Wednesday 6 May 2015

Blocking Ads on YouTube

Sometimes the ads that appear before your YouTube video plays can be inappropriate for classroom use. If you wish to stop seeing the ads that appear at the start of a YouTube video, you need look no further than Adblocker. 

Adblocker is an extension that works with your chrome browser. To get it just go to the menu item in the top right corner of your chrome browser. Click on it and then choose "More Tools" and then Extensions. Once you are on the extensions page, scroll down to the bottom and select the "Get More Extensions" link. Then type Adblocker in the search field. Click the "Free" or "Add to Chrome" button. Adblocker is now ready to use. 

You may need to close and open chrome before Adblocker starts working. As always you should make sure you browser is up to date before adding the extension. This will ensure it will work. Adblocker works automatically so there is no need to do anything else. Just go to YouTube and enjoy ad free videos. 

If you need to disable Adblocker, just use the Menu > More Tools > Extensions procedure and click the enable/disable box or the garbage can to delete. 

Note: There may be some legal issues around this extension, but Google owns YouTube and are providing the extension in their extensions area.


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