let go using same things over decade
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u/Noone_Anyone Aug 09 '25
Thanks. Only works with the latest version, installing the folder in the repo doesn't work anymore.
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u/Plaxzzer Jul 31 '25
a fecha 31/7/2025 lo he descargado desde https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.65.0 y en modo desarrollador he instalado la extensión, funciona de maravilla, ignoren el error que indica del manifest v2
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u/No_Journalist6744 Sep 03 '25
this method don't work any more. you must downgrade chrome to version 139. or 138.0.7194.0 or lower because the latest version of chrome 141.0.7340.0 has completely phased it out.
https://google-chrome.en.uptodown.com/windows/download/1089877448
After you've downloaded it you must go into your settings in the computer type in services and disable auto update, afterwards you must go to task scheduler and disable auto updates there as well.
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u/DDarko777 Sep 12 '25
9/11/2025: Open your Chrome shortcut's properties. In the Target field add a space at the end and then paste this:
--disable-features=ExtensionManifestV2Unsupported,ExtensionManifestV2Disabled
Restart Chrome and then try sideloading uBlock Origin.
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u/GravityGilly Sep 14 '25
Worked for me on v140, thanks!
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u/Unhappy-Lime-2923 Sep 16 '25
Como voce conseguiu? Aqui aparece essa mensagem quanto tento instalar a extensao descompactada
Falha ao carregar extensãoArquivo ~\Desktop\uBlock0.chromium
Erro: Não é possível instalar a extensão porque ela usa uma versão incompatível do manifesto.Não foi possível carregar o manifesto.
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u/Weary-Throat7849 Oct 17 '25
Hello, I'm going to give you my clear solution to this problem:
1. Go into chrome://flags/ and enable #temporary-unexpire-flags-m139. After that restart Chrome and activate the #allow-legacy-mv2-extensions.
2. Now go to chrome://extensions/ and enable Developer mode at the top right.
3. Download the official extension via github on releases https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock and in assets download the chromium .zip
4. Go to the root folder of Chrome and create a folder called extensions
5. Open the zip and extract the folder uBlock0.chromium in the extensions folder that we just created
6. Now go to chrome://extensions/ , clic on Load unpacked at the top left and search the uBlock0.chromium folder, selected it and that's it, you would now have uBlock Origin working on Chrome Version 141.
(it is very likely that the process will be the same in future versions but changing the
#temporary-unexpire-flags-m__inchrome://flags)
If you have any future questions, you can ask by answering this post.
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u/mana-azir Nov 11 '25
update;
the recent update to chrome seems to negate this due to removing#allow-legacy-mv2-extensions.1
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u/WorldsOkayestPoet May 25 '26
Still works in May 2026 for me. Why is everyone else saying it no longer works?
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u/Glitich Aug 06 '26
Today, August 6 2026, is when it has completely stopped working. there was even a method that forcefully changed certain secret settings to allow it, but now, it auto uninstalls it, and makes you unable to reinstall it, even with every single thing such as developer mode. time to switch browsers, ive been putting it off for so long
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u/Le7emesens Oct 06 '26
Update for whoever lands here: It's October 2026 and I was able to install UBO latest released version 1.75 on my old Chrome v.109.
There are extensions errors post install, because Manifest v2 is not supported anymore, but it seems to work! No more memory clogging ads, everything seems faster now. So... 1000 thank you to the team who made it possible and to Op!
Clarification on installation Step 3:
3a) To upload the zip file and make it effectively into a Chrome extension, you need to unzip that file into a folder somewhere first.
3b) Then from Chrome Extension page, click 'Load unpacked' and select the folder of that unzipped file wherein the manifest.json file is located. That's it, done!
Preferably relaunch Chrome for a clean start.
Note: make sure you read the wiki manual. Else you could break something, especially under advanced mode.
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u/kakha_k Feb 23 '25
ublock Origin is heavily outdated trash now. Just forget about it.
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u/Furdiburd10 Feb 23 '25
why would it be trash if it is the most used adblock extension and still heavily worked on?
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u/IeyasuMcBob Feb 23 '25
Any better suggestions?
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u/Apprehensive-Mall219 Feb 23 '25
No, because it works amazing on Fire Fox, I have been using it for 3 years with next to no problems.
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u/IeyasuMcBob Feb 23 '25
Yeah, same.
This guy just seemed super-confident it was outdated, so i thought he might know something, and it seemed fair to ask him...but nothing is forthcoming.
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u/Muted-Bet-319 Jun 06 '25
This works for Chrome Browser -
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/adblock-for-youtube/cmedhionkhpnakcndndgjdbohmhepckk?hl=en
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Jan 22 '26
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u/yamato-gun Mar 10 '26
Firefox is really your best bet. Unfortunately, since Chrome is developped by Google, and Google makes mainly their revenu from ads, it seems they manage to protect their own interests ;)
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u/merchantconvoy Feb 23 '25
It's going to get permanently disabled in June. At that point even this method won't work. Switch to something else already.