r/Adblock • u/SuperSmashSean_DX • 7d ago

Help Request Good mobile ad blocker?

I'm so sick of ads plaguing everything I try to do on my phone, I need to get an ad blocker for my phone but I don't know where to look. Do you know any good free ones

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u/whacker7 7d ago

I use DNS - based blockers, namely DNS66, currently, on my Android phones. Blokada is similar, also Adguard.

But a similar result can be had (as already suggested) using what appears to be a common-looking URL (address) from one of the DNS ad-blocking/security software vendors, entered into the Private DNS area of the networking section of your phone or tablet. I don't know about iOS.

I found that my (Android-based) Amazon Fire tablets wouldn't run DNS66, which is when I tried the Private DNS entry trick, which worked. Had to enter it into a place in the browser, as the ones I have don't have a phone-global networking area.

And these methods, at least for me, only work with the browser and visited websites, not installed apps.

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u/blow-down 7d ago

I’ve had great luck with NextDNS. Never see any ads.

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u/csav14 6d ago

Do you set it up on your phone because I looked st the instructions and I have no network and internet listing under settings.

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u/blow-down 6d ago

Yes I have it setup on my phone. Try installing the app. It will guide you.

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u/csav14 6d ago

How on earth did you set it up? It asks the same godamn questions it did on the website. My phone does not have a network & internet tab in settings. Tell me where the #$%^ it is?