AdsKickerBlocks ads and trackers
Requests to known ad and tracking networks are dropped before they load, and leftover ad slots are hidden. The toolbar badge counts what was blocked on each page.
Free extension for Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Firefox
Block ads and trackers. Blur what you didn't ask to see.
AdsKicker stops ad and tracking requests before they load, hides leftover ad slots, blurs suspected adult images, and asks before you open adult links. It all happens in your browser, and nothing is collected.
What it does
Three jobs, done quietly
Blurs suspected adult images
Images, video posters, and backgrounds whose address, description, or link points at adult content are blurred. Click one to see it, or report it as safe.
Asks before adult links
Before you follow a link to a known adult site, AdsKicker asks whether you're 18 or older. It's a reminder, not a lock.
You're in charge
Easy to adjust, site by site
- Pause a site for good or for an hour, from the toolbar or with Alt+Shift+K. The icon turns grey wherever AdsKicker is off.
- Hide anything that slips through. It stays hidden on that site, and Undo brings it back.
- Fix mistakes by reporting an image as safe, or blurring one it missed.
- Block a site completely with one red button. Only the settings page can unblock it.
- Add your own blocked domains, adult sites, and words in the settings, or mute any built-in entry.
- Take it with you: your settings follow your Chrome profile when sync is on.
How to
Everyday tasks, step by step
Most things start from the AdsKicker button in the toolbar. Pin it from the puzzle-piece menu so it's always there.
Pause AdsKicker on a site
Click the AdsKicker button and turn off Protect this site, or choose Pause for 1 hour. You can also press Alt+Shift+K. Turn the switch back on to resume.
Block a site completely
On the site, click the AdsKicker button, then the red Block this site button, and confirm. The site and its subdomains won't open anymore, even with AdsKicker switched off.
Unblock a site
Blocking can't be undone from the toolbar on purpose. Open Settings and lists from the AdsKicker button (or the button on the blocked page), find the site under Blocked sites, and click Unblock.
Turn off a built-in entry
In Settings and lists, open Built-in list under Blocked domains or Adult sites, and click Mute next to the entry. Click Unmute to turn it back on.
Hide something on a page
Right-click it and choose Hide this element…, use Larger to take in the box around it, then click Hide. To bring it back, use Undo, or Show again in the settings.
Fix a wrongly blurred image
Click the image and choose Show image or Report as safe. To blur one AdsKicker missed, right-click it and choose Blur this image.
Private by design
Nothing leaves your browser
AdsKicker has no servers, no accounts, and no analytics, and it makes no network requests of its own. It reads pages only to hide ads and check images and links, and it does that on your device.
Read the privacy policyInstall
Up and running in a minute
AdsKicker isn't in the browser add-on stores yet, so you load it yourself. It works the same way.
- Download adskicker-1.5.0.zip and unzip it into a folder.
- Open
chrome://extensionsand turn on Developer mode. In Edge, openedge://extensions; in Brave,brave://extensions. - Click Load unpacked and choose the unzipped folder.
- Pin AdsKicker from the puzzle-piece menu, so you can see what it's doing.
Firefox: open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox, click Load Temporary Add-on, and choose the zip itself, no unzipping needed. Firefox removes temporary add-ons when it closes.
Good to know
What it can't do
- It matches words and domains; it doesn't look at the pixels of images. It misses explicit images on unlisted sites and sometimes blurs harmless ones. Report those as safe.
- The age check is a reminder, not age verification or parental control.
- Ads served from a site's own domain, such as YouTube's video ads, get through.