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Allowlisting, Pausing, and Disabling AdBlock for Safari

What is allowlisting?

Most of the time, AdBlock automatically blocks annoying and intrusive ads for you. But sometimes you want to:

  • Support a favorite creator or website

  • Fix pages that don’t load correctly with an ad blocker

When you allowlist a site, AdBlock lets ads show there while continuing to block ads everywhere else.

Allowlisting sites

Use the AdBlock toolbar icon to allow ads on a site you’re currently viewing. Use the AdBlock for Safari Mac app to add sites you’re not currently visiting or to manage all allowlisted sites in one place.

Using the AdBlock toolbar icon

Add a site to your allowlist (toolbar icon)

  1. Click the AdBlock icon on the Safari toolbar.

  2. Click to toggle ad blocking OFF. The toggle will turn gray.

  3. Refresh the page for the changes to take effect.

Blue toggle - Ads are being blocked

Gray toggle - Site is allowlisted
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Remove a site from your allowlist (toolbar icon)

  1. Click the AdBlock icon on the Safari toolbar.

  2. Click to toggle ad blocking ON. The toggle will turn blue.

  3. Refresh the page for the changes to take effect.


Using the AdBlock for Safari Mac app

Add a site to your allowlist (app)

  1. Open the AdBlock for Safari Mac app.

  2. Click on the Safari Blocking tab.

  3. Click Allowlisted Sites.

  4. Enter the URL of the site where you want to see ads.

Remove a site from your allowlist (app)

  1. Open the AdBlock for Safari Mac app.

  2. Click on the Safari Blocking tab.

  3. Click Allowlisted Sites.

  4. Click the X icon next to the site you want to remove.


Pausing AdBlock: temporarily allow ads everywhere

When you pause AdBlock, ads are temporarily allowed on every site you visit. This is helpful when you want to browse without blocking for a short time.

To pause:

  1. Open the AdBlock app.

  2. Click Pause Ad Blocking.

  3. Select your timeframe, then click Pause.

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To start blocking ads again, click Resume Ad Blocking.

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For everyday browsing, we recommend allowlisting specific sites instead of pausing, so you stay protected.

Disabling AdBlock

In almost all cases, you don’t need to disable AdBlock completely. However, you may want to disable AdBlock as a temporary troubleshooting step if:

  • Pausing AdBlock doesn’t help, and

  • The page still isn’t working as expected.

To disable AdBlock completely, go to Safari > Settings > Extensions and uncheck AdBlock.
When unchecked, the AdBlock extension is disabled, and no ads are blocked.

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If a page only displays correctly when AdBlock is disabled, please submit a request so we can look into it.