Google Adblock



At the beginning of 2018, Google confirmed that the built-in ad blocker for the Chrome/Chromium browsers would go live on 15 February: this ad blocker only blocks certain ads as specified by the Better Ads Standard (defined by the Coalition for Better Ads, in which Google itself is a board member). This built-in ad blocking mechanism is. The Adblock Plus for Chrome™ ad blocker has been downloaded over 500 million times and is one of the most popular and trusted on the market. Method 1: Use AdBlock. To keep the 'Switch to Chrome' notification from appearing every time you visit google.com in a browser other than Chrome: Click the AdBlock button in the browser toolbar and select Options. On the CUSTOMIZE tab, click Edit; Paste the following text in the box, just as it appears here: ##.gbfa,.gbg; Click Save. Download Adblock Plus for Chrome browser and keep your computer clean from intrusive ads, block tracking, and fight off 'malvertising' infections. The ad blocker is customizable, and you can use white lists to support favorite websites, or make your own filters.

Google Adblock Plus Chrome

Google really, really wants you to make Chrome your default browser. Apparently, Google's opinion is that if you use its search engine, you should be using its browser, too, because the following notification appears every single time you visit Google's home page in a browser that isn't Chrome:



Clicking 'NO THANKS' won't save you. Google ignores whatever internal setting that selection should trigger, and goes right on asking you to switch to Chrome. One of the two methods below should help:


To keep the 'Switch to Chrome' notification from appearing every time you visit google.com in a browser other than Chrome:

  1. Click the AdBlock button in the browser toolbar and select Options.
  2. On the CUSTOMIZE tab, click Edit
  3. Paste the following text in the box, just as it appears here:
    ##.gb_fa, .gb_g
  4. Click Save


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If custom filter above doesn't work for you, we recently found another suggestion in a Google Search help forum post. Windows itself may be part of the problem by allowing Google to advertise for Chrome when you're using a different browser. Try turning off these 'helpful' tips, like this:

  1. Press the Windows key + i or enter Settings in the search box in the Windows taskbar to open the Windows Settings app.
  2. Start typing 'notifications' (without the quotation marks), and then select Notifications & actions settings.
  3. Scroll down to Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows and slide the switch to the 'Off' position.
Google Adblock

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Google Adblock Edge

These are the only suggestions we have at this time. We'll keep this article updated if we learn of any more!