Turn on all the content blockers provided by Adlock – Custom, General, Privacy, and Social.Then under the Safari settings, tap on the ‘Extensions’ under ‘General’ sub-settings menu. Still, let me quickly guide you through the required steps one more time: You can configure it exactly the same way as we did for AdGuard above.

If you are looking for an alternative content blocker for blocking ads in Safari, or in case AdGuard doesn’t work as expected, you may like to give Adlock app a try. Even with its default basic filters, you can ensure an ad-free experience on Safari. It has also been observed that AdGuard has moved the ‘Custom Filters’ option to a paid plan. The free version is enough to efficiently block most of the ads and annoyances. There is no need to buy premium version of AdGuard. Here are some helpful screenshots: Safari Settings Safari Extensions Settings Enabling All AdGuard Content Blockers Tweaking AdGuard Filters For More Controlįor more control beyond blocking of ads (like tracking protection, social media filters, blocking in-page pop-ups, and third-party widgets), you can further fine tune these custom filters inside the AdGuard app on your iPhone. Make sure that you also turn on ‘AdGuard’ toggle under ‘Allow these extensions’ menu. Now turn on all the 6 Content Blockers (Custom, General, Other, Privacy, Security, and Social).Go to Safari inside the settings menu and there you will find ‘Extensions as a toggle option under the ‘General’ sub-settings menu.Here is how you can block ads on Safari on your iPhone or iPad (Step-by-Step) using this method: But now, all that we have is – Safari Extensions. Before iOS 15, we used to have ‘Content Blockers’ in the Safari settings. Apple introduced Safari Extensions with iOS 15 update. You can block all ads on Safari, the default iOS web browser, by installing AdGuard as a Safari extensions. How to block ads on Safari in your iPhone and iPad? Trick 1: Enable Ad-blocking Extensions (Formerly – Content Blockers) Part 3: How to block ads on iPhone apps.

Part 2: How to block ads on other web browsers in iOS?.

Part 1: How to block ads on Safari (the default iOS web browser).

Therefore, I will break this post into 3 parts:

Web browsers (like Safari / Chrome / Firefox).

On an iPhone, we usually see ads on 2 major places:

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