GoKawiilThere’s only so much room on your screen. Pop-ups, overlays, and ads can take over fast, getting between you and what you came to do.
That’s where Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS comes in: a built-in option that blocks many third-party ads and ad-related trackers before they load, helping reduce clutter and distractions while you browse.
How it works
Ad Blocker uses Apple’s WebKit Content Blocker technology and the EasyList filter list to determine what gets blocked. There’s no separate extension to install, and you can turn it on in Settings > Browsing > Ad Blocker. It’s off by default, so you decide whether to use it.
Ad Blocker won’t block every ad. Ads served directly by the site you’re visiting and ads shown in search results will still appear. Sponsored shortcuts and other sponsored content shown by Firefox when you open a new tab are separate from ads on the web pages you visit, so Ad Blocker doesn’t affect them.
Ad Blocker works alongside the privacy protections already built into Firefox, including Enhanced Tracking Protection, which blocks many trackers and limits tracking across the web.
More control over how you experience the web
On Desktop and Android, Firefox already supports a strong ecosystem of ad-blocking and privacy extensions, giving people the flexibility to choose the tools that work best for them. We value that ecosystem and will keep supporting it.
iOS works differently. Extensions aren’t available in the same way, and we know people want more options. Bringing ad blocking to Firefox on iOS meant building it directly into the browser.
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